THE ORATORY Tavistock Road, Princetown, Yelverton, Devon, PL20 6RP Data via plota.co.uk

26/0048 - Works to Trees in conservation area Approved

Proposal

T1 Ash - Dismantle down to hedge height, due to limb failing back in April. T2 Ash - To pollard down to point marked in photograph. Owners would like it down to a safe height and see if it would recover. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Jun 2026
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Approved
17 Jul 2026

Approved on 17 Jul 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

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.
Princetown 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.
Council document ↗
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
Inside the Princetown built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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. 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.

Sales history 3

Last sold for £400,000 in August 2016. Detached house, freehold.

30 August 2016£400,000
31 August 2007£315,000
7 November 2005£248,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Dartmoor
Application type
Works to Trees in conservation area
Postcode
PL20 6RP
Received
8 Jun 2026
Validated
8 Jun 2026
Ward
West Devon
Parish
Dartmoor Forest
Case officer
Show
Target decision
20 Jul 2026
Decision
Tree Grant
Decision date
17 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Dartmoor Tree Care & Garden Services

How this decision compares

Decided in 39 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
20 Jul 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.