China Blue Station Road Totnes TQ9 5JR Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
TPO824: T9 – Robinia - Selectively shorten or remove low branches extending over the public highway to provide 5.5 m vertical clearance above the carriageway and 2.1 m above the adjoining footway, providing unobstructed passage for vehicles and pedestrians. T10 – Robinia - Reduce crown height and lateral spread by up to 1 m, measured from the existing branch tips; prune to suitable lateral branches; and retain a balanced crown outline. Remove dead branches over the car park, pedestrian routes and highway that present a foreseeable risk to users. G3 – Alder - Selectively shorten or remove low branches extending over the public highway to provide 5.5 m vertical clearance above the carriageway and 2.1 m above the adjoining footway to maintain unobstructed passage for vehicles and pedestrians. T11 – Robinia - Selectively shorten or remove low branches extending over the public highway to provide 5.5 m vertical clearance above the carriageway and 2.1 m above the adjoining footway to maintain unobstructed passage for vehicles and pedestrians. T12 – Ash - Selectively shorten or remove low branches extending over the public highway to provide 5.5 m vertical clearance above the carriageway and 2.1 m above the adjoining footway to maintain unobstructed passage for highway users. T13 – Ash – Fell - Ash dieback and canker have been reported. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 19 Nov 2026, from South Hams's recent tree and landscaping works.
Documents 3
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 7
Checked on 16 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
- South Hams
- Application type
- Works to a TPO Tree
- Postcode
- TQ9 5JR
- Received
- 14 Oct 2026
- Validated
- 16 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Totnes
- Parish
- Totnes
- Case officer
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- Applicant
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- Agent
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Decision outlook
Day 12 of the 56-day target. South Hams usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 34.
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by South Hams in the last twelve months, from validation. South Hams decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Consultation
- 16 Oct 2026
- Comments by
- 13 Nov 2026
Historical activity at this location
27 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
South Hams is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #97 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).
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