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The Old Farmhouse Brampford Speke Exeter EX5 5HL

19/2007/TCATree in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 30 October 2019

Council decision: Approval - standard time limitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1. Fell cedar tree (T1) due to excessive shading and close proximity to house. 2. Reduce height (approx 3m) and spread of silver birch tree (T2) 3. Crown reduction of magnolia tree (T3)

Received
10 September 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Exe Valley
  1. Received10 Sep
  2. Validated10 Sep
  3. Consult.11 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Oct

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Farmhouse Brampford Speke Exeter EX5 5HL. East Devon has handled 873 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. The site is in the Brampford Speke conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Exe Valley. We hold 1,242 applications in total for the EX5 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
EX5 5HL
Application type
Tree in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Brampford Speke

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 September 2019
Consultation expiry
18 September 2019
Last date for comments
11 October 2019

Publicity

Last advertised
18 September 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08141735
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Brampford Speke
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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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© 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.

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

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Source: East Devon

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