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Land To The North Of Iron Gate Lodge Escot Estate Ottery St Mary EX11 1LU

26/0050/HRNHedgerow Removal NoticeRefused

Refused on 16 February 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

The removal of 6m length of hedgerow to facilitate the installation of a 15ft gateway for access between fields

Received
15 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Ottery St Mary
Agent
DixonSmith LLP
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Feb

Decided in 32 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land To The North Of Iron Gate Lodge Escot Estate Ottery St Mary EX11 1LU. East Devon has handled 873 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 2 weeks quicker than East Devon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Ottery St Mary. 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 1LU
Application type
Hedgerow Removal Notice
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ottery St Mary

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2026
Last date for comments
13 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
DixonSmith LLP
Agent address
Mr Alex Neason 1 Splatford Barton Business Park Kennford Exeter Devon EX6 7BT

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14615395
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: East Devon

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