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The Coach House Bowling Green Road Riversmeet Topsham EX3 0BE

26/0390/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

We want to dismantle 2 trees (identified on the sketch plan attached as T1 Holm Oak, T2 Eucalyptus) to near ground level. The Holm Oak is in decline and not worthy of retention. The trees are at the end of our garden and close to the estuary.

Received
18 March 2026
Ward
Topsham
  1. Received18 Mar
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.12 Apr
  4. Target29 Apr
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a tree application at The Coach House Bowling Green Road Riversmeet Topsham EX3 0BE. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 18 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Topsham conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across Topsham. We hold 1,175 applications in total for the EX3 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
EX3 0BE
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2026
Last date for comments
12 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14764084
Comments
0
Documents
5

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.

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

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© 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.

Source: Exeter

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