The New House 2A Wonford Road Exeter EX2 4EQ
Approved on 15 April 2024
Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
All work to trees along boundaries to allow natural light into the property and gardens. Currently the hedges/trees have grown to be extremely out of control; the garden and house is very dark which means it is damp everywhere. Proposed work as follows to be carried out by a professional tree surgeon. Front Garden: 1-4 Bay Trees: Reduce Bay Trees to approximately 10ft above ground level (from their current approximate height of 35 feet) 5 Honey Locust: Prune branches away from communications cable 6 Yew: Reduce height to approximately 12ft above ground level (from its current approximate 20ft height) and reshape to a ball shape Group of 8 Bay Trees in hedgeline: Reduce Bay Trees to approximately 12ft above ground level (from their current approximate height of 35 feet) Rear Garden: 1-5 Bay Trees: Reduce Bay Trees to approximately 15ft above ground level (from their current approximate height of 35 feet) 6-8 Laurel: Reduce to approximately 10ft above ground level (from their current approximate height of 35 feet) 9 Laurel: Reduce to approximately 15ft above ground level (from its current approximate height of 35 feet) 10: Reduce to approximately 10ft above ground level (in line with the adjacent trellis)
- Received
- 16 March 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Exeter City Council
- Ward
- Newtown And St Leonards
- ReceivedReceived16 Mar
- ValidatedValidated16 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date27 Apr
- DecidedDecided15 Apr
Decided in 30 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at The New House 2A Wonford Road Exeter EX2 4EQ. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 3 weeks quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the St Leonards conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Newtown And St Leonards. 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).
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Application details
- Postcode
- EX2 4EQ
- Application type
- Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 March 2024
- Target decision date
- 27 April 2024
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12896831
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: St Leonards
- 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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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