Whitehaven Highcliffe Close Seaton Devon EX12 2QA Data via plota.co.uk

26/1473/TRE - Felling/Lopping (TPO) Approved

Proposal

T1: Norway Maple - all over crown reduction of 1-1.5m, keeping the branches back from the driveway and property. Cut diameters approximately 50mm maximum. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
22 Jul 2026
✓
Approved
14 Sept 2026

Approved on 14 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 19 Sept 2026

Site constraints 9

Kingswear to Lyme Regis across the site
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
Special area of conservation 136 m away: Lyme Bay and Torbay
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
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 5
An estimated 10 to 30% 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
SSSI 234 m away: Sidmouth to Beer Coast SSSI; World heritage site 199 m away: Dorset and East Devon Coast; Inside the Seaton (East Devon) built-up area; Priority habitat 24 m away: Maritime cliff and slope; Heritage coast 202 m away: East Devon.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building 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 1

Last sold for £445,000 in July 2003. Detached house, freehold.

23 July 2003£445,000

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

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Important details

Council
East Devon
Application type
Felling/Lopping (TPO)
Postcode
EX12 2QA
Received
22 Jul 2026
Validated
22 Jul 2026
Ward
Beer And Branscombe
Parish
Seaton
Decision
Approval with conditions
Decision date
14 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, 15 days slower than East Devon's median of 39 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 93% of tree and landscaping works here are.

92%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
266decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received
1 supporting

11 neighbours consulted · Last counted 19 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15095504
Planning Portal ref
PP-15095504
Site or press notice
29 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No
East Devon
Planning Authority Score
6.7/10
Good
#72 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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

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

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use