Sewage Works Highampton EX21 5LU

2903/25/HRNHedgerow Removal NoticeApproved

Approved on 23 October 2025

Council decision: Tree Works No Objection Raised

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

Proposal

Application for Hedgerow Removal Notice to remove 4 metres of hedgerow to enable statutory undertaking works

Received: 30 September 2025
Council: South Hams District Council
Ward: Hatherleigh

ReceivedReceived30 Sep
ValidatedValidated30 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided23 Oct

Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Sewage Works Highampton EX21 5LU. South West Devon has handled 906 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 5 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 43 applications across Hatherleigh. We hold 385 applications in total for the EX21 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: EX21 5LU
Application type: Hedgerow Removal Notice
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Highampton
District: West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 September 2025
Consultation start: 1 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Aardvark EM Ltd Higher Ford Wiveliscombe Taunton TA4 2RL

Additional information

Documents: 10

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.

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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.

Source: South West Devon

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