Planning application
Electricity Substation Adj To Hewett Close Newton Abbot TQ12 4DY
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Group of Mixed broadleaf trees encroaching on electrical substation and rear gardens of properties of Hewitts Close (no.5-9 and 18) to crown raise over garden and substation to a height of 3m
As published by the council, reference 26/00016/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00016/TPO
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 6 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 8 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Buckland And Milber
- Parish
- NEWTON ABBOT
- Postcode
- TQ12 4DY
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 Jan 2026
Received by Teignbridge
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8 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 5 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Teignbridge took a median of 52 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Network Plus Agent, registered in Colwyn Bay
Active · incorporated 2003 · Colwyn Bay
17 applications on PlanIndex · across 6 councils · 100% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
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This application is with Teignbridge for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Teignbridge decided tree works applications in a median of 55 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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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