Hart Care Nursing and Residential Home Crapstone Road Yelverton PL20 6BT
Decided on 18 February 2026
Council decision: Split Decision
Proposal
T1. Beech. Reduce lateral spread of tree on NW by 2-2.5 metres to reduce overhang over care home. 2. Reduce height of tree by 4 metres. 3. Reduce Lateral spread on SE side over access way by 2 metres. Tree significantly shades the care home and overhangs access way and residential accomodation. Care home would like to reduce shading and reduce risk of branches falling on care home or accessway. T 2-8. Beech. Reduce lateral spread all trees on NW side over care home by 2.5 - 3.5 metres to prevent them from overhanging care home. 2. Reduce height of all trees by 4- 4.5 metres 3. Reduce lateral spread on SE side over car park by 2.5 metres. These 8 trees dominate the front of care home and significantly shade the front of property. Branches overhang the roof and there is evidence on the roof where branches have rubbed the tiles. Care home wants to reduce risk to roof of care home accomodation by reducing the overhang. Care home want to reduce risk to residents and visitors by reducing overhang over car parking area. T9-16. Beech. Reduce lateral spread all trees on NW side over care home by 2 - 2.5 metres to prevent from overhanging care home. 2. Reduce height of all trees by 4- 4.5 metres. 3. Reduce lateral spread on SE side over car park by 2.5 metres. Care home wants to reduce risk to residents and visitors by reducing overhang over car park area should branches fail. T17. Ash. Reduce lateral spread of tree by 2-2.5 metres throughout on all four cardinal points N/S/E/W N side over carpark/ entrance way by 2.5-3 metres. 2. Reduce height of tree by 3 metres. Tree is at the main vehicle entrance to care home. Care home are concerned about risk of Ash DB and risk presented if branches fail that over hang entrance. T18 -20. Beech . Reduce lateral spread on NW side over carpark/ entrance way by 2.5-3 metres. 2. Reduce height of all trees by 4.5 metres 3. Reduce lateral spread of beech trees on SE side over road by 3 metres. Trees significantly shade care home and entrance, Care home is also concerned about risk trees present to road users should branches fail. They would like to reduce overhang over road to reduce chance of branches falling in road. Liability of tree owner. T21 Horse Chestnut. Reduce lateral spread on NW side over carpark/ access way by 2 - 2.5 metres. 2. Reduce height of tree by 4.5 metres 3. Reduce lateral spread of beech trees on SE side over road by 2.5 metres. T22.Beech . Reduce lateral spread on NW side over carpark/ access way by 2.5-3 metres. 2. Reduce height of tree by 4.5 metres 3. Reduce lateral spread of beech trees on SE side over road by 3 metres. Tree shades front of care home. Care home is also concerned about risk trees present to road users should branches fails. They would like to reduce overhang over road to reduce chance of branches falling in road and their liability. T23. Beech.Reduce lateral spread throughout on 4 four cardinal points N/S/E/W by 3-3.5 metres 2. Reduce height by 4.5 metres. Tree overhangs care home and neighbour at Forge Cottage to NW. Care home is concerned about liability and risk of branches failing and falling on Forge Cottage. T24. Maple. Reduce lateral spread by 2.75 metres throughout on all four cardinal points N/S/E/W. Reduce height by 2.5 metres. To maintain tree longevity and ensure it does not out grow its position within garden. T25. Horse Chestnut. Reduce lateral spread by 2.75 metres throughout on all four cardinal points N/S/E/W. Reduce height by 2.5 metres. To maintain tree longevity and ensure it does not out grow its position within garden. T26. Beech. Reduce lateral spread by 2.5 metres throughout on all four cardinal points N/S/E/W. Reduce height by 3.5 metres. Tree is very large and works would mitigate risk of tree catching high winds causing branches or tree to fail. To maintain tree longevity and ensure it does not out grow its position within garden. T27. Oak. Reduce lateral spread by 2 metres throughout on all four cardinal points N/S/E/W. Reduce height by 3 metres. So as to mitigate risk of tree catching high wings causing branches or tree to fail and to maintain tree longevity and ensure it does not out grow its position within garden.
- Received
- 22 December 2025
- Council
- South Hams District Council
- Ward
- Buckland Monachorum
- ReceivedReceived22 Dec
- ValidatedValidated22 Dec
- Consult.Consultation2 Feb
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided18 Feb
Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Hart Care Nursing and Residential Home Crapstone Road Yelverton PL20 6BT. South West Devon has handled 906 applications of this type. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Buckland Monachorum. We hold 468 applications in total for the PL20 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
- PL20 6BT
- Application type
- Works to a TPO Tree
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Buckland Monachorum
- District
- West Devon
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 2 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 23 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 2 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 2 Madeira Villas Whitchurch Rd Horrabridge Yelverton PL20 7TZ
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- National Landscape (AONB): Tamar Valley
- 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, 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, 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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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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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