Rock House Upper Torrs Park Ilfracombe Devon EX34 8BB

79998Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 25 April 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Notification of works to trees in a conservation area in respect of felling to ground level 1x Fagus sylvatica purpurea (T1)

Received: 17 March 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: North Devon District Council
Ward: ILFRACOMBE EAST

ReceivedReceived17 Mar
ValidatedValidated17 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided25 Apr

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Rock House Upper Torrs Park Ilfracombe Devon EX34 8BB. North Devon has handled 319 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than North Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Ilfracombe conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across ILFRACOMBE EAST. We hold 583 applications in total for the EX34 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: EX34 8BB
Application type: Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: ILFRACOMBE

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 March 2025
Application expires: 28 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 27 Princess Avenue Ilfracombe Devon EX34 9LP

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

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: Ilfracombe
Heritage at Risk Register: Ilfracombe
National Landscape (AONB): North Devon
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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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.

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© 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.

Source: North Devon

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