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Great Western Hotel Cowley Bridge Road Exeter Devon EX4 4NU

17/0765/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 11 September 2018

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Part change of use of hotel (Use Class C1) to takeaway (Use Class A5), with associated external alterations.

Received
17 May 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
  1. Received17 May
  2. Validated18 May
  3. Consult.31 Aug
  4. Target13 Jul
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 481 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Great Western Hotel Cowley Bridge Road Exeter Devon EX4 4NU. Exeter has handled 1,462 applications of this type. This one was decided in 482 days, 62 weeks longer than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the St David's conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,347 applications in total for the EX4 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
EX4 4NU
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 May 2017
Consultation expiry
10 August 2017
Last date for comments
31 August 2017
Target decision date
13 July 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Peter K Tolman, McIat
Agent address
10 Lincoln Road Exeter

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 August 2017
Site notice start
10 August 2017

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: St. David's
  • Article 4 direction: 2023 Article 4 Direction
  • Brownfield land register: Red Cow, ExeterRegister site at or near this address

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

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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