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The Rectory Fore Street Northam Bideford Devon EX39 1AW

1/0874/2025/TRE5TPO 5 Day Notice ApplicationApproved

Approved on 12 November 2025

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removal of dangerous branches from 1no. Aspen

Received
12 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Northam
  1. Received12 Nov
  2. Validated12 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Nov
  5. Decided12 Nov

Decided in 0 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Rectory Fore Street Northam Bideford Devon EX39 1AW. Torridge has handled 166 applications of this type. The site is in the Northam conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Northam. We hold 1,865 applications in total for the EX39 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
EX39 1AW
Application type
TPO 5 Day Notice Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Northam

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 November 2025
Target decision date
17 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
5 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Northam
  • Listed building: Grade II: VicarageOn 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

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© 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: Torridge

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