Planning application
24 Hill Close Exeter EX4 6HG
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Monterey cypress trees in G3 on plan reduce growth to boundary and reduce height by 4m.
As published by the council, reference 26/1230/CAT
Application record
- Reference
- 26/1230/CAT
- Type
- Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 13 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 13 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Pennsylvania
- Postcode
- EX4 6HG
Comment by 11 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on Exeter's portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Aug 2026
Received by Exeter
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23 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 8 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Exeter took a median of 50 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 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 happens while it is decided
This application is with Exeter for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Exeter decided tree works applications in a median of 31 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Carmel Beech Avenue Exeter Devon EX4 6HE
Tree preservation order no: 528 T1 on plan which is a horse chestnut. Proposed felling of remaining tree trunks after part of the tree split and fell due to storm damage. Reason for felling is the tree is now deemed unsafe. If it were to fall it would land on a public pathway, in an area of garden where children play, into a neighbours garden and potentially on parked vehicles.
Granted Trees 6 docs -
Beech House Beech Avenue Exeter EX4 6HE
1. Ref :G4 on plan - 2 self seeding sycamores adversely impacting the crown of the copper Beech tree ( ref :437) - Recommended to remove both sycamores 2. Ref :435 - 2 x Monterey Cyprus trees - dangerously close to neighbouring property with potential to cause damage to roof and foundations. Remove both trees 3. Ref:T2 - Mature sycamore requires top branches removing to precent damage to Beech House 4. Ref: G3 - Hedge of large Monterey Cyprus - Beech House sides to be cut back by 3-4 meters 5 Ref G2 - Hedge of large Monterey Cyprus - Top and sides to be cut by 4m previous
Granted Trees 6 docs -
The Well House Beech Avenue Exeter Devon EX4 6HE
Single storey side kitchen and utility room extension along with associated internal alterations.
Granted Full applications Extension 17 docsSmall domestic -
Springbank Beech Avenue Exeter EX4 6HE
Construction of single storey two bedroom dwelling with associated works.
Refused Full applications 41 docsSmall domestic -
Springbank Beech Avenue Exeter EX4 6HE
Certificate of lawfulness sought for proposed single storey outbuilding in rear garden.
Decided Lawful development 30 docsSmall domestic -
99 Pennsylvania Road Exeter EX4 6DT
T1? Acer Palmatum- To target prune the branches going into the BT line and then Reduce the rest of the crown by 1.5m to maintain an even crown T2? Fagus sylvatica- To target prune the branches going into the BT line And reduce the rest of the crown by approximately 0.5 metres to maintain an even crown T3- Magnolia x soulangeana- To reduce by approximately 1 metre to keep the tree a manageable hight and spread T4- Fagus sylvatica f. purpurea- To target prune the branches going into the BT line and then Reduce the rest of the crown by 1m to maintain an even crown T5- Acer rubrum - To target prune the branches going into the BT line and then Reduce the rest of the crown by 1.5m to maintain an even crown T3- Magnolia x soulangeana - To reduce by approximately 1 metre to keep the tree a manageable hight and spread T6- Fagus sylvatica f. purpurea- To target prune the branches going into the BT line and then Reduce the rest of the crown by 1m to maintain an even crown T7,T8 and T9? Cypress- To reducing height by 2.5m to reform back into the original hedge line it was originally, to prevent it from becoming a nuisance for the neighbour.
Granted Trees 4 docs
Other tree works applications
In Exeter
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26/1332/CAT Awaiting decision
8 Marlborough Road Exeter EX2 4TJ
T1 - Contorted Willow - Reduce in height by 2.5 metres, and reshape the crown by 0.5-1 metre, leaving a balanced form.
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26/1319/CAT Awaiting decision
Stoneycombe Matford Road Exeter EX2 4PE
Please see Plan attached. This plan was submitted with a similar application on 7 October 2020. T 1 was felled in 2020. T2 and T3 were pollarded. T2 and T3 require pollarding again because of their proximity to the house. See detail on plan.) T3 is already touching the house and over the roof.
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26/1311/CAT Awaiting decision
11 Devonshire Place Exeter EX4 6JA
The tree is a Cypress tree located at the front of 11 Devonshire place, to the right hand side when looking at the house. We would like to replace the tree with a native tree species - either a rowan or a cherry - in order to provide flowers for pollinators in the spring/summer and food for birds in the winter. We would like to do the removal in late (~Nov) 2026, well after the bird breeding season, in order to plant the new tree in early 2027 after the last frosts. The tree itself sits at the boundary of a conservation area.
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26/1312/CAT Awaiting decision
11 Devonshire Place Exeter EX4 6JA
The tree is a silver birch. We would like to carry out "crown reduction" reducing the height of the tree from ~10m to ~7m. Similarly, we would like to reduce the spread of the crown at the rear to reduce the amount of overhang with our rear neighbours. We will keep the left-right spread similar, only carrying out "crown thinning" in this respect to ensure the tree does not block too much light from our neighbours' gardens and our own.
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26/1291/CAT Awaiting decision
Electricity Distribution Site Parkfield Road Topsham
Mixture of bay and cherry large shrubs to remove, which have become overgrown in the contained area next to the electricity sub station. We have removed what we can so far, but need approval to remove the rest, as they are around 5 inches at waist height. Plan to remove fully as no remedial value where they are located. Approx 20 stems to remove WHAT3WORDS is stow.poetic.skills