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Abbey Court, Palace Street Plymouth PL1 2AY

25/00549/TCOWorks to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 15 May 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Cherry - Fell

Received
2 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
ST PETER AND THE WATERFRONT
Agent
The Tree Surgery Company Ltd
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.6 May
  4. Target14 May
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Abbey Court, Palace Street Plymouth PL1 2AY. Plymouth has handled 146 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker than Plymouth's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 225 applications across ST PETER AND THE WATERFRONT. We hold 469 applications in total for the PL1 postcode area.

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

Postcode
PL1 2AY
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2025
Last date for comments
6 May 2025
Target decision date
14 May 2025
Permission expires
15 May 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Tree Surgery Company Ltd
Agent address
16 Glenavon Road Mannamead Plymouth PL3 4PE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Barbican
  • Article 4 direction: HMOs Mutley, Greenbank, City Centre and surrounding areas
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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

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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.

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