2 Wellsbourne Park Plymouth PL3 5JJ
Refused on 20 January 2026
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Turkey Oak - Fell.
- Received
- 12 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Plymouth City Council
- Ward
- COMPTON
- ReceivedReceived12 Nov
- ValidatedValidated12 Nov
- Consult.Consultation16 Dec
- TargetTarget Date7 Jan
- DecidedDecided20 Jan
Decided in 69 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 2 Wellsbourne Park Plymouth PL3 5JJ. Plymouth has handled 146 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 3 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 63 applications across COMPTON. We hold 230 applications in total for the PL3 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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Why it was refused
- CONDITION: Reason for Refusal This tree has significant amenity value and so the reasons to justify its felling must be similarly significant. One reason is that the tree overhangs the house, garage and neighbour's garden. However, only the very tips of some branches overhang as the Council allowed its reduction in 2022 specifically to address that issue. The second reason is that the Applicant may wish to extend their garage in the future. If such an application is ever forthcoming then the tree and its juxtaposition with the proposed development would be consider as a part of the determination process. If the tree is felled and no such application is forthcoming then the tree will have been removed without reason. The Council do not accept that the reasons given in support of the felling of the tree justify the loss to amenity that the removal of the tree would create.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- PL3 5JJ
- Application type
- Works to a tree with a TPO
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 16 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 7 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 2 Wellsbourne Park Plymouth PL3 5JJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: HMOs Mutley, Greenbank, City Centre and surrounding areas
- Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.
© 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.
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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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