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Block Q Birks Halls New North Road Exeter Devon EX4 4GJ

22/1724/TPOWorks to Protected Trees (TPO)Approved

Approved on 17 January 2023

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

magnolia adjacent to building in birks, tree is restricted in situ, there are plans to develop the building as part of that UoE would like to prune and transport the magnolia to another location with in the site. this sprig post flowering we would like to reduce canopy by up to 2/3rds to encourage epicormic growth. In autumn to excavate the root place using an air spade. the tree will then be crane out of its location and placed in the new planting location to be specified tree will be angered with suitable ground system and ideal growing medium used making sure no air gaps in root plate Close monitoring and after care by UoE ground Staff

Received
15 December 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Duryard And St James
  1. Received15 Dec
  2. Validated15 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Feb
  5. Decided17 Jan

Decided in 33 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Block Q Birks Halls New North Road Exeter Devon EX4 4GJ. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 2 weeks quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. 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 4GJ
Application type
Works to Protected Trees (TPO)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 December 2022
Target decision date
10 February 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
57 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11773275
Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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