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Holmans West Road Sheepwash Beaworthy Devon EX21 5NF

1/0071/2022/TCAWorks to Tree in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 4 March 2022

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to trees within a conservation area - reduction in height of 3 trees 1 x Oak (T2) and 2 x Elm (T1 and T3)

Received
21 January 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shebbear And Langtree
  1. Received21 Jan
  2. Validated24 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Mar
  5. Decided4 Mar

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Holmans West Road Sheepwash Beaworthy Devon EX21 5NF. Torridge has handled 166 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Torridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Sheepwash conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Shebbear And Langtree. We hold 385 applications in total for the EX21 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
EX21 5NF
Application type
Works to Tree in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sheepwash

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 January 2022
Target decision date
7 March 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Sheepwash
  • 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, 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

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© 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.

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Source: Torridge

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