Planning application
St Martins C Of E Primary And Nursery School Younghayes Road Cranbrook Devon EX5 7DT
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T583, Poplar : to be coppiced to suitable height (rather than flush to ground level), to allow regeneration G1001, Elm : scattered group which includes 16 dead elm stems, trees like to have died from dutch elms disease - not worthy of retention; fell all marked stems to near ground level
As published by the council, reference 25/2071/TRE
Application record
- Reference
- 25/2071/TRE
- Type
- Felling/Lopping (TPO)
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approval with conditions
- Received
- 8 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 8 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 15 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Cranbrook
- Parish
- Cranbrook
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EX5 7DT
Site history
Applications at this address on the East Devon register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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26/1232/CPL Granted
St Martins C Of E Primary And Nursery School Younghayes Road Cranbrook Devon EX5 7DT
Certificate of proposed lawful development for the removal of the existing classroom and installation of a single storey wooden building together with an extension of the existing hard standing by approx. 12m2. The building would remain in educational use.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Oct 2025
Received by East Devon
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15 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Approval with conditions
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12 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
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East Devon granted permission on 15 December 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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