About Loudon County
Loudon County sits between two TVA reservoirs — Fort Loudoun on the Tennessee River and Tellico on the Little Tennessee, impounded in 1977 and carrying well over three hundred miles of shoreline across Loudon and Monroe counties. Water is closer to more of this county's parcels than in any other county in the footprint.
That produces a large share of shoreline and near-shoreline work: clearing to open sight lines toward the water, opening access to a bank, and understory on lots stepping down toward a lake. It also produces the county's most common surprise, which is that work on or affecting a reservoir shoreline falls under TVA's Section 26a permitting, and that covers fills, stabilisation and excavation rather than only docks.
Away from the water the county is farm and pasture country with wooded ridges running through it, and there the requests are the standard acreage ones. The third element is Tellico Village, a large covenanted community on the Tellico shore where an owners association governs tree removal in ways county rules do not.
The ground across Loudon County
Terrain and water set the scope more than acreage does, and this county covers more than one kind of ground.
- Two TVA reservoirs, Fort Loudoun and Tellico, put a large share of parcels within reach of shoreline jurisdiction.
- Work on or affecting reservoir shoreline requires TVA Section 26a approval, covering fills, stabilisation and excavation.
- Inland the county runs to working farm and pasture ground with wooded ridges between the valleys.
- The Tennessee River below Fort Loudoun Dam is a working navigation channel rather than reservoir, with steeper banks.
- Lake-lot clearing is usually about specific sight lines rather than total removal, and the lightest effective scope is often right.
- Grown-in pasture here carries the regional mix of thornscrub, briar rose and silverbush.
Who governs your parcel
Lenoir City and Loudon are separate municipalities, each with its own requirements; unincorporated parcels go through Loudon County planning and building. Tellico Village adds a third layer that is frequently the binding one — property owners association covenants and architectural review govern tree removal there beyond anything the county requires, and establishing what they permit is the owner's responsibility rather than a contractor's. Any work on or affecting Fort Loudoun or Tellico shoreline should be checked against TVA's Section 26a requirements through TVA's Public Lands Information Center before it starts. Utility locates go through Tennessee 811, which state law requires at least three working days before digging.
Communities
three service areas in Loudon County.
Your property does not have to sit inside one of them. Most of the acreage in this county is unincorporated — pick the closest on the form and put the address in.
Lenoir City, TN
Waterfront lots, farm ground and rural homesites — ready for contractors covering Loudon County.
Also covering: Loudon, Greenback, Philadelphia, Concord, Friendsville, Louisville
Clearing in Lenoir City →Loudon, TN
River town and working farm country — ready for contractors covering Loudon County.
Also covering: Philadelphia, Greenback, Sweetwater, Lenoir City, Huff Ferry, Blair Bend
Clearing in Loudon →Tellico Village, TN
Covenanted lakeside lots where the rules come before the equipment — ready for contractors who work to a marked plan.
Also covering: Loudon, Vonore, Greenback, Lenoir City, Toqua, Tellico Lake
Clearing in Tellico Village →Questions
Clearing land in Loudon County.
Does TVA have to approve clearing on my waterfront lot?
Possibly, depending on where the work sits and what it affects. Section 26a covers construction and activities affecting the shoreline of the Tennessee River system, including fills, shoreline stabilisation and channel excavation. Contact TVA's Public Lands Information Center about your specific parcel before scheduling — a contractor cannot make that determination for you, and neither can we.
Where does my property end at the water?
Not necessarily where the grass stops, and this is the county where that matters most. On these reservoirs the land below a certain contour is frequently TVA's rather than the adjoining owner's, and clearing across that line is a problem with no easy remedy. Confirm your boundary before you settle on a scope, particularly if the plan involves opening a view.
Are the rules different inside Tellico Village?
Yes, and the association's are usually the binding ones. Architectural review in a covenanted community routinely governs which trees may come down and sometimes requires replacement planting, entirely separately from county requirements. Establish what your covenants and review committee require before booking anyone — it is the constraint that most often stops a job after it is scheduled.
What we can get quoted
Every service, everywhere in Loudon County.
Not sure which one your property needs? Describe what is standing on the ground and what you want to do with it afterward — the contractor will scope it correctly.