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1 Caroline Avenue Exeter EX2 7AT

24/1146/TPOWorks to Protected Trees (TPO)Approved

Approved on 7 November 2024

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Minor works repairs team scoped - paving slabs 450mmx 450mm have lifted due to tree roots Take up 26 paving slabs and remove roots and reinstate slabs 6.0m x 900mm there are 3 silverbirch trees in the garden of privately owned 1 Caroline Avenue -2 larger to the end of the garden where the pathway comes out into the communal carparking area and one smaller to the centre of the pathway also located in the garden of 1 Caroline Avenue. the tree roots have grown below the slabs in a number of area, tree roots to be cut directly below the areas of damage and the slabs reinstated into their original position. There is also bamboo growing in the garden but no bamboo is visible below the slabs

Received
2 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Topsham
  1. Received2 Oct
  2. Validated11 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Dec
  5. Decided7 Nov

Decided in 27 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Caroline Avenue Exeter EX2 7AT. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across Topsham. 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 7AT
Application type
Works to Protected Trees (TPO)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 October 2024
Target decision date
7 December 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
57 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13453876
Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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