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Forge Cottage Pump Street Newton St Cyres Exeter EX5 5BY

26/01235/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 October 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Notification of intention to thin the canopy and reduce the height of 1 Silver Birch tree within the Conservation Area by approximately 6 metres.

Received
16 September 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Yeo
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated16 Sep
  3. Consult.8 Oct
  4. Target28 Oct
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Forge Cottage Pump Street Newton St Cyres Exeter EX5 5BY. Mid Devon has handled 527 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Mid Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Yeo. 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 5BY
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newton St Cyres 37

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 September 2026
Consultation start
17 September 2026
Last date for comments
8 October 2026
Target decision date
28 October 2026
Permission expires
20 October 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
HRH Tree Services Poachers Pocket Stockleigh Pomeroy Crediton Devon EX17 4AU

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Listed building: Grade II: ForgeOn or next to this site · +1 more

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.

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.

Source: Mid Devon

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