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St Thomas First School Union Street Exeter Devon EX2 9BB

23/0103/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 1 February 2023

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1. Laburnum. Crown lift for a ground clearance of 2.5m over footpath and play area to aid access. Clear epicormic from main stem. T2. Maple. Side prune back to main stem school side to achieve a 2.5m clearance from building. Crown lift for a ground clearance of approx 2.5 m to aid access, reduce in height by approx 2m. T3. Cherry. Reduce lateral branches all the way around tree by approx 2.5 and shape, crown lift for a ground clearance of approx 2.5m to clear property and play ground. All works to conform to BS3998

Received
25 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Thomas
  1. Received25 Jan
  2. Validated25 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Mar
  5. Decided1 Feb

Decided in 7 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Thomas First School Union Street Exeter Devon EX2 9BB. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 7 days, 6 weeks quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across St Thomas. We hold 1,270 applications in total for the EX2 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
EX2 9BB
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 January 2023
Target decision date
8 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hi-Line Contractors
Agent address
Hi-Line Contractors Brookfield Yard Old Tedburn Road Exeter EX4 2HF

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11879100
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.

  • Flood zone 3: High 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.

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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