The Old Rectory , 71 Station Road, Horrabridge, Yelverton, Devon, PL20 7RF Data via plota.co.uk

26/0034 - Works to Trees in conservation area Approved

Proposal

T1 Alder - Remove lower branches and raise crown Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Apr 2026
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Approved
20 May 2026

Approved on 20 May 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Site constraints 7

Dartmoor National Park
The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 6
An estimated 30% or more of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
Conservation area about 52 m away: Horrabridge; 3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Horrabridge built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Dartmoor
Application type
Works to Trees in conservation area
Postcode
PL20 7RF
Received
13 Apr 2026
Validated
13 Apr 2026
Ward
West Devon
Parish
Horrabridge
Case officer
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Target decision
25 May 2026
Decision
Tree Grant
Decision date
20 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 37 days from validation, about the council's usual 39 days. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

90%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
112decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Dartmoor in the last twelve months, from validation. Dartmoor decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
25 May 2026