Planning application
St Thomas Pleasure Ground Cowick Street Exeter
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Job 82469 St Thomas Pleasure Ground - Squirrel damage causing failures of regrowth into play area and garden. Repollard group at previous points. Remove debris
As published by the council, reference 25/1670/CAT
Application record
- Reference
- 25/1670/CAT
- Type
- Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- Permitted
- Received
- 24 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 24 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 8 Dec 2025
- Ward
- St Thomas
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the Exeter register
This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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26/1284/CAT Awaiting decision
St Thomas Pleasure Ground Cowick Street Exeter
Job 83307 - St Thomas Pleasure Ground Description:Crown - <1m from building - Target prune southern aspect of crown to achieve >2m clearance from building. - Remove arising debris 5 ops hours Job 83308 - St Thomas Pleasure Ground Description : - Crown <1m from building - Target prune southern aspect of crown to achieve >2m clearance from building. - Remove arising debris 5 ops hours
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26/1172/CAT Granted
St Thomas Pleasure Ground Cowick Street Exeter
Job 83253 - St Thomas Pleasure Ground Description - Major deadwood in canopy over footpath. Crown maintain 3 op hrs priority 3 Job 83254 - St Thomas Pleasure Ground Description - Canopy low over footpath. Crown lift >2.4m all round. 2 ops hrs Priority 3 Job 83255 - St Thomas Pleasure Ground Description - Major deadwood and captive snapped branches over main footpath. Crown maintain removing deadwood and captive branch from over footpath. 4 op hrs priority 3 Job 83256 - St Thomas Pleasure Ground Description - Major deadwood over footpath. Crown maintain 2 op hrs priority 3 Job 83257 - St Thomas Pleasure Ground Description - Contains major deadwood and low over footpath. Crown maintain and lift >2.4m over path. 4 op hrs priority 3 Job 83258 - St Thomas Pleasure Ground Description - Large mature thuja low over path and interferring with building and walls. Crown lift over path (>2.4m), buildings and wall giving (>2m) clearance. 6 op hours priority 3. Job 83259 - St Thomas Pleasure Ground Description - Low canopy on lime. Crown lift over path >2.4m. 2 op hrs priority 3. Mature Robinia containing major dead wood over footpath. Crown maintain 4 op hrs priority 3
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26/0800/CAT Granted
St Thomas Pleasure Ground Cowick Street Exeter
83001 - Crown <1m from building Target prune southern aspect of crown to achieve >2m clearance from building. Remove arising debris 83002 - Crown <1m from building Target prune southern aspect of crown to achieve >2m clearance from building. Remove arising debris 83003 - Crown <1m from building Target prune southern aspect of crown to achieve >2m clearance from building. Remove arising debris
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Nov 2025
Received by Exeter
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8 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Permitted
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Exeter granted permission on 8 December 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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