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6 Higher Shapter Close Topsham EX3 0AR

25/0288/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 28 March 2025

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

A self-seeded silver birch tree is in our rear garden that we wish to remove urgently due to the condition of the stem at its base and instability of the tree in high winds

Received
11 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Topsham
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.5 Apr
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided28 Mar

Decided in 17 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 6 Higher Shapter Close Topsham EX3 0AR. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 17 days, 5 weeks quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the Topsham conservation area, with 4 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 1,175 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 0AR
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2025
Last date for comments
5 April 2025
Target decision date
22 April 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13846551
Documents
8

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: 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

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.

Source: Exeter

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