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52 Portland Road Plymouth PL1 4QN

26/00119/TCOWorks to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 27 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

G1 Mixed hedge reduce to previous height approximately 1 meter on hedge growth, a re-pollard on Holm oak to previous knuckles. Remove established Sycamore from hedge row. T1 Sycamore reduce by approximately 1.5m overall. T3 Pittosporum reduce by approximately 1.5m overall and remove first stem on South side of tree growing over seating area to union.

Received
26 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
STOKE
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.24 Feb
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided27 Feb

Decided in 32 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 52 Portland Road Plymouth PL1 4QN. Plymouth has handled 146 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 2 weeks quicker than Plymouth's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across STOKE. We hold 471 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 4QN
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2026
Last date for comments
24 February 2026
Target decision date
9 March 2026
Permission expires
27 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
All About Trees
Agent address
24 Greenwood Park Road Plymouth PL7 2WE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Stoke
  • Article 4 direction: HMOs Mutley, Greenbank, City Centre and surrounding areas
  • Tree Preservation Order: 00/00136/TPOProtected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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.

Source: Plymouth

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