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Flat 2 61 Polsloe Road Exeter EX1 2EA

25/0138/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 14 February 2025

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

x2 Bay trees to be removed as restricting light and access to wall x1 Crinodendron to be reduced in height so as to not impact neighbour, thinned and pruned to prolong life x3 Holly trees removed x1 Wintersweet shrub - stems cut to ground level and reduced in height

Received
3 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Heavitree
  1. Received3 Jan
  2. Validated3 Jan
  3. Consult.14 Feb
  4. Target14 Feb
  5. Decided14 Feb

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Flat 2 61 Polsloe Road Exeter EX1 2EA. 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 Mont le Grand conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Heavitree. We hold 829 applications in total for the EX1 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
EX1 2EA
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 January 2025
Last date for comments
14 February 2025
Target decision date
14 February 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Mont Le Grand
  • 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

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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