23 & 24 Heal Park Crescent Fremington Barnstaple Devon EX31 3AP

81350Trees with Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 19 May 2026

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 crown reduction of 2 oak trees

Received: 30 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: North Devon District Council
Ward: FREMINGTON

ReceivedReceived30 Jan
ValidatedValidated27 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided19 May

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 23 & 24 Heal Park Crescent Fremington Barnstaple Devon EX31 3AP. North Devon has handled 319 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 8 weeks longer than North Devon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across FREMINGTON. 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).

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

Application details

Postcode: EX31 3AP
Application type: Trees with Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size: Small
Parish: FREMINGTON

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 March 2026
Application expires: 22 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 24 Heal Park Crescent Fremington Barnstaple EX313AP

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Source: North Devon

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