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14 Courtenay Gardens Newton Abbot Devon TQ12 1HS

24/01729/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 16 December 2024

Council decision: TPO APPLICATION APPROVEDDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

G008 - Reduce the overall height of the 2 x Horse chestnut tree from 14 metres to 12.5 metres above ground level by removing branches no greater than 1.5 metres in length and not exceeding pruning cuts of 8cm in diameter. Reduce the radial crown spread from 7 metres to 5 metres by removing branches no longer than 2 metres from all points of the tree canopy. Pruning cuts will not exceed 8cm in diameter. Crown raise branches over driveway and garden area by giving canopy clearance of up to 2.5 metres not exceeding pruning cuts of 5cm and of secondary branches only.

Received
24 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
College
Agent
Devon Tree Services
  1. Received24 Oct
  2. Validated24 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Dec
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 14 Courtenay Gardens Newton Abbot Devon TQ12 1HS. Teignbridge has handled 353 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Teignbridge's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across College. We hold 2,360 applications in total for the TQ12 postcode area.

93% of trees applications at Teignbridge District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TQ12 1HS
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
NEWTON ABBOT

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 October 2024
Target decision date
19 December 2024
Permission expires
16 December 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Devon Tree Services
Agent address
Little Acre Ipplepen Newton Abbot TQ12 5TR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Brownfield land register: 28-30 Dunmore, Courtenay Road, Newton Abbot TQ12 1HERegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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: Teignbridge

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