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Church Of The Holy Cross 17 Station Road Topsham EX3 0EE

25/0040/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 21 February 2025

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Eucalyptus T1 Proposed specification - Reduce the side of the north western crown aspect by 2-3m with a maximum cut diameter of 75mm Reason - Tree is dominating the driveway of '6 Elm Grove Road', such pruning will mitigate this Elm T2 Proposed specification - Fell Reason - Tree is dead and overhangs the road Elm T3 Proposed specification - Fell Reason - Tree is dead and overhangs the road

Received
14 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Topsham
Agent
JMW Arboriculture Ltd
  1. Received14 Jan
  2. Validated21 Jan
  3. Consult.14 Feb
  4. Target4 Mar
  5. Decided21 Feb

Decided in 31 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Church Of The Holy Cross 17 Station Road Topsham EX3 0EE. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 11 days quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the Topsham conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across Topsham. We hold 1,174 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 0EE
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 January 2025
Last date for comments
14 February 2025
Target decision date
4 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
JMW Arboriculture Ltd
Agent address
33 Ebrington Road Exeter EX2 8JS United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13691969
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Topsham
  • 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, 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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© 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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