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Abbey Court, Palace Street Plymouth PL1 2AY

26/00716/TCOWorks to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 9 July 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

G1 3x Lime - Crown raise all three Lime trees to approximately 4.5-5m. Crown thin all three Limes by approximately 20%.

Received
20 May 2026
Ward
ST PETER AND THE WATERFRONT
  1. Received20 May
  2. Validated22 May
  3. Consult.23 Jun
  4. Target3 Jul
  5. Decided9 Jul

Decided in 48 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 48 days. 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 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 2AY
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 May 2026
Last date for comments
23 June 2026
Target decision date
3 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
AAT
Agent address
24 Greenwood Park Road Plymouth PL7 2WE

Planning decision

Case officer
Alan Rowe
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Barbican
  • Article 4 direction: HMOs Mutley, Greenbank, City Centre and surrounding areas
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    2 Apr

    T1 - Cherry - Fell

    ApprovedWorks to a Tree in a Conservation Area25/00549/TCO

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