4 Parkfield Road Topsham EX3 0DR

25/0302/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 23 April 2025

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1, maple - prune and re-shape by approximately 2m to a suitable pruning position.

Received: 14 March 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Exeter City Council
Ward: Topsham
Agent: Rowse Tree Services Ltd.

ReceivedReceived14 Mar
ValidatedValidated14 Mar
Consult.Consultation18 Apr
TargetTarget Date25 Apr
DecidedDecided23 Apr

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 Parkfield Road Topsham EX3 0DR. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the Topsham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 0DR
Application type: Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 March 2025
Last date for comments: 18 April 2025
Target decision date: 25 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Rowse Tree Services Ltd.
Agent address: Southcotts Exmouth Road Colaton Raleigh SIDMOUTH EX10 0LE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13855072
Documents: 4

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.

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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.

Source: Exeter

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