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4 Old Rectory Gardens Thurlestone TQ7 3PD

0869/26/TPOWorks to a TPO TreeApproved

Approved on 21 May 2026

Council decision: Tree Works Allowed

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

Proposal

T1: Horse Chestnut – remove, honey fungus present, main limb failure showing severe rot, root exposure, multiple weak unions, risk of tree failure onto garage.

Received
30 March 2026
Ward
Salcombe & Thurlestone
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated13 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 Old Rectory Gardens Thurlestone TQ7 3PD. South West Devon has handled 906 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 183 applications across Salcombe & Thurlestone. We hold 999 applications in total for the TQ7 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
TQ7 3PD
Application type
Works to a TPO Tree
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thurlestone
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 April 2026
Consultation start
15 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
38 Applegate Way Kingsbridge TQ71FN

Additional information

Documents
8

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
  • Heritage coast: 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 (20)

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 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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