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Gill Park Plymouth

25/00059/TCOWorks to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 21 March 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 & T2 Sycamore. Crown reduction T3 Spruce - Remove

Received
15 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
EFFORD AND LIPSON
Agent
Clearbrook Tree Services
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.25 Feb
  4. Target26 Feb
  5. Decided21 Mar

Decided in 65 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Gill Park Plymouth. Plymouth has handled 146 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 2 weeks longer than Plymouth's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across EFFORD AND LIPSON.

95% of trees applications at Plymouth City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2025
Last date for comments
25 February 2025
Target decision date
26 February 2025
Permission expires
21 March 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Clearbrook Tree Services
Agent address
4A Woodville Avenue Princetown Plymouth PL20 6RL

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: The HoePart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: The WaterfrontOn this site · +2 more
  • Article 4 direction: HMOs Mutley, Greenbank, City Centre and surrounding areasPart of the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: 00/00472/TPOProtected tree on or next to this site · +2 more
  • Registered park and garden: The HoePart of the site
  • Special Area of Conservation: Plymouth Sound & EstuariesPart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: 2 Cliff RoadRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
Also checked, none recorded (17)

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

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

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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.

© 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.

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