21 Polsloe Road Exeter EX1 2HL

26/0281/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 25 March 2026

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T1- Palm to dismantle down to ground level. T2- Bay to reduce in height by approximately two to three metres and hard trim the sides all over.

Received: 26 February 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Exeter City Council
Ward: Pennsylvania

ReceivedReceived26 Feb
ValidatedValidated26 Feb
Consult.Consultation26 Mar
TargetTarget Date9 Apr
DecidedDecided25 Mar

Decided in 27 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 21 Polsloe Road Exeter EX1 2HL. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 3 weeks quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Pennsylvania. 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 2HL
Application type: Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 February 2026
Last date for comments: 26 March 2026
Target decision date: 9 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Belmontrees
Agent address: 7 Commins Road Exeter EX1 2QB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14738492
Documents: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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