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1 Manston Terrace Exeter EX2 4NP

25/1449/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 1 December 2025

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T2 Holm Oak (8m high) & T3 Pittosporum (5m): Reduce overhang back to the boundary - remove 1m of lateral spread south side. T4 Temu/Chilean Myrtle (10m) : Remove 2 x 2.5m high stubs next to boundary, on one stem (120 diameter). Retain remaining stems. T6 Smoke Tree (6m): Remove western subsiding, over-extended limb growing towards the house, pruning back to main stem. T405 Bay Laurel (5m): Remove to provide space for adjacent cypress. T406 Prunus Species (5m), G407 Holm Oak x 2 (4m), T408 Bay Laurel (5m), T409 & T410 Apples (3m): Remove, against wall. T411, T412, T413, T414, T417 Holm Oaks (6m) & T415 Cherry Laurel (6m): Remove to thin out dense tree population in garden & prioritise other trees. T416 Unidentified (6m): Remove as dead. T418 Bay Laurel (12): Remove ? base of trunk is 150mm from corner of house. This is a renewal of an expired consent from 2023 that was only partially implemented. T419 Fig (4m): Remove. Resting on wall. See accompanying report and plan.

Received
17 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Newtown And St Leonards
Agent
Aspect Tree Consultancy Ltd
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.13 Nov
  4. Target28 Nov
  5. Decided1 Dec

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Manston Terrace Exeter EX2 4NP. 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 St Leonards conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Newtown And St Leonards. 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 4NP
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2025
Last date for comments
13 November 2025
Target decision date
28 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Aspect Tree Consultancy Ltd
Agent address
Unit F, Kach Business Park Pottery Road Bovey Tracey TQ13 9TZ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14419493
Documents
6

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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    13 Jul

    Please see application 25/1450/TPO

    PendingWorks to Protected Trees (TPO)26/1045/TPO

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