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Steps Cottage Lower Court Road Newton Ferrers PL8 1DG

2925/26/TPOWorks to a TPO TreeAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

TPO 571; T1: Oak – crown height reduction by 3m to reduce weight and sail effect, T2: Oak – reduce over extended limb on SW side approx. 5m from ground level by 3m to re-balance, T3: Chestnut - no major works, clear BT cable on W side and dead-wood removal and T4: Oak - Heavily leaning in NW direction over cables, footpath and road. Reduce over-extended limb by approx. 2.5m to reduce weight and re-balance

Received
20 October 2026
Ward
Newton & Yealmpton
  1. Received20 Oct
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application at Steps Cottage Lower Court Road Newton Ferrers PL8 1DG. South West Devon has handled 63 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 20 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 104 applications across Newton & Yealmpton. We hold 113 applications in total for the PL8 postcode area.

88% of works to a tpo tree 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
PL8 1DG
Application type
Works to a TPO Tree
Parish
Newton and Noss

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
The Hayloft West Peek Farm Bittaford Devon PL21 0EU

Planning decision

Case officer
Lee Marshall

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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