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24 Matford Avenue Exeter EX2 4PW

26/0110/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 6 February 2026

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1- Cedrus atlantica to prune back 2 of the lower limbs on the SW side if the tree by 4m so they are back in line with the crown, as they have over extended the crown and becoming large lever arms. T2 Sycamore to dismantle down to ground level the small sycamore in corner of the garden as it is growing out of the laurel hedge and looks like it has been pruned poorly in the past

Received
23 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Newtown And St Leonards
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.19 Feb
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided6 Feb

Decided in 11 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 24 Matford Avenue Exeter EX2 4PW. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 5 weeks quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the St Leonards conservation area, with 1 listed building 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 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 4PW
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2026
Last date for comments
19 February 2026
Target decision date
9 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Belmontrees
Agent address
7 COMMINS ROAD EXETER ex12qb United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14646130
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

© 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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