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The Fountain Inn, Fore Street, Okehampton, EX20 1AP

3599/23/TCAWorks to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 12 December 2023

Council decision: Tree Works No Objection Raised

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

Proposal

T1: Ash - Fell due to severe Ash die back, now becoming dangerous,small dead branches have fallen off, T2 & T3: Ash - Fell due todisease, ash die back, T4, T5 & T6: Fell due to severe ash die back,all trees are bordering the Fountain Inn car park or rear accessfootpath/road.

Received
28 October 2023
Ward
Okehampton South
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated28 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Dec
  5. Decided12 Dec

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Fountain Inn, Fore Street, Okehampton, EX20 1AP. South West Devon has handled 906 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Okehampton conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Okehampton South. 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 1AP
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Okehampton
District
West Devon

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 October 2023
Target decision date
9 December 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
9

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)
  • Conservation area: Okehampton

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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