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Melvyn Taddyforde Estate Exeter EX4 4AT

25/1216/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 October 2025

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T1 - Sycamore - Remove the stem leaning over the road, SSW facing towards 'The Chalet'. The stem has a 36cm cut, and arises from the main stem at 10 feet high. - Reduce the height of the remaining tree by 4 metres, with topping cuts of approximately 15cm diameter. Shorten back all lateral branches by up to 2metres (approx. 9cm diameter cut size) - crown lift overhanging the roadside to 5.2metres above ground level.

Received
9 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Duryard And St James
Agent
Exe Tree Care Ltd
  1. Received9 Sep
  2. Validated9 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target21 Oct
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 41 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Melvyn Taddyforde Estate Exeter EX4 4AT. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 8 days quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the Taddyforde conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Duryard And St James. We hold 1,347 applications in total for the EX4 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
EX4 4AT
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 September 2025
Last date for comments
20 October 2025
Target decision date
21 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Exe Tree Care Ltd
Agent address
19 Alexandra terrace EXETER EX4 6SY

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14303939
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: Taddyforde
  • 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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