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5 Linden Vale Howell Road Exeter Devon EX4 4LF

23/0241/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 1 March 2023

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Rowan Tree to be cut down to approx 2.5m for safety reasons. The tree carried leaves on some branches in 2021 but others were dead. In 2022 there were no leaves or growth on the tree at any point so it is concluded that it is now dead. Some upper branches have become brittle. It is proposed to feel the tree to a stump 2.5m high, retaining the rose and ivy growing over it to provide some natural habitat for wildlife.

Received
22 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received22 Feb
  2. Validated22 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Apr
  5. Decided1 Mar

Decided in 7 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Linden Vale Howell Road Exeter Devon EX4 4LF. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 7 days, 6 weeks quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the St David's conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,347 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 4LF
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 February 2023
Target decision date
5 April 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11960206
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.

  • Conservation area: St. David's
  • 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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