The Green Fore Street Otterton Data via plota.co.uk

26/0769/TCA - Tree in Conservation Area Decided

Proposal

T1: Plane - crown lift to 5.2m over the road and 2.4m over the footpath. Shortening back three second order limbs over road by approximately 2m. Maximum diameter of cuts (MDC), 70mm. T2: Oak - crown lift to 5.2m over the road and 2.4m over the footpath. MDC, 70mm. T3: Beech - crown lift to 5.2m over the road and 2.4m over the footpath. MDC, 70mm. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
20 Apr 2026
TPO Not Required
26 May 2026

TPO Not Required on 26 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Site constraints 7

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
East Devon National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Otterton conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Heritage coast: East Devon
A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.
Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Otterton built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
East Devon
Application type
Tree in Conservation Area
Postcode
EX9 7HQ
Received
20 Apr 2026
Validated
20 Apr 2026
Ward
Budleigh And Raleigh
Parish
Otterton
Decision
TPO Not Required
Decision date
26 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Dan Rowse

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14864311
Site or press notice
29 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No
East Devon
Planning Authority Score
6.7/10
Good
#72 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

East Devon ranks #103 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
East Devon decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #152 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #104 of 296
72%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #103 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #86 of 296
63%
Minor dwellings approved
168 decided (1-9 homes)
74%
Major dwellings approved
23 decided (10+ homes)
88%
Change of use approved
25 decided
1,321
Total decisions
157 refused in the year to March 2026