142 Heavitree Road Exeter EX1 2NA

25/1711/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 January 2026

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T1 - Fir. Reduce southerly limb growing near to no. 3 The Music Rooms by 2.5m, maximum diameter of cut 75mm.

Received: 1 December 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Exeter City Council
Ward: Newtown And St Leonards

ReceivedReceived1 Dec
ValidatedValidated1 Dec
Consult.Consultation3 Jan
TargetTarget Date12 Jan
DecidedDecided20 Jan

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 142 Heavitree Road Exeter EX1 2NA. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. The site is in the St Leonards conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Newtown And St Leonards. We hold 829 applications in total for the EX1 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: EX1 2NA
Application type: Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 December 2025
Last date for comments: 3 January 2026
Target decision date: 12 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Dartmoor Tree Surgeons
Agent address: Axehayes Barn Clyst St Mary Exeter EX5 1GA United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14531195
Comments: 0
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: St Leonards
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.

Source: Exeter

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