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Pinces Gardens Greenspace Pinces Gardens Exeter

26/0316/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 27 March 2026

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Job 82612 - Pinces Gardens - Low canopy encroaching onto highway. Crown lift over highway to achieve 5.2m clearance above ground level. Crown lift over grass to achieve 2m clearance above ground level. Job 82611 - Pinces Gardens - Low canopy over highway. Crown lift over highway to achieve 5.2m clearance above ground level. Crown lift over grass area to achieve 2m clearance above ground level. Job 82610 - Pinces Gardens - Low canopy encroaching onto highway. Crown lift over highway to achieve 5,2m clearance. Crown lift over grass area to achieve 2m clearance above ground level.

Received
2 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
St Thomas
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated2 Mar
  3. Consult.28 Mar
  4. Target13 Apr
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 25 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Pinces Gardens Greenspace Pinces Gardens Exeter. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 3 weeks quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the Princes Square conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across St Thomas.

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

Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 March 2026
Last date for comments
28 March 2026
Target decision date
13 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Princes Square

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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