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40 Vapron Road Plymouth PL3 5NN

25/01577/TPOApproved

Approved on 9 March 2026

Council decision: Grant Conditionally

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

A - Magnolia - reduce spread only by 2m and crown clean B - Magnolia - crown raise by Im, reduce height and spread by 1-2m. D and M - Holly - crown lift on pavement side to give pedestrian clearance. E - Pittisporum - reduce height by 2-3m. F, G, H and I - Holm Oaks - reduce height by one third and spread over garden by 2m. Reduce spread over road by 2-3m (as amended). J - Holly - reduce to height of Holm Oaks. K - Holly reduce to healthy growth. P - Holly - reduce by 3-4m. Q - Acer - reduce spread by Im and thin by 30%

Received
2 December 2025
Ward
COMPTON
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Mar

Decided in 39 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 40 Vapron Road Plymouth PL3 5NN. Plymouth has handled 2,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 10 days quicker than Plymouth's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across COMPTON. We hold 228 applications in total for the PL3 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
PL3 5NN

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Alan Rowe

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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