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The Briars Nursing Home Crabb Lane Exeter EX2 9JD

25/1251/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 27 October 2025

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Holly (T1) - Fell Reason - Tree in terminal decline with sparse leaf area. Group of 4 Ash (T7) - Fell Reason - late stage Ash Die Back Ash (T9) - Fell Reason - late stage Ash Die Back Group of 2 Ash (T10) -Fell Reason - late stage Ash Die Back

Received
12 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Alphington
Agent
CHRIS GROVES ASSOCIATES
  1. Received12 Sep
  2. Validated12 Sep
  3. Consult.22 Oct
  4. Target24 Oct
  5. Decided27 Oct

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Briars Nursing Home Crabb Lane Exeter EX2 9JD. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 4 days quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the Alphinbrook conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Alphington. 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 9JD
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 September 2025
Last date for comments
22 October 2025
Target decision date
24 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
CHRIS GROVES ASSOCIATES
Agent address
CHRIS GROVES ASSOCIATES WEE TREE NURSERIES WEST BUCKLAND WELLINGTON TA21 9LD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14327582
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Alphin Brook
  • Listed building: Grade II: The BriarsOn or next to this site
  • 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 (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.

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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