Street Record St Johns Tavistock PL19 9RF

0386/26/TCAWorks to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 March 2026

Council decision: Tree Works No Objection Raised

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

Proposal

T1432: Sycamore - height reduction by approximately 5m to reduce wind and gravitational loading stresses.

Received: 11 February 2026
Council: South Hams District Council
Ward: Tavistock South West

ReceivedReceived11 Feb
ValidatedValidated12 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided20 Mar

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Street Record St Johns Tavistock PL19 9RF. South West Devon has handled 906 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than South West Devon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Tavistock South West. 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 9RF
Application type: Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Tavistock
District: West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 February 2026
Consultation start: 17 February 2026

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.

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 (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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: South West Devon

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