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Youngs Farmhouse Road From The Forge To Pennycombe Lane Kenn Devon EX6 7UJ

26/00121/CANConservation Area NotificationsApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 10 March 2026

Council decision: CONSERVATION AREA NOTIFICATION APPROVALDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 - 1x Silver Birch - Crown lift lower branches with cuts not exceeding 15mm in diameter. Reduce in height by approximately 8m by removing the central leader down to suitable pruning points. The finishing height will be 14m with the secondary growth forming the new height of the tree. Cuts will not exceed 35mm in diameter T2. 1x Persian Ironwood - Reduce in height by approximately 2.5m to match where the tree has been historically pruned away from the newly installed electricity pole. Reduce canopy sides by 1.5m to contain the natural shape. T3. 1x Holly - Reduce in height only by 1.5m by removing dying top. T4. 1x Douglas fir situated in neighbours garden - Remove storm damaged branches from the canopy that are overhanging the top tier of the garden area.

Received
26 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kenn Valley
Agent
Devon Tree Services
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.17 Feb
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided10 Mar

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Youngs Farmhouse Road From The Forge To Pennycombe Lane Kenn Devon EX6 7UJ. Teignbridge has handled 927 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker than Teignbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Park Road and Mint Road, Banstead conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 84 applications across Kenn Valley. We hold 1,606 applications in total for the EX6 postcode area.

97% of heritage 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
EX6 7UJ
Application type
Conservation Area Notifications
Scale / size
Small
Parish
KENN

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2026
Last date for comments
17 February 2026
Target decision date
9 March 2026
Permission expires
10 March 2028

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Kenn
  • Listed building: Grade II: Youngs FarmhouseOn or next to this site
  • 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 (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: Teignbridge

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