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Cobblers Church Hill Whitchurch Tavistock PL19 9ED

02783/2012TreesApproved

Approved on 25 July 2012

Council decision: Tree works Exempt

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

Proposal

Works to trees in a Conservation Area for the coppicing of Sycamores located on the hedge boundary at Cobblers and Church Hill Cottage adjoining the Old School Nursery with the retention of 1 stand of Sycamore if a good specimen is available. Holly and Hawthorn to be retained an d reshaped if necessary.

Submitted
12 June 2012
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated12 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Jul
  5. Decided25 Jul

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Cobblers Church Hill Whitchurch Tavistock PL19 9ED. South West Devon has handled 906 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitchurch conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 827 applications in total for the PL19 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
PL19 9ED
Application type
Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 June 2012
Target decision date
24 July 2012

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Whitchurch
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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, 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: South West Devon

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