Fig Tree Cottage 6 Majorfield Road Topsham Exeter EX3 0ES

10/3145/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 26 October 2010

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Tree no. Species WorkT1 Magnolia FellT2 Palm Fell

Received: 20 September 2010
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Exeter City Council
Ward: Topsham

ReceivedReceived20 Sep
ValidatedValidated20 Sep
Consult.Consultation14 Oct
TargetTarget Date1 Nov
DecidedDecided26 Oct

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Fig Tree Cottage 6 Majorfield Road Topsham Exeter EX3 0ES. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the Topsham conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across Topsham. We hold 1,174 applications in total for the EX3 postcode area.

97% of trees applications at Exeter City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: EX3 0ES
Application type: Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 September 2010
Last date for comments: 14 October 2010
Target decision date: 1 November 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent: Exe Tree Care
Agent address: 15 Albion Place Exeter

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 23 September 2010

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: Topsham
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

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Source: Exeter

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