Cemetery Extension, South Church Lane, Okehampton
Approved on 26 February 2024
Council decision: Tree Works No Objection Raised
Proposal
T1 - Ash, fell due to dieback disease (referred to as T004 in the Tree Survey/Risk Assessment), T2 - Sycamore, crown lift of lowest hanging branch to a height of 8 metres from ground level, this being the height at which the branch joins the tree trunk, to allow use of the area and increase light levels
- Received
- 20 December 2023
- Council
- South Hams District Council
- Ward
- Okehampton North
- ReceivedReceived20 Dec
- ValidatedValidated3 Jan
- Consult.Consultation25 Jan
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided26 Feb
Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Cemetery Extension, South Church Lane, Okehampton. South West Devon has handled 906 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Okehampton conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Okehampton North. 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 1LE
- Application type
- Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Okehampton
- District
- West Devon
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 January 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 25 January 2024
- Consultation start
- 4 January 2024
- Consultation end
- 25 January 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Okehampton
- 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, 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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