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Land to the east of the A379, south of Ellacott Road and adjacent to the new Matford Brook Academy, EX2 0AQ.

DCC/4355/2023Full Planning ConsentApproved
Full

Approved on 6 September 2023

Council decision: Conditional ApprovalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a community centre and General Practice Surgery and associated infrastructure provision for vehicle parking, cycle storage, EV charging bays, pedestrian and cycle routes and landscaped spaces.

Received
25 May 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Exminster & Haldon
  1. Received25 May
  2. Validated5 Jun
  3. Consult.22 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Sep

Decided in 93 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land to the east of the A379, south of Ellacott Road and adjacent to the new Matford Brook Academy, EX2 0AQ.. Devon has handled 183 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 6 weeks longer than Devon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Exminster & Haldon. We hold 1,272 applications in total for the EX2 postcode area.

100% of full applications at Devon County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
EX2 0AQ
Application type
Full Planning Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Exminster
District
Teignbridge District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 June 2023
Consultation expiry
22 August 2023
Consultation end
22 August 2023
Committee meeting
6 September 2023
Decision issued
8 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
South West Norse Venture House, Capital Court Bittern Road Sowton Industrial Estate Exeter EX2 7FW

Additional information

Documents
63

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Devon

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