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Land At Rowancroft Fore Street Heavitree Exeter EX1 2QQ

07/0424/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 25 May 2007

Council decision: PermittedPlanning committee

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Proposal

Development to provide 62 self-contained flats for students in 3 storey blocks, alteration to parking layout, pedestrian access to highway and associated works

Received
21 February 2007
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Heavitree
Agent
Penrilla Consultants Ltd
  1. Received21 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.29 Mar
  4. Target25 May
  5. Decided25 May

Decided in 91 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land At Rowancroft Fore Street Heavitree Exeter EX1 2QQ. Exeter has handled 1,462 applications of this type. This one was decided in 93 days, 6 weeks longer than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the Heavitree conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Heavitree. We hold 829 applications in total for the EX1 postcode area.

85% of full applications at Exeter City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
EX1 2QQ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
62
District
06/0881/03

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2007
Consultation expiry
8 March 2007
Neighbour consultation start
11 October 2007
Last date for comments
29 March 2007
Target decision date
25 May 2007
Committee meeting
21 May 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent
Penrilla Consultants Ltd
Agent address
Aldor Rilla Mill Callington

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 March 2007
Site notice start
8 March 2007

Appeal

Appeal result
Appeal Allowed with Conditions

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
43

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Heavitree+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 47 Homefield Road, Exeter, EX1 2QRRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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