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Appletree House Clarkes Lane Merton Okehampton Devon EX20 3EF

1/1062/2023/TCAWorks to Tree in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 4 December 2023

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Works to trees within a conservation area - felling of 10no. multi-stemmed sycamore trees

Received
27 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shebbear And Langtree
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Dec
  5. Decided4 Dec

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Appletree House Clarkes Lane Merton Okehampton Devon EX20 3EF. Torridge has handled 166 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Torridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Merton conservation area, with 6 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 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 3EF
Application type
Works to Tree in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Merton

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2023
Target decision date
8 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
3 The Square Merton Okehampton EX20 3EE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12560867
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
8

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: 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 (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

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: Torridge

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