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Yarn Hay Cottage, Burns Lane, Modbury, PL21 0PZ

2725/23/TPOWorks to a TPO TreeApproved

Approved on 16 October 2023

Council decision: Lesser Tree Works Allowed

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

Proposal

T669: Horse Chestnut - reduce entire crown by up to 3 metres back to suitable growth points in accordance to BS 3998 making cuts no biggerthan 100mm. Reduce 3x large limbs on the south side at approximately3,4 and 5 metres from ground level that are overhanging the entranceto an industrial site by up to 4 metres back to suitable growth pointsin accordance to BS 3998 making cuts no bigger than 100mm to improveaccesses & reduce the end weight of these overextended limbs, also tohelp balance the trees crown more

Received
9 August 2023
Ward
Charterlands
  1. Received9 Aug
  2. Validated9 Aug
  3. Consult.12 Sep
  4. Target4 Oct
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 68 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Yarn Hay Cottage, Burns Lane, Modbury, PL21 0PZ. South West Devon has handled 906 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Charterlands. We hold 1,260 applications in total for the PL21 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
PL21 0PZ
Application type
Works to a TPO Tree
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Modbury
District
South Hams

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 August 2023
Last date for comments
12 September 2023
Target decision date
4 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
4 White Tor Close Okehampton EX20 1TR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7

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 3: High 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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