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2 The Old School House Exeter Street North Tawton EX20 2HB

3557/25/TCAWorks to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 6 January 2026

Council decision: Tree Works No Objection Raised

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

Proposal

T1: 2 x Lawson Cypress, identified as TG1 in 2OSH001-S211, dismantle & removal of both trees including stems to ground level

Received
3 December 2025
Ward
Exbourne
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Jan

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 2 The Old School House Exeter Street North Tawton EX20 2HB. South West Devon has handled 906 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the North Tawton conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Exbourne. We hold 964 applications in total for the EX20 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
EX20 2HB
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
North Tawton
District
West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2025
Consultation start
5 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 Banbury Court Exeter Street North Tawton Devon EX20 2HB

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: North Tawton
  • 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.

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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