Good Hope Milton Combe PL20 6HP Data via plota.co.uk

0546/26/TCA - Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

AD12: Ash – fell and remove, dead, dieback restore traditional laid hedge using mixed stock from Woodland Trust. AD13: Ash – fell and remove, x2 stemmed dead, dieback, restore traditional laid hedge using mixed stock from Woodland Trust. AD14: Ash – fell and remove, x1 dead (1 of 4), dieback, allow space and light for remaining trees in hedgerow, restore traditional laid hedge using mixed stock from Woodland Trust. AD15: Ash – fell and remove, dieback with 25% crown remaining, leaning approximately 20 degrees above cottage, allow light and space for remaining healthy trees in hedgerow (Oak, Beech, Whitethorn), restore traditional laid hedge using mixed stock from Woodland Trust. ED1: Elm – fell and remove, dead, Dutch Elm disease in dense mixed woodland, to thin woodland, allow light and re-establish existing Hazel coppicing. LC3: Leylandii Cypress – fell and remove, loosing lower branches, to thin woodland and give space for Beech saplings, and re-establish existing Hazel coppicing. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
25 Feb 2026
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Validated
6 Mar 2026
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Approved
2 Apr 2026

Approved on 2 Apr 2026 · Last checked 8 Sept 2026

Site constraints 8

7 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: K6 telephone kiosk, Grade II, about 29 m from the postcode pin · 7 Grade II
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.
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Historic England ↗
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 ↗
Tamar Valley National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Milton Combe 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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
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) agrees.
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.
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
Flood defence about 12 m from the postcode pin (engineered high ground, designed for a 1 in 25 year flood); Priority habitat about 21 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £695,000 in October 2023. Detached house, freehold.

31 October 2023£695,000

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

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Important details

Council
West Devon
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Postcode
PL20 6HP
Received
25 Feb 2026
Validated
6 Mar 2026
Ward
Buckland Monachorum
Parish
Buckland Monachorum
Case officer
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Decision
Approved
Decision date
2 Apr 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 27 days from validation, 12 days faster than West Devon's median of 39 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 94% of tree and landscaping works here are.

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 →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
11 Mar 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.