Planning application
Follett Orchard Follett Road Topsham EX3 0JP
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Removal of 23 year old Leylandii tree that I planted in error. I intend to replant with something more suitable to cover ugly wall. It is too big and becoming uncontrollable and is near a boundary that could damage wall of adjacent out buildings and is casting shade over their gardens. It is a cupressocyparis Leyland Cypress.
As published by the council, reference 24/0970/CAT
Application record
- Reference
- 24/0970/CAT
- Type
- Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- Permitted
- Received
- 27 Aug 2024
- Validated
- 28 Aug 2024
- Decided
- 12 Sep 2024
- Ward
- Topsham
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EX3 0JP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Aug 2024
Received by Exeter
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28 Aug 2024
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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12 Sep 2024
Decision issued: Permitted
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5 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
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The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
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