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Pilton House Pilton Lane Exeter EX1 3RA

23/1231/TPOWorks to Protected Trees (TPO)Approved

Approved on 24 October 2023

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Copper Beech T1 - Fell, due to risk to boundary wall, Pilton Lane and potentially affecting the new properties to the east of the site due to possible total tree failure from significant root and basal decay. Replace with 1x heavy standard Quercus x hispanica 'Luccombeana' and establish.

Received
6 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pinhoe
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Dec
  5. Decided24 Oct

Decided in 18 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Pilton House Pilton Lane Exeter EX1 3RA. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 18 days, 4 weeks quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Pinhoe. 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 3RA
Application type
Works to Protected Trees (TPO)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 October 2023
Target decision date
2 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
JMW Arboriculture
Agent address
33 Ebrington Road Exeter EX2 8JS United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
57 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12511787
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.

  • 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 (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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