1 Higher Hoopern Lane Exeter EX4 6DS
Approved on 12 September 2024
Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Small Leaf Lime (T6) - Shorten lowest branch house side (to West) at 6m above ground level by 2m. Reason - long side branch on house side over BT wire. Small Leaf Lime (T7) - Shorten lowest branch house side (to West) at 6m above ground level by 2m. Reason - long side branch on house side near BT wire. Small Leaf Lime (T8) - Reduce to pollard at 8m in height. Reason - Mature tree which has been historically pollarded at 5m above ground level. Dark fluid oozing from trunk from base up to 3m on West side. Areas of bark death on West side near base. Upper crown has sparse leaf area on West side. Close to road. Small Leaf Lime (T10) - Reduce crown on South side by 2m. Remove dead branches. Reason - Long side branches overhanging Higher Hoopern Lane. Dead branches in upper crown.
- Received
- 30 August 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Exeter City Council
- Ward
- Duryard And St James
- Agent
- Chris Grove Associates
- ReceivedReceived30 Aug
- ValidatedValidated2 Sep
- Consult.Consultation26 Sep
- TargetTarget Date29 Oct
- DecidedDecided12 Sep
Decided in 10 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 1 Higher Hoopern Lane Exeter EX4 6DS. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 days, 5 weeks quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. 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 6DS
- Application type
- Works to Protected Trees (TPO)
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 September 2024
- Last date for comments
- 26 September 2024
- Target decision date
- 29 October 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Chris Grove Associates
- Agent address
- Chris Grove Associates Wet Tree Nurseries West Buckland Wellington TA21 9LD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 57 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: 2023 Article 4 Direction
- 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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