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11 Devonshire Place Exeter EX4 6JA

26/1311/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 16 October 2026

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The tree is a Cypress tree located at the front of 11 Devonshire place, to the right hand side when looking at the house. We would like to replace the tree with a native tree species - either a rowan or a cherry - in order to provide flowers for pollinators in the spring/summer and food for birds in the winter. We would like to do the removal in late (~Nov) 2026, well after the bird breeding season, in order to plant the new tree in early 2027 after the last frosts. The tree itself sits at the boundary of a conservation area.

Received
30 August 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 2 November 2026
Ward
Duryard And St James
  1. Received30 Aug
  2. Validated30 Aug
  3. Consult.25 Sep
  4. Target11 Oct
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 11 Devonshire Place Exeter EX4 6JA. Exeter has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days. The site is in the Longbrook conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Duryard And St James. 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 6JA
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 August 2026
Last date for comments
25 September 2026
Target decision date
11 October 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15193533
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Longbrook
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    30 Aug

    The tree is a Cypress tree located at the front of 11 Devonshire place, to the right hand side when looking…

    This applicationApprovedTrees26/1311/CAT
  2. 2026
    30 Aug

    The tree is a silver birch. We would like to carry out "crown reduction" reducing the height of the tree from…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaFiled alongside26/1312/CAT

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