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43 Higher Shapter Street Topsham Exeter Devon EX3 0AW

22/1451/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 7 November 2022

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Tree A - Twisted willow - Located close to the boundary between 43 Higher Shapter Street and the passage between us and 39 Higher Shapter Street. In the rear garden of 43 Higher Shapter Street about 5 metres behind the house. Permission requirted for tree to be pollarded as it gets too large and was pollarded 4 years ago before we owned the house. As planning permission lasts five years, is it possible for this permission to include permission to Pollard again in another 4 years? Tree B - Silver Birch - This has grown into the telegraph wires above it. Permission is requested to reduce the height of this to 2 metres below the wires. Tree C - Pear tree with rust spot infection (see photo). Permission to cut back the infected part of the tree to encourage new rust free growth.

Received
16 October 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Topsham
  1. Received16 Oct
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Nov
  5. Decided7 Nov

Decided in 22 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 43 Higher Shapter Street Topsham Exeter Devon EX3 0AW. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 4 weeks quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the Topsham conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across Topsham. We hold 1,175 applications in total for the EX3 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
EX3 0AW
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 October 2022
Target decision date
27 November 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11623163
Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    28 Jun

    Replacement dwelling and associated works.

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission22/0920/FUL

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