Oxenham Court New Road Merton Okehampton Devon EX20 3EG
Approved on 23 February 2026
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Works to trees within a Conservation Area - crown reduction of 1no. oak tree and felling of group of conifers
- Received
- 20 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Torridge District Council
- Ward
- Shebbear And Langtree
- ReceivedReceived20 Jan
- ValidatedValidated20 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date3 Mar
- DecidedDecided23 Feb
Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Oxenham Court New Road Merton Okehampton Devon EX20 3EG. Torridge has handled 166 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Torridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Merton conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Shebbear And Langtree. We hold 964 applications in total for the EX20 postcode area.
89% of trees applications at Torridge 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 3EG
- Application type
- Works to Tree in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Merton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 3 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Andy Winsbury Tree Work The Rectory Hatherleigh Okehampton EX20 3JY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Merton
- 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.
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Torridge
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