5 St Johns Villas Sivell Place Exeter EX2 5ES

23/1277/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 6 November 2023

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Bay tree - has become over grown, and is damaging our garden wall. Apple tree - has died

Received: 19 October 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Exeter City Council
Ward: Heavitree

ReceivedReceived19 Oct
ValidatedValidated23 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date4 Dec
DecidedDecided6 Nov

Decided in 14 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 St Johns Villas Sivell Place Exeter EX2 5ES. 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 the Heavitree conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Heavitree. 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode: EX2 5ES
Application type: Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 October 2023
Target decision date: 4 December 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12533410
Comments: 0
Documents: 8

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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Exeter

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near EX2

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Nearby applications

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Contractors near this project

Find contractors for landscaping & driveways near this site

View all contractors

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report