Brookwell House Eworthy Germansweek EX21 5AH Data via plota.co.uk

2057/26/TCA - Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

T1: Cherry Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) - Removal of tree T2: Common Hazel (Corylus avellana) - Removal of tree Given the close proximity of both trees to the driveway, there is a continuing risk to vehicles and pedestrians using the property Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 01:26

Application progress

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Received

27 Jul 2026

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Approved

17 Aug 2026

Approved on 17 Aug 2026 · Last checked 8 Sept 2026

Documents

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Associated applications 2

Trees17 Aug 20262057/26/TCAThis application
T1: Cherry Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) - Removal of tree T2: Common Hazel (Corylus avellana) - Removal of tree Given the close…
- TreesT3. Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) - Fell to ground level and remove all arising material. It…21 Sep 20262643/26/TCA

Site constraints 6

Eworthy 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 ↗

Public footpath about 13 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

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 ↗

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Eworthy Cottage, Grade II, about 56 m from the postcode pin

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Historic England ↗

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: West Devon
Application type: Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Postcode: EX21 5AH
Received: 27 Jul 2026
Validated: 27 Jul 2026
Ward: Bridestowe
Parish: Germansweek
Case officer: Show
Decision: Approved
Decision date: 17 Aug 2026
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 21 days from validation, 18 days faster than West Devon's median of 39 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 94% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one21d

Council39d

UK36d

96%decided within 8 weeks

94%approved

78decided in the last year

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