48 Knowle Drive Exeter Devon EX4 2DG

21/0864/TPOWorks to Protected Trees (TPO)Approved

Approved on 4 June 2021

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Oak - Reduce lateral spread of lower crown growing towards properties by 2m, secondary branches only, max cut diameter 75mm. Crown lift secondary branches to balance crown mainly the other side of the crown to no.48. Remove major dead wood and any damaged branches.

Received: 10 May 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Exeter City Council
Ward: Exwick

ReceivedReceived10 May
ValidatedValidated10 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date6 Jul
DecidedDecided4 Jun

Decided in 25 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 48 Knowle Drive Exeter Devon EX4 2DG. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 3 weeks quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Exwick. We hold 1,348 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 2DG
Application type: Works to Protected Trees (TPO)
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 May 2021
Target decision date: 6 July 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period: 57 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 2

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.

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Source: Exeter

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