Planning application
Park Hill Cottages Chapel Street Ermington PL21 9NF
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
G1: Ash, Sycamore, Laurel – crown raise to 8m from ground level over highway, lateral reduction of 500mm from where bank meets road, causing excessive shading.
As published by the council, reference 1571/26/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- 1571/26/TCA
- Type
- Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: Tree Works No Objection Raised
- Received
- 9 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 9 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 20 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Ermington & Ugborough
- Parish
- Ermington
- Postcode
- PL21 9NF
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Jun 2026
Received by South Hams
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20 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Tree Works No Objection Raised
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
South Hams granted permission on 20 July 2026, 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.
Nearby applications
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Park Hill Cottages Chapel Street Ermington PL21 9NF
G1: Ash, Sycamore, Laurel – crown raise to 8m from ground level over highway, lateral reduction of 500mm from where bank meets road, causing excessive shading.
Granted Trees 6 docs -
Spirebrook, Chapel Street, Ermington, PL21 9NE
T1: Apple tree – complete crown reduction by up to 2 metres, misshapenas result of removed adjacent sycamore, aim to rebalance tree byreducing breadth to overall diameter of 5 metres, crown thin by up to15% to thin and remove interlocking branches; T2: Willow – deadwoodremoval (exempt), remove branch approx. 6 metres from ground on Southside, growing into adjacent oak tree; T3: Laurel – Fell, is the mostnortherly of three, to take place after nesting season; T4: Ash –crown lift to approx. 5 metres from ground level on SE side byremoving x3 lower branches; T5: Sycamore – Fell, self-seeded, fourtrunks/branches growing to approx. 10metres high, touching phone line,
Granted Trees 5 docs -
Spirebrook, Chapel Street, Ermington, PL21 9NE
T1: Apple tree – complete crown reduction by up to 2 metres, misshapenas result of removed adjacent sycamore, aim to rebalance tree byreducing breadth to overall diameter of 5 metres, crown thin by up to15% to thin and remove interlocking branches; T2: Willow – deadwoodremoval (exempt), remove branch approx. 6 metres from ground on Southside, growing into adjacent oak tree; T3: Laurel – Fell, is the mostnortherly of three, to take place after nesting season; T4: Ash –crown lift to approx. 5 metres from ground level on SE side byremoving x3 lower branches; T5: Sycamore – Fell, self-seeded, fourtrunks/branches growing to approx. 10metres high, touching phone line,
Granted Trees 5 docs -
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