Balliol House Southernhay Gardens Exeter EX1 1NP
Approved on 20 February 2024
Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
G015 - Acacia (group of 3) Suggested Works: Remove northernmost tree to create more space for the the two dominant trees. Remove deadwood from remaining trees. G023 - Common Ash (group of 4) Suggested Works: Dismantle in stages to near ground level; evidence of Ash Dieback throughout canopy. T003 - Silver Birch Suggested Works: Remove planting stake. T016 - Silver Birch Suggested Works: Tree is dead - dismantle in stages to near ground level. T017 - Common Lime Suggested Works: Crown raise to 3 metres over road and footpath to ensure accessibility and compliance with the Highways Act 1980. Crown reduce by 1-2 metres to gain improved clearance from building. T018 - Common Lime Suggested Works: Crown reduce by 1-2 metres to gain improved clearance from building. G019 - Acacia (group of 3) Suggested Works: Trees are poor specimens in poor form. T022 - Silver Birch Suggested Works: Tree is dead; dismantle in stages to near ground level.
- Received
- 30 January 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Exeter City Council
- Ward
- St Davids
- ReceivedReceived30 Jan
- ValidatedValidated30 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date12 Mar
- DecidedDecided20 Feb
Decided in 21 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Balliol House Southernhay Gardens Exeter EX1 1NP. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 4 weeks quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the Southernhay and The Friars conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across St Davids. 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 1NP
- Application type
- Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 January 2024
- Target decision date
- 12 March 2024
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
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Southernhay and The Friars
- 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.
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© 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.
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