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St Matthews Church Hall Lower Summerlands Exeter EX1 2LJ

24/0708/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaDecided

Decided on 24 July 2024

Council decision: Split DecisionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T5 Lime top corner of hall field. Crown raise 5 meters above the road and a 2 meter overall reduction.T4 Large Red Oak. 3-4m/ 30% overall reduction to reduce the very long weighted branches over-hanging the road and foot path.T3 Sycamore, next to second gate. Re-pollarded to reduce the chance of limb failure next to footpath and building. T2 Lime between the two gates. Re-pollarded to reduce the risk of limb failure next to footpath and building.T1 Lime by corner of car park and building. Re-pollarded to reduce the risk of limb failure next to footpath and building.

Received
21 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Newtown And St Leonards
  1. Received21 Jun
  2. Validated21 Jun
  3. Consult.26 Jul
  4. Target2 Aug
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 33 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Matthews Church Hall Lower Summerlands Exeter EX1 2LJ. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. The site is in the Lower Summerlands conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Newtown And St Leonards. 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 2LJ
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 June 2024
Last date for comments
26 July 2024
Target decision date
2 August 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13174984
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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

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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.

© 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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