Skip to content

The Old Rectory Kings Nympton Umberleigh Devon EX37 9SS

80394Trees with Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 24 July 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 respect of the felling of 1x Ash (A2), removal of subordinate trunk and removal of dead wood to main trunk of 1x Ash (A3) and removal of 1x Ash (A4)

Received
4 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
CHITTLEHAMPTON
  1. Received4 Jun
  2. Validated4 Jun
  3. Consult.3 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Rectory Kings Nympton Umberleigh Devon EX37 9SS. North Devon has handled 319 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than North Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the King's Nympton conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across CHITTLEHAMPTON. We hold 149 applications in total for the EX37 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
EX37 9SS
Application type
Trees with Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
KINGS NYMPTON

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 June 2025
Consultation expiry
3 July 2025
Consultation start
5 June 2025
Consultation end
3 July 2025
Application expires
30 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Old Rectory Kings Nympton Umberleigh Devon EX37 9SS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
2 July 2025

Additional information

Documents
7

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: King's Nympton
  • Listed building: Grade II: Brewers CottageOn 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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near EX37

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report