North Traine Brownston Street Modbury PL21 0RH
Approved on 2 February 2026
Council decision: Tree Works No Objection Raised
Proposal
T1: Yew - Crown height reduction by approximately 5 metres, to then maintain the tree by trimming into a regular shape
- Received
- 29 December 2025
- Council
- South Hams District Council
- Ward
- Charterlands
- ReceivedReceived29 Dec
- ValidatedValidated29 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided2 Feb
Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at North Traine Brownston Street Modbury PL21 0RH. South West Devon has handled 906 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Charterlands. We hold 1,259 applications in total for the PL21 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
- PL21 0RH
- Application type
- Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Modbury
- District
- South Hams
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 6 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Hingston Farm Bigbury TQ7 4BE
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
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.
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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