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Mew Stone East Allenhayes Road Salcombe TQ8 8HU

Decided West Devon 2280/26/TCA Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area

Works: Trees

Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.

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
Within Consultation Period
Decision
Pending
Received
13 Aug 2026
Validated
14 Aug 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: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 2976/25/TCA Withdrawn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.

    Decided 3 Nov 2025 Trees
  • 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

    Decided 19 Sep 2025 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 13 Aug 2026

    Received by West Devon

  2. 14 Aug 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 23 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

7 documents on file for this application

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After the decision

West Devon has decided this application; the outcome above is the register's own wording and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail. 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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