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Summercourt Lodge Hill Exeter EX4 4AB

24/0600/TPOWorks to Protected Trees (TPO)Approved

Approved on 23 July 2024

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

This ash tree has been suffering from Ash dieback for several years, and now has significant damage to many branches. The tree overhangs both the garden and a driveway to two neighbouring properties, and has had work done in the past to remove overhanging branches (03/0354/TPO). There is a high likelihood of falling branches causing damage or injury. The damage to the tree will inevitably increase over time, so we have been advised by a tree surgeon that the best option would be to remove the tree now and plant a replacement tree in a suitable location. I am attaching separately an email from the tree surgeon explaining his opinion. We therefore want to remove the tree completely, and grind out the tree stump. Once the tree has been removed, we will decide the most appropriate location for a replacement tree, and the most appropriate species.

Received
31 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Duryard And St James
  1. Received31 May
  2. Validated4 Jun
  3. Consult.1 Jul
  4. Target31 Jul
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Summercourt Lodge Hill Exeter EX4 4AB. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Exeter's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Duryard And St James. We hold 1,348 applications in total for the EX4 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
EX4 4AB
Application type
Works to Protected Trees (TPO)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 June 2024
Last date for comments
1 July 2024
Target decision date
31 July 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
57 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12930941
Documents
5

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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