Exeter College Further Education Hele Road Exeter EX4 4JS

25/1364/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 14 November 2025

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

T35 Cedar of Lebanon - Works detailed in attached plan Summary of works: Remove all torn, broken, or damaged branches back to suitable secondary growth points or strong branch unions. Maximum cut diameter: 100mm (10cm). Works to be limited to the southern canopy where damage has occurred; no additional pruning beyond this area. Retain overall canopy balance and form. Avoid removal of healthy, undamaged wood unless necessary to achieve a natural pruning line.

Received: 2 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Exeter City Council
Ward: St Davids
Agent: Somerset Wildlife Trust Consultancy

ReceivedReceived2 Oct
ValidatedValidated2 Oct
Consult.Consultation27 Oct
TargetTarget Date13 Nov
DecidedDecided14 Nov

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Exeter College Further Education Hele Road Exeter EX4 4JS. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the St David's conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across St Davids. 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 4JS
Application type: Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 October 2025
Last date for comments: 27 October 2025
Target decision date: 13 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Somerset Wildlife Trust Consultancy
Agent address: Callow Rock Offices, Shipham Road Cheddar BS273DQ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14378344
Documents: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: St. David's
Listed building: Grade II: Fardel House LodgeOn this site · +4 more
Article 4 direction: 2023 Article 4 Direction
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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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