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The Flat Broadway House 35 High Street Topsham EX3 0ED

23/1144/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 17 October 2023

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 - Birch Suggested Works: Crown reduce by 2.5 metres and reshape accordingly, maximum diameter cuts 75mm. Rationale: These works are suggested to reduce and contain this large tree which is beginning to dominate the garden and the bus stop on the other side of the wall. The roadside works are also to ensure that the tree does not breach the Highways Act 1980 and give suitable clearance above the bus stop immediately beneath the tree. T2 - Magnolia Grandiflora Suggested Works: Dismantle to ground level. Rationale: This tree is growing extremely close to the property and boundary walls, both of which the owner would like to make repairs to. These repairs will not be possible with the tree in place.

Received
14 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Topsham
  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target31 Oct
  5. Decided17 Oct

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Flat Broadway House 35 High Street Topsham EX3 0ED. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 2 weeks quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the Topsham conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across Topsham. We hold 1,174 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 0ED
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2023
Target decision date
31 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Dartmoor Tree Surgeons
Agent address
Venmore Barn Road Past Venmore Farm Woodbury EX5 1LD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12458177
Comments
0
Documents
7

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.

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