Orchard House New Road Lifton PL16 0AQ Data via plota.co.uk

2647/26/TPO - Works to a TPO Tree Within Consultation Period

Proposal

T1: Sycamore - Reduce the overall crown by approximately 2m, with a further 1m reduction to the southern aspect. Remove all deadwood. T2: Sycamore - Reduce the overall crown by approximately 2m, with a further 1m reduction to south-facing laterals. Crown lift by 4/5m from ground level to provide adequate clearance over the newly planted Oak (T3) and prevent excessive suppression. T3: Oak - No works proposed. T4: Sycamore - Reduce the overall crown by approximately 2m, with a further 1m reduction to south-facing laterals. Crown lift by 4/5m from ground level to provide clearance over the Oak (T3) and reduce the potential for suppression. T5: Sycamore - Remove to reduce the mechanical loading and stress imposed on the adjacent wall. T6: Copper Beech - Crown raise to approximately 5.5m, with additional crown lifting over the driveway to provide suitable clearance. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 01:26

Application progress

✓

Received

21 Sept 2026

✓

Validated

30 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 25 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 8 Nov 2026, from West Devon's recent tree and landscaping works.

Comments are open until 4 Nov 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 6

In flood zones plus climate change

Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.

Flood map ↗

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 Lifton built-up area; Conservation area about 97 m away: Lifton; 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.