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WTCA 25/22 - Tree(s) in Conservation Area Under Consideration

Proposal

Works to tree in a conservation area: To remove 1no Eucalyptus tree. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 21 Oct 2026, 12:09

Application progress

✓

Received

8 Dec 2025

Decision

Target date was 19 Jan 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 324.

The consultation period closed on 8 Jan 2026.

Documents 1

Site constraints 13

13 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Rising Sun Hotel (Main Part), Grade II, about 8 m from the postcode pin · 13 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.

Show all 13 with distances

8 mRising Sun Hotel (Main Part)Grade II
15 mRising Sun Hotel (Part)Grade II
23 mRising Sun Hotel (Part)Grade II
27 mThe Manor CottageGrade II
29 mShelley's Cottage (Part of Rising Sun Hotel)Grade II
31 mSeabreeze CottageGrade II
40 mK6 Telephone KioskGrade II
61 mEsplanade Lime KilnsGrade II
65 mRhenish TowerGrade II
70 mLower Waiting Room, Cliff RailwayGrade II
89 mThe PierGrade II
91 mRock House HotelGrade II
103 mBath Hotel With Pixie DellGrade II

Historic England ↗

Exmoor National Park

The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.

Public footpath about 5 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.

Lynmouth 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 ↗

Minehead to Combe Martin about 15 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.

Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Radon affected area, class 6

An estimated 30% or more 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 about 258 m away: River Lyn SSSI; Flood defence about 21 m from the postcode pin (wall, designed for a 1 in 200 year flood); Inside the Lynton built-up area; Heritage coast about 16 m away: Exmoor; Priority habitat about 16 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 5, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 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: Exmoor
Application type: Tree(s) in Conservation Area
Received: 8 Dec 2025
Validated: 8 Dec 2025
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 19 Jan 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: North Devon tree and garden

Decision outlook

Day 324, past the statutory target. 100% of tree works in Exmoor are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 21 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 324268 days past the 56-day target

33%decided within 8 weeks

100%approved

12decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 21 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 10 Dec 2025
Comments by: 8 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry: 19 Jan 2026

Exmoor

Planning Authority Score

4.4/10

Below average

#179 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Other decisions

Exmoor is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #248 out of 296. 52% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils

98% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Exmoor decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

96%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #10 of 296

98%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #15 of 296

47%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #248 of 296

52%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #234 of 296

100%

Minor dwellings approved

4 decided (1-9 homes)

96%

Change of use approved

26 decided

174

Total decisions

7 refused in the year to March 2026