Land at NGR 305855 112143 Uffculme Devon Data via plota.co.uk

26/00096/TPO - Works to TPO Trees Refused

Proposal

Application to fell a group of trees, consisting of 1 Oak tree and 5-6 Alder trees protected by Tree Preservation Order Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
27 Jan 2026
✓
Consultation
27 Jan 2026
✗
Refused
13 Apr 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 13 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 25 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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden 127 m away: Bridwell; Inside the Uffculme built-up area; Flood defence 40 m away (natural high ground); Priority habitat 36 m away: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh; 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
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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
Mid Devon
Application type
Works to TPO Trees
Postcode
EX15 3XX
Received
27 Jan 2026
Validated
27 Jan 2026
Ward
Lower Culm
Parish
Uffculme 53
Case officer
Show
Target decision
24 Mar 2026
Decision
Refuse permission
Decision date
13 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 76 days from validation, 35 days slower than Mid Devon's median of 41 for tree and landscaping works. Refused, as 10% of tree and landscaping works here are.

94%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
115decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
27 Jan 2026
Comments by
17 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
24 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No
Mid Devon
Planning Authority Score
6.5/10
Good
#77 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Mid Devon is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #77 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Mid Devon decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #21 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #85 of 296
75%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #77 of 296
40%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #153 of 296
88%
Minor dwellings approved
113 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
98%
Change of use approved
40 decided
704
Total decisions
37 refused in the year to March 2026