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3 St Leonards Road Exeter EX2 4LA

24/0577/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 18 June 2024

Council decision: Permitted

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

Proposal

T1 - Pittosporum - Prune back to the inner pavement edge. T2 - Bay - Reduce in height by 3 metres. T3 - Cotoneaster over the private drive at the rear - Fell. T4 - Reduce in height by up to 2 metres and reshape the lateral growth by 1-2 metres to balance. T5 - Purple leaf Plum - Reduce by 1metre, and lightly reshape the laterals to balance. T6 - Olive: Reduce in height by 1.5 metres, and lightly reshape the laterals to balance. T7 - Elder Reduce in height by 1.5 metres, and reshape the laterals by up to 1 metre to balance. T8 - Lilac: Shorten back the large leader overhanging the patio (and supported in the Amelanchier) by 1 metre T9 - Bay - Reduce in height 2 metres. T10 - Pittosporum - Reduce in height by 1.5 metres. T11 - Bay - Reduce in height by 1.5 metres.

Received
27 May 2024
Public comments
1
Ward
Newtown And St Leonards
Agent
Exe Tree Care Ltd
  1. Received27 May
  2. Validated27 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Jul
  5. Decided18 Jun

Decided in 22 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3 St Leonards Road Exeter EX2 4LA. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 4 weeks quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the St Leonards conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 4LA
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 May 2024
Target decision date
8 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Exe Tree Care Ltd
Agent address
19 Alexandra terrace EXETER EX4 6SY

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13102222
Documents
4

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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