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5 Frobisher Way Tavistock PL19 8RE

1906/26/TPOWorks to a TPO TreeApproved

Approved on 18 August 2026

Council decision: Tree Works Allowed

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

Proposal

T3, T4, T5: Hazel – Crown height reduction by up to 1.5m (maximum). Reducing the height of these trees will allow more light in to all the surrounding gardens and should propagate growth at the base of the trees to form a thicker hedge between the properties.

Received
10 July 2026
Ward
Tavistock North
  1. Received10 Jul
  2. Validated10 Jul
  3. Consult.14 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Aug

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Frobisher Way Tavistock PL19 8RE. South West Devon has handled 906 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than South West Devon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Tavistock North. 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 8RE
Application type
Works to a TPO Tree
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tavistock
District
West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 July 2026
Consultation expiry
14 August 2026
Consultation start
10 July 2026
Consultation end
14 August 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Lee Marshall

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

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, 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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