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
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
As published by the council, reference 26/0800/CAT
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0800/CAT
- Type
- Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- Permitted
- Received
- 2 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 2 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 2 Jul 2026
- 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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25/1670/CAT Granted
St Thomas Pleasure Ground Cowick Street Exeter
Job 82469 St Thomas Pleasure Ground - Squirrel damage causing failures of regrowth into play area and garden. Repollard group at previous points. Remove debris
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Jun 2026
Received by Exeter
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2 Jul 2026
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
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Exeter granted permission on 2 July 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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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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