Planning application
30 Church Street Modbury PL21 0QR
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1: Apple - Reduce entire canopy by 2 m leaving the tree standing at 3m aiming to start a cyclical prune, T2: Olive - Reduce by 1.5m leaving the tree standing at 5m aiming to rebalance the tree & T3: Holly - Fell to near ground level to enable the plants beneath to thrive
As published by the council, reference 2309/26/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- 2309/26/TCA
- Type
- Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: Tree Works No Objection Raised
- Received
- 17 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 17 Aug 2026
- Decided
- 15 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Charterlands
- Parish
- Modbury
- Postcode
- PL21 0QR
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Aug 2026
Received by South Hams
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23 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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10 Sep 2026
Status changed to Under Consideration
Previously Within Consultation Period.
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15 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Tree Works No Objection Raised
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
South Hams granted permission on 15 September 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.
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