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15 Alpha Street Exeter Devon EX1 2SP

21/1195/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 24 August 2021

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Yew Tree - either A. Lop back B. Remove completely or leave a living stump only. We have recently received notice from Devon County Council Highway Management requesting that the tree is to be cut back due to it overhanging our property boundary and causing a hazard to highway users. This type of Yew tree carries high levels of toxins that can be deadly to humans and animals. We have recently moved to the property and have two small children that play in the garden so feel that it is unsafe for our welfare as a family. The tree is very close to our boundary wall and house so we would like to avoid any structural damage to the property.

Received
14 July 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Heavitree
  1. Received14 Jul
  2. Validated14 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Aug
  5. Decided24 Aug

Decided in 41 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 15 Alpha Street Exeter Devon EX1 2SP. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 8 days quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the Heavitree conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Heavitree. We hold 829 applications in total for the EX1 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
EX1 2SP
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 July 2021
Target decision date
25 August 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 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.

  • Conservation area: Heavitree
  • 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.

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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