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Paradise House 77 Church Lane Yealmpton PL8 2HG

0476/25/TCAWorks to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 27 March 2025

Council decision: Tree Works Allowed

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

Proposal

T1. Nyssa Sinensis - Trim longer branches all sides by 1-2m to help preserve its lifespan. The tree has damage to the bark and honey fungus infection. T2. Evergreen holly - Reduce height by approx 2m in order to easily maintain it growth in future years before it becomes unmanageably tall. T3. Ash Fell tree as evidence of dieback growing right on edge of river with poor footings & not thriving.

Received
17 February 2025
Ward
Newton & Yealmpton
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated26 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Paradise House 77 Church Lane Yealmpton PL8 2HG. South West Devon has handled 906 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 104 applications across Newton & Yealmpton. We hold 113 applications in total for the PL8 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
PL8 2HG
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Yealmpton
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 February 2025
Consultation start
27 February 2025

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • National Landscape (AONB): South Devon
  • 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, 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, 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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