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29 Monmouth Street Topsham EX3 0AJ

24/1194/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 22 November 2024

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Plum - Reduce height to previous pruning points and prune away from property T2 - Birch - Reduce height by approximately 2m and crown lift above adjacent wall T3 - Beech -Reduce to previous pruning points and thin canopy by 30% T4 - Crab Apple - Crown clean H5 - Cypress Hedge - Trim inside face only and top to previous levels

Received
11 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Topsham
  1. Received11 Oct
  2. Validated11 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Nov
  5. Decided22 Nov

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 29 Monmouth Street Topsham EX3 0AJ. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the Topsham conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across Topsham. We hold 1,175 applications in total for the EX3 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
EX3 0AJ
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 October 2024
Target decision date
22 November 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13478991
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

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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