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Rose Cottage Northlew EX20 3NJ

0454/25/TCAWorks to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 17 March 2025

Council decision: Tree Works No Objection Raised

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

Proposal

T1: Apple - Fell tree as it has poor form and is overshadowed by mature beech tree

Received
14 February 2025
Ward
Hatherleigh
  1. Received14 Feb
  2. Validated14 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Rose Cottage Northlew EX20 3NJ. South West Devon has handled 906 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 weeks quicker than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Northlew conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across Hatherleigh. We hold 964 applications in total for the EX20 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
EX20 3NJ
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Northlew
District
West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 February 2025
Consultation start
14 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
3 The Square Merton Okehampton EX20 3EE

Additional information

Documents
5

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 (20)

flood storage 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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