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Arts Centre The Old School House Ladywell Barnstaple Devon EX31 1QT

79916Trees with Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 29 April 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application for consent for works to trees covered by a tree preservation order in a conservation area in respect of x2 lime trees for pollarding

Received
26 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BARNSTAPLE WITH PILTON
  1. Received26 Feb
  2. Validated5 Mar
  3. Consult.2 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Arts Centre The Old School House Ladywell Barnstaple Devon EX31 1QT. North Devon has handled 319 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than North Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Barnstaple - Pilton conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across BARNSTAPLE WITH PILTON. We hold 1,420 applications in total for the EX31 postcode area.

97% of trees applications at North Devon District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
EX31 1QT
Application type
Trees with Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
BARNSTAPLE

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 March 2025
Consultation expiry
2 April 2025
Consultation start
5 March 2025
Consultation end
2 April 2025
Application expires
30 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
31 Manor Park Sticklepath Barnstaple Devon EX31 2DQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
2 April 2025

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Barnstaple - Pilton
  • Listed building: Grade II: Lychgate and WallsOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: North Devon

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