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Somerfield Stores 61-63 Fore Street Heavitree Exeter EX1 2RJ

07/1225/FULFull Planning PermissionRefused
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Refused on 21 August 2007

Council decision: Refuse Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of plant equipment and railings (1.1m high) on flat roof, access ladder on north elevation and trolley bay in car park

Received
4 June 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Heavitree
Agent
Acg Ltd
  1. Received4 Jun
  2. Validated26 Jun
  3. Consult.26 Jul
  4. Target21 Aug
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Somerfield Stores 61-63 Fore Street Heavitree Exeter EX1 2RJ. Exeter has handled 1,462 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 4 weeks longer than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 50 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 2RJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 June 2007
Consultation expiry
5 July 2007
Neighbour consultation start
28 June 2007
Last date for comments
26 July 2007
Target decision date
21 August 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent
Acg Ltd
Agent address
The Woolhall St. Thomas Street Bristol

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 July 2007
Site notice start
5 July 2007

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-00230657
Comments
0
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Heavitree
  • 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 (22)

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, heritage coasts 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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© 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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