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6 Thornton Hill Exeter Devon EX4 4NS

21/1422/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 28 October 2021

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

G1 - 3 x Purple leaf plum trees - Reduce in height by approximately 50% (not to the previous growth points, which was too harsh a prune previously), and reshape to leave a balanced form. T2 - Holly tree - Fell to ground level. T3 - Silver Birch tree - Reduce the height of the crown by approximately 30% (10-12 feet), and reshape the lateral branches by 20% to leave a balanced form.

Received
13 September 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Duryard And St James
Agent
Exe Tree Care Ltd
  1. Received13 Sep
  2. Validated13 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Oct
  5. Decided28 Oct

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 6 Thornton Hill Exeter Devon EX4 4NS. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 4 days quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the Longbrook conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Duryard And St James. 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 4NS
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 September 2021
Target decision date
25 October 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Exe Tree Care Ltd
Agent address
19 Alexandra Terrace Exeter EX4 6SY United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10210281
Comments
0
Documents
3

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

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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