Villa Barn Balls Farm Road Exeter EX2 9JB
Approved on 21 January 2025
Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Following an inspection by a tree surgeon it has been recommended a number of the trees undergo a general maintenance and cut back suggested between 10 and 20% in some instances for the good of the trees overall There was also one tree in particular in the neighbouring property that is leaning towards our property that is dead and should be removed T1 - Robinia - removal of small secondary stem at ground level T2 - Gingko - Rebalancing of crown by reduction over office of two limbs by 3m T3 - Yew - No work T4 - Holly - No work T5 - Ginko - Reduction of top of crown by 3m and slight reshape T6 - Sycamore - Reduce three lowest limbs roadside (including squirrel damaged) back to stem T7 - Oak - Removal of one low lateral limb over drive to rebalance crown T8 - Robinia on neighbouring property - Dead, recommend removal ASAP
- Received
- 3 October 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Exeter City Council
- ReceivedReceived3 Oct
- ValidatedValidated3 Oct
- Consult.Consultation19 Dec
- TargetTarget Date14 Nov
- DecidedDecided21 Jan
Decided in 110 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Villa Barn Balls Farm Road Exeter EX2 9JB. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 110 days, 9 weeks longer than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the Alphinbrook conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 9JB
- Application type
- Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 October 2024
- Last date for comments
- 19 December 2024
- Target decision date
- 14 November 2024
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13423607
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Alphin Brook
- 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 (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.
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