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12 Monmouth Street Topsham EX3 0AJ

26/0773/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 24 June 2026

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Tree 1 - Lillac Request to reduce height and spread of lilac by 1-2ft, take back to a suitable side branch, leaving a natural form. This will lightly thin the canopy and reduce the weight of the branches, to avoid branch failure. The low horizontal branch could be heavily shortened back also, to reduce the possibility of failure. Tree 2 - Mulberry Request to reduce mulberry crown by 1-3ft, the branch on the western side of the tree to be shortened back by 2-4ft, shorten back to a suitable side branch, leaving a natural form. Lightly thin the canopy, taking out any crossing branches. There are signs of the root plate lifting, this reduction should take weight out of the tree.

Received
30 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Topsham
  1. Received30 May
  2. Validated2 Jun
  3. Consult.27 Jun
  4. Target14 Jul
  5. Decided24 Jun

Decided in 22 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 12 Monmouth Street Topsham EX3 0AJ. 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 Topsham conservation area, with 20 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 0AJ
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 June 2026
Last date for comments
27 June 2026
Target decision date
14 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
MS Tree Care & Landscaping
Agent address
15 Hamilton Avenue Exeter EX2 6BQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14972533
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Topsham
  • Listed building: Grade II: 11, Monmouth StreetOn or next to this site · +6 more
  • 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 (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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