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6 Chester Close Exeter Devon EX4 2EJ

20/1547/TPOWorks to Protected Trees (TPO)Refused

Refused on 10 February 2021

Council decision: Refuse Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Quercus Robur TPO 349 (T4) Crown Reduction of up to approximately 3 meters back to the boundary of no.6 Chester Close on south and south western aspects of crown. Reduction of approximately 2 meters or less around remainder of crown to maintain good overall shape. Crown Thinning of approximately 20% to encourage more light into the center of the crown and discourage current overreaching branching habit on southern and south western aspects of the crown. Crown Lift of approximately 0.5 meters to remove main low overhanging branches on South and South Western aspects of the crown to prevent current interference with boundary hedge maintenance and future interference with Garage roof and guttering

Received
19 November 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Exwick
  1. Received19 Nov
  2. Validated19 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Jan
  5. Decided10 Feb

Decided in 83 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 6 Chester Close Exeter Devon EX4 2EJ. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 5 weeks longer than Exeter's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Exwick. 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).

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

Application details

Postcode
EX4 2EJ
Application type
Works to Protected Trees (TPO)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 November 2020
Target decision date
15 January 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
David Christopher Johnson
Agent address
4 Victoria Terrace Kennford Exeter EX6 7TA United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
57 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09196124
Comments
0
Documents
7

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: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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.

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