Whitchurch House, Whitchurch, PL19 9EL
Approved on 26 July 2022
Council decision: Lesser Tree Works Allowed
Proposal
T1: Beech - Has been uprooted by Storm Eunice so a proposal to plant small leaved lime (Tilia Cordata) as a replacement, T2: Oak boughs brought down by Storm Eunice, T3: Oak boughs brought down by Storm Eunice, T5: Ash - Re-Pollard due to Ash dieback to 4 metres from Ground level, T6 Ash - Re-Pollard due to Ash dieback to 4 metres from Ground level, T7: Ash - Re-pollard due to Ganoderma to 4 metres from Ground level, T8: Sycamore - Removal of lowest two limbs that grow towards the house, neighbour is concerned about proximity to house. T9: Beech - Removal of lowest limb that grows towards the house, neighbour is concerned about proximity to house
- Received
- 16 May 2022
- Council
- South Hams District Council
- Ward
- Tavistock South East
- ReceivedReceived16 May
- ValidatedValidated30 May
- Consult.Consultation14 Jul
- TargetTarget Date25 Jul
- DecidedDecided26 Jul
Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Whitchurch House, Whitchurch, PL19 9EL. South West Devon has handled 906 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitchurch conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Tavistock South East. 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 9EL
- Application type
- Works to a TPO Tree
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Tavistock
- District
- West Devon
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 May 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 14 July 2022
- Consultation end
- 14 July 2022
- Target decision date
- 25 July 2022
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 20
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Whitchurch
- 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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20264 Nov
Replacement septic tank
PendingHouseholder2956/26/HHO - 20217 Jul
T1: Ash - Fell due to Ash Dieback; T2: Fell due to Ash Dieback
ApprovedTelecoms2683/21/TEX - 20215 Jul
T1: Horse Chestnut - Fell due to honey fungus replace with an English Oak (Quercus Robur)
ApprovedTelecoms2653/21/TEX - 20215 Jul
T1: Beech (Fagus Sylvatica) - Fell due to tree being dead, already replaced with English Oak (Quercus Robur)
ApprovedTelecoms2652/21/TEX - 20208 Apr
T1: Beech - Bough detached; T2 & T3: Beech - Uprooted; T4, T5, T6: Oak- Boughs detached - all to be cleared…
ApprovedTelecoms1017/20/TEX
Source: South West Devon
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