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The Flat Broadway House 35 High Street Topsham EX3 0ED

25/1006/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 15 September 2025

Council decision: Withdrawn by ApplicantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Birch Suggested Works: Dismantle to near ground level Rationale: This tree is in close proximity to a listed wall and is now beginning to cause damage to the structure. Intention to replant with 3 or 4 Himalayan Birch as indicated by red stars on tree location map.

Received
24 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Topsham
  1. Received24 Jul
  2. Validated24 Jul
  3. Consult.25 Aug
  4. Target4 Sep
  5. Decided15 Sep

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Flat Broadway House 35 High Street Topsham EX3 0ED. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 53 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Topsham conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 0ED
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 July 2025
Last date for comments
25 August 2025
Target decision date
4 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Dartmoor Tree Surgeons
Agent address
Venmore Barn Road Past Venmore Farm Woodbury EX5 1LD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14202501
Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    3 Jul

    T1 - Birch Tip reduce northern aspect to reshape and contain by up to 1.5m. Maximum diameter of cuts: 1@75mm…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation Area24/0755/CAT
  2. 2023
    14 Sep

    T1 - Birch Suggested Works: Crown reduce by 2.5 metres and reshape accordingly, maximum diameter cuts 75mm…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation Area23/1144/CAT
  3. 2023
    26 Jan

    Retention of removed partition walls/sanitary ware on ground and first floors, new skirting board in gym…

    ApprovedListed building consent23/0117/LBC
  4. 2015
    18 Jun

    Remove part of ground floor internal wall

    ApprovedListed building consent15/0691/LBC
  5. 2015
    28 Apr

    Change of use from hotel to single residential dwellinghouse

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission15/0479/FUL

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