Planning application
North Barn Town Farm Mortehoe Woolacombe Devon EX34 7DT
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Notification of works to trees in a conservation area in respect of:- 1. To fell 5 Ash trees (Fraxinus Excelsior) due to excessive shading to garden, proximity to property walls / boundaries and identified ash dieback disease. 2. Removal of storm damaged branches from large Cypressus Macrocrpa tree.
As published by the council, reference 80944
Application record
- Reference
- 80944
- Type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 17 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 17 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 24 Nov 2025
- Ward
- MORTEHOE
- Parish
- MORTEHOE
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- EX34 7DT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Oct 2025
Received by North Devon
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24 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Approved
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13 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
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