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Meadowgate West Hill Road West Hill Ottery St Mary EX11 1UZ

18/2310/TREFelling/Lopping (TPO)Decided

Decided on 29 November 2018

Council decision: Split DecisionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Beech: Crown raise to give 8m clearance above ground on E side of the tree only (pruning back as far as fence on W side of footpath); removing epicormic branches and 1 low branch closest to house. Reduce SE aspect of canopy by 2m making pruning cuts up to 50mm in diameter. Reduce height by 2.5m to retain tree at approx. 24m in height with one or two pruning cuts at 75mm in diameter and all other pruning cuts up to 50mm in diameter.T2 - Beech: Crown raise to give 8m clearance above ground on E side of the tree only (pruning back as far as fence on W side of footpath); removing epicormic branches, making pruning cuts up to 60mm in diameter. Reduce height by 2.5m to retain tree at approx. 21m in height with 1 or 2 pruning cuts at 75mm in diameter and all other pruning cuts up to 50mm in diameter.T3 - Beech: Crown raise to give 8m clearance above ground level on E side of tree only (pruning back as far as fence on W side of footpath); making pruning cuts up to 150mm in diameter. Reduce height by 2m to retain tree at approx. 19m.T4 - Oak: Reduce height and spread to the SE by 2m making pruning cuts up to 60mm in diameter. Reducing height from 18m to 16m and reducing lateral spread to south east from 10m to 8m. Pruning cuts up to 50mm in diameter.T5 - Beech: Reduce height of tree by 2-3m to retain at approx. 19m. Reduce canopy to E by 2m to retain a crown radius of 4m. Pruning cuts up to 50mm in diameter.

Received
15 October 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ottery St Mary Rural (pre 02/05/19)
Agent
East Devon Tree Care Limited
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated15 Oct
  3. Consult.18 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Nov

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Meadowgate West Hill Road West Hill Ottery St Mary EX11 1UZ. East Devon has handled 873 applications of this type. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 656 applications in total for the EX11 postcode area.

90% of trees applications at East Devon District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
EX11 1UZ
Application type
Felling/Lopping (TPO)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 October 2018
Consultation expiry
26 October 2018
Last date for comments
18 November 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
East Devon Tree Care Limited
Agent address
Blackhill House Woodbury, Exeter EX5 1HE United Kingdom

Publicity

Last advertised
26 October 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07340509
Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2018
    22 Oct

    Retention of removal of front garden and construction of garage to front

    Approval with conditionsFull ApplicationFiled alongside18/2425/FUL
  2. 2018
    15 Oct

    T1 - Beech: Crown raise to give 8m clearance above ground on E side of the tree only (pruning back as far as…

    This applicationSplit DecisionTrees18/2310/TRE

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