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The Summerhouse Rousdon Devon DT7 3XU

23/1498/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 25 October 2023

Council decision: Approval with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Internal alterations including underground excavation operations to enlarge the living space, removal of internal wall and re-positioning of fireplace.

Received
11 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Trinity
Agent
RAK ARCHITECTURE
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated11 Jul
  3. Consult.12 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Oct

Decided in 106 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at The Summerhouse Rousdon Devon DT7 3XU. East Devon has handled 603 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 8 weeks longer than East Devon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Trinity. We hold 746 applications in total for the DT7 postcode area.

96% of heritage applications at East Devon District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DT7 3XU
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Compyne Rousdon

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 July 2023
Consultation expiry
26 July 2023
Last date for comments
12 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
RAK ARCHITECTURE
Architect profile
RAK ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
Mr R Keefe Lower Lewell Farm House Lewell Dorchester DT2 8AP

Publicity

Last advertised
26 July 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12292891
Documents
36

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Combpyne Rousdon (Rousdon Estate)Part of the site
  • Registered park and garden: Rousdon
  • National Landscape (AONB): East Devon
  • Heritage coast: East Devon
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (18)

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

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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: East Devon

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