Good Hope Milton Combe PL20 6HP
Approved on 2 April 2026
Council decision: Tree Works No Objection Raised
Proposal
AD12: Ash – fell and remove, dead, dieback restore traditional laid hedge using mixed stock from Woodland Trust. AD13: Ash – fell and remove, x2 stemmed dead, dieback, restore traditional laid hedge using mixed stock from Woodland Trust. AD14: Ash – fell and remove, x1 dead (1 of 4), dieback, allow space and light for remaining trees in hedgerow, restore traditional laid hedge using mixed stock from Woodland Trust. AD15: Ash – fell and remove, dieback with 25% crown remaining, leaning approximately 20 degrees above cottage, allow light and space for remaining healthy trees in hedgerow (Oak, Beech, Whitethorn), restore traditional laid hedge using mixed stock from Woodland Trust. ED1: Elm – fell and remove, dead, Dutch Elm disease in dense mixed woodland, to thin woodland, allow light and re-establish existing Hazel coppicing. LC3: Leylandii Cypress – fell and remove, loosing lower branches, to thin woodland and give space for Beech saplings, and re-establish existing Hazel coppicing.
- Received
- 25 February 2026
- Council
- South Hams District Council
- Ward
- Buckland Monachorum
- ReceivedReceived25 Feb
- ValidatedValidated6 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided2 Apr
Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Good Hope Milton Combe PL20 6HP. South West Devon has handled 906 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Milton Combe conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Buckland Monachorum. We hold 468 applications in total for the PL20 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
- PL20 6HP
- Application type
- Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Buckland Monachorum
- District
- West Devon
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 11 March 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Milton Combe
- National Landscape (AONB): Tamar Valley
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, 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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