Planning application
Mew Stone East Allenhayes Road Salcombe TQ8 8HU
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
G2: Firs - Remove x 4 Firs. Incorrectly planted too close together and causing issues with growth. Replace with a specimen large Olive tree and underplanted with planting consisting of Agapanthus, Salvias, Yarrow, Lavender, Erigeron, Penstemon, Alchemilla Mollis, Pervoskia and Stipa Tenuissima. Additional New Multi Stem Silver Birch to be planted in bed above G2 G1: Firs - Remove x 5 Firs. incorrectly planted too close together, causing issue with needle drop into Gutters and hindering Neighbours. Growing incorrectly and causing potential issue of falling on house in future. Grown too Big for the site. Replace with 3 Multi stem Silver Birch of more manageable size to be kept to a good size. Will be far more in keeping to the size of plot and add additional benefits to the natural habitat.
As published by the council, reference 2280/26/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- 2280/26/TCA
- Type
- Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: Tree Works No Objection Raised
- Received
- 13 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 14 Aug 2026
- Decided
- 22 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Salcombe & Thurlestone
- Parish
- Salcombe
- Postcode
- TQ8 8HU
Site history
Applications at this address on the West Devon register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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2976/25/TCA Withdrawn
Mew Stone East Allenhayes Road Salcombe TQ8 8HU
G1 & G3: Black Pines – fell, trees are bare where they were planted too close to each other, replace with more suitable and maintainable species.
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2511/25/TCA Granted
Mew Stone East Allenhayes Road Salcombe TQ8 8HU
G1: Black Pines - Fell, a very poor choice for planting in such a confined garden. The 10 Pines have not been maintained in the last 5 years and are now causing damage to the boundary wall they were planted too close to, and will soon start to damage the wall of the small raised beds they were planted in. They will be replaced with more a suitable species, that will be correctly maintained. G2: Black Pines - Fell the 2 most southerly trees in a group of 7, the 2 to be removed are planted too close to the edge of a very tall raised beds and will soon start to damage the wall of the bed & G3: Black Pines - Fell the 2 most southerly trees in a group of 8, a very poor choice for such a small space, and they have not been maintained
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Aug 2026
Received by West Devon
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14 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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11 Sep 2026
Status changed to Under Consideration
Previously Within Consultation Period.
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22 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Tree Works No Objection Raised
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
West Devon granted permission on 22 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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