Building Adjacent To Mercer House 237 Exwick Road Exeter EX4 2AT
Proposal
Change of use from offices ancillary to the use of Mercer House as a House of Multiple Occupation (sui generis use) to offices (Class B1) and various alterations including new windows and doors on all elevations
- Received
- 21 July 2016
- Decided
- 1 September 2016 · Permitted
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Exeter City Council
- Ward
- Exwick
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- ReceivedSubmitted21 Jul
- ValidatedValidated21 Jul
- Consult.Consultation31 Aug
- TargetTarget Date15 Sep
- DecidedDecided1 Sep
Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Building Adjacent To Mercer House 237 Exwick Road Exeter EX4 2AT. Exeter has handled 1,423 applications of this type and approves 82% of them, typically deciding them in 64 days. This one was decided in 42 days, 3 weeks quicker than Exeter's median. The site is in the Exwick conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Exwick. We hold 1,276 applications in total for the EX4 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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- Conservation area: Exwick
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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