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23 Devonshire Place Exeter Devon EX4 6JA

20/0212/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 3 March 2020

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

G1 Poplar - Dismantle in sections to near ground level; T1 Apple - Reduce and thin south easterly limb, thin western aspect; B1 & B2 Bay - Reduce to ground level; T2 Fig - Reduce to top of wall; Reason: G1 - Trees are unsuitable and have become extremely large for location, previous pruning practices have left trees that need to be maintained with escalating costs, extensive decay throughout the trees and the size of the trees are affecting nearby structures T1 - Previous pruning has left the south easterly limb heavy and overbearing for neighbours' garden B1 & B2 - To let regrowth become more manageable and appealing shrubs, T2 - To contain

Received
14 February 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received14 Feb
  2. Validated14 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Mar
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 18 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 23 Devonshire Place Exeter Devon EX4 6JA. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 18 days, 4 weeks quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the Longbrook conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,347 applications in total for the EX4 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
EX4 6JA
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 February 2020
Target decision date
27 March 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Dartmoor Tree Surgeons
Agent address
Venmore Barn Road Past Venmore Farm Woodbury EX5 1LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08509305
Comments
0
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.

  • Conservation area: Longbrook
  • Article 4 direction: 2023 Article 4 Direction
  • 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 (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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© 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.

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