14 Alphington Road Exeter EX2 8HH

25/0688/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 25 June 2025

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 Yew. Reduce height by 2m and trim sides to maintain current shape. Sides - 1m off all round

Received: 1 June 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Exeter City Council
Ward: St Thomas

ReceivedReceived1 Jun
ValidatedValidated7 Jun
Consult.Consultation3 Jul
TargetTarget Date19 Jul
DecidedDecided25 Jun

Decided in 18 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 14 Alphington Road Exeter EX2 8HH. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 4 weeks quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the Princes Square conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,270 applications in total for the EX2 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: EX2 8HH
Application type: Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 June 2025
Last date for comments: 3 July 2025
Target decision date: 19 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Bridford Wood House Dunsford EXETER EX6 7ER United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14062813
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.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Conservation area: Princes Square

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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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.

Source: Exeter

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