Bycott School Road Silverton Exeter EX5 4JH
Approved on 21 November 2025
Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Notification of intention to reduce the crowns of 1 Cherry tree by 3m and 1 Fig tree by 2m; pollard and reduce the crowns of 1 Birch tree by 4m, 1 Copper Beech tree by 4m, 1 Eucalyptus tree by 6m and 1 Acer tree by 4m and remove dead and/or dangerous boughs from 1 Apple tree within the Conservation Area
- Received
- 14 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Mid Devon District Council
- Ward
- Silverton
- ReceivedReceived14 Oct
- ValidatedValidated14 Oct
- Consult.Consultation4 Nov
- TargetTarget Date25 Nov
- DecidedDecided21 Nov
Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Bycott School Road Silverton Exeter EX5 4JH. Mid Devon has handled 527 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Mid Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Silverton. We hold 1,242 applications in total for the EX5 postcode area.
99% of trees applications at Mid Devon District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- EX5 4JH
- Application type
- Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Silverton 45
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 October 2025
- Consultation start
- 14 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 4 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 25 November 2025
- Permission expires
- 21 November 2028
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and 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.
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Source: Mid Devon
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