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19 Newcombe Street Exeter Devon EX1 2TG

23/0666/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 30 June 2023

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Ash tree (A1 on sketch) to be felled Holly tree (H1 on sketch) to be felled, or at least drastic crown reduction. Currently stands at around 6m tall, maximum final height 3m These trees have been allowed to grow out of control over several years and in the case of the Ash in particular is an inappropriate woodland tree to have been planted in a small garden in the first place. The Ash stands at approximately 8m tall, and is in striking distance of the nearest part of the house should it fall. Together, the trees cast a large shadow in our (19 Newcombe street) throughout most of the afternoon, and blocks huge amounts of light to our neighbours at number 17. Neighbours on both sides are happy with this proposal, and we will benefit from good tree coverage between our houses and the school after after these trees are felled.

Received
30 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Heavitree
  1. Received30 May
  2. Validated30 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Jul
  5. Decided30 Jun

Decided in 31 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 19 Newcombe Street Exeter Devon EX1 2TG. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 3 weeks quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the Heavitree conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Heavitree. We hold 829 applications in total for the EX1 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
EX1 2TG
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 May 2023
Target decision date
11 July 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12180959
Comments
0
Documents
6

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: Heavitree
  • 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, 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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