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 and rooflights and flue on roof (amended scheme previously granted planning permission on 1 September 2016 under Ref. 16/0924/03)
- Received
- 3 May 2017
- Decided
- 8 September 2020 · Permitted
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Exeter City Council
- Ward
- Exwick
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- ReceivedSubmitted3 May
- ValidatedValidated3 May
- Consult.Consultation6 Jun
- TargetTarget Date28 Jun
- DecidedDecided8 Sep
Decided in 1224 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. It was submitted on 3 May 2017 and is still awaiting a decision. 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
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- Conservation area: Exwick
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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