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St Michaels Church Spreyton EX17 5AL

0092/26/TPOWorks to a TPO TreeApproved

Approved on 4 March 2026

Council decision: Tree Works Allowed

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

TPO: N22 G1: 23 x Lime trees & G2: 3 x Lime Trees - reduce in height by approximately 4 metres to previous pollard points, remove trunk epicormic growth all round to manage the regrowth and avoid its potential failure.

Received
13 January 2026
Ward
Drewsteignton
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated20 Jan
  3. Consult.23 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Mar

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Michaels Church Spreyton EX17 5AL. South West Devon has handled 906 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in 15 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Drewsteignton. We hold 833 applications in total for the EX17 postcode area.

93% of trees applications at South Hams District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
EX17 5AL
Application type
Works to a TPO Tree
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Spreyton
District
West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 January 2026
Consultation expiry
23 February 2026
Consultation start
20 January 2026
Consultation end
23 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
4 White Tor Close Okehampton EX20 1TR

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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: South West Devon

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