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Exeter College Further Education Hele Road Exeter EX4 4JS

26/0703/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 18 June 2026

Council decision: Withdrawn by ApplicantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Turkey Oak. The tree has evident rot pockets in main unions and has been pollarded before. We are looking to repollard back at the old points.

Received
14 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
St Davids
Agent
Ashwood Trees Ltd
  1. Received14 May
  2. Validated14 May
  3. Consult.25 Jun
  4. Target25 Jun
  5. Decided18 Jun

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Exeter College Further Education Hele Road Exeter EX4 4JS. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 35 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the St David's conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across St Davids. We hold 1,347 applications in total for the EX4 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
EX4 4JS
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 May 2026
Last date for comments
25 June 2026
Target decision date
25 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ashwood Trees Ltd
Agent address
Ashwood, Willand Road Cullompton, Mid Devon Ashwood, Willand Road EX15 1AP GB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14934189
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St. David's
  • Listed building: Grade II: Fardel House LodgeOn this site · +4 more
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    2 Oct

    T35 Cedar of Lebanon - Works detailed in attached plan Summary of works: Remove all torn, broken, or damaged…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation Area25/1364/CAT
  2. 2025
    11 Sep

    Non-material amendment to reserved matters approval 24/0085/RES

    ApprovedNon-material amendment25/1243/NMA
  3. 2025
    21 Aug

    Discharge of Condition 6 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan) of Reserved Matters consent ref…

    Condition(s) Fully DischargedDischarge of conditions25/1149/DIS
  4. 2025
    21 Aug

    Discharge Condition 24 (Travel Plan) for Phase 2A of planning permission 19/0315/OUT

    Condition(s) Partially ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/1148/DIS
  5. 2025
    11 Aug

    Discharge condition 22 (External Lighting Details) of planning permission 19/0315/OUT

    Condition(s) Partially ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/1096/DIS
  6. 2024
    13 Sep

    Discharge condition 8 (Materials for Block B) of reserved matters approval 24/0085/RES

    Condition(s) Fully DischargedDischarge of conditions24/1049/DIS

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