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Friernhay Burial Ground Bartholomew Street West Exeter

26/1287/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Job 83332 - Friernhay Burial Ground Description: Southerly lean and canopy bias towards highway, low and affecting wall. Crown reduce away from wall and reduce southern canopy by 2-3m to reduce weight bias. 2 op days priority 3. Job 83333 - Friernhay Burial Ground Description: Heavy basal epicormic growth obscurring lower stem hindering inspections. Remove basal and lower stem epicormic growth >3m. 3 ops hrs priority 3 Job 83334 - Friernhay Burial Ground Description: Major deadwood in canopy with primary dead extending limb at 8m on southernside of canopy. Crown maintain removing major deadwood. 4 op hrs priority 3. Job 83335 - Friernhay Burial Ground Description: One large plus two medium sized branches failed as well as hung up overhanging desire line. Remove failed branches and assess remaining canopy 4 ops hrs priority 2 Job 83336 - Friernhay Burial Ground Description: Canopy interferring with light cone of street lamp as well as containing major deadwood. Crown part reduce from light cone as well as street furniture and crown maintain removing major deadwood. 4 op hrs priority 3. Job 83337 - Friernhay Burial Ground Description: Hanging dead branches and major deadwood over desire line. Crown maintain removing major deadwood and hanging branch 5 op hrs priority 3.

Received
25 August 2026
Ward
St Davids
  1. Received25 Aug
  2. Validated25 Aug
  3. Consult.19 Sep
  4. Target6 Oct
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a tree application at Friernhay Burial Ground Bartholomew Street West Exeter. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 25 August 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the City Centre conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across St Davids.

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
25 August 2026
Last date for comments
19 September 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0

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.

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