6 Truro Drive Exeter Devon EX4 2DY

21/0457/TPOWorks to Protected Trees (TPO)Refused

Proposal

Silver Birch to front of property. Fell due to large size and being so close to the property. Causing damage to driveway. Causing extreme shade to property and front garden and lawn. This is an extremely large tree that has grown taller than the property. Trunk is 2/3 metres from property.

Received: 15 March 2021
Decided: 18 May 2021 · Refuse Planning Permission
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Exeter City Council
Ward: Exwick

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

ReceivedReceived15 Mar
ValidatedValidated15 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date11 May
DecidedDecided18 May

Decided in 64 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in Exeter98% of trees applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is a tree application at 6 Truro Drive Exeter Devon EX4 2DY. Exeter has handled 789 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 37 days. This one was decided in 64 days, 4 weeks longer than Exeter's median. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Exwick. We hold 1,328 applications in total for the EX4 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

21/0457/TPO

Address

6 Truro Drive Exeter Devon EX4 2DY

Postcode

EX4 2DY

Local Authority

Exeter

Application Type

Works to Protected Trees (TPO)

Scale / Size

Small

Decision Status

Rejected

Current Status

Refused

Ward

Exwick

District

21/0347/TPO

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

15 March 2021

Target Decision Date

11 May 2021

Date Decided

18 May 2021

Date Validated

15 March 2021

Date Submitted

15 March 2021

Planning Decision

Decision

Refuse Planning Permission

Decided By

Delegated Decision

Statutory Period

57 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID

PP-09631037

Comments

Documents

Coordinates

50.727340, -3.552645

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Exeter

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Planning history at this site

4 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

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.

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