Planning application
33 Matford Avenue Exeter EX2 4PL
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
There is a very tall evergreen Oak growing with an equally tall pittosporum on our boundary by the driveway entrance. Historically there has been no management of the oak and I now sits across Matford Road. If is caught by high vans. We had a skip delivered recently (a small one on a small skip lorry). Delivery was fine, but the collection lorry snared itself and tore off one of the lower branches. My carpenter had to saw the branch off where it had snapped. We would like to use Neil Bygrave to bring it into a better shape and away from the traffic height. His quotation states these works:- To lift the crowns of one Drive Mouth Ilex Oak and Pittosporum by 3m to reduce Pavement, Road overhang and allowing lorry access to Property Parking. This would be achieved by the removal of 6 lowest Ilex branches and 3 lowest Pittosporum branches. Prune Ilex branch ends to allow 1m gap with Phone Line. All debris from work done disposed of off site. We agreed parking on Drive for Truck and connected Chipper.
As published by the council, reference 26/0384/CAT
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0384/CAT
- Type
- Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- Permitted
- Received
- 17 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 17 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 13 Apr 2026
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EX2 4PL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Mar 2026
Received by Exeter
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13 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Permitted
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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Exeter granted permission on 13 April 2026, 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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