Skip to content

Stepps Cross Cottage Chapel Street Axmouth Devon EX12 4BS

26/0251/TREFelling/Lopping (TPO)Awaiting decision

Proposal

Beech - 10% overall crown reduction, retaining existing overall shape and balance throughout by removal of branch lengths of 1.8-2m; maximum diameter cuts, 38mm. Crown lift at roadside base by 1.2-1.5m resulting in 4m clearance from ground level. Crown lift by 1.2 m. over garden and remove several existing cut stubs over garden to good healing points.

Received
24 February 2026
Ward
Trinity
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.27 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided

Have your say

Comments close on 27 March.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (5)

About this application

This is a tree application at Stepps Cross Cottage Chapel Street Axmouth Devon EX12 4BS. East Devon has handled 873 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 24 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Trinity. We hold 131 applications in total for the EX12 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
EX12 4BS
Application type
Felling/Lopping (TPO)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Axmouth

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2026
Consultation expiry
4 March 2026
Last date for comments
27 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Birch
Architect profile
BIRCH&CO LTD
Agent address
Jim Waterson 5 Southcoombe Terrace Axmouth EX12 4AT

Publicity

Last advertised
4 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14694312
Documents
5

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 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • National Landscape (AONB): East Devon

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, 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, 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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near EX12

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Before the decision

You may need a flood risk assessment. Drainage & flood risk consultants near this site

The site is in flood zone 3 (Environment Agency).

See all drainage and flood risk consultants near Axmouth

Nearest first, within 50 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report