Land At Beech Hill House Walnut Gardens Exeter Devon EX4 4DH
Proposal
Demolition of existing link building attached to adjacent listed building (Walnut House) to facilitate re-development for student accommodation (192 bed spaces) with associated re-instalment of gates to control area.
- Received
- 10 December 2018
- Decided
- 22 March 2019 · Permitted
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 5
- Council
- Exeter City Council
- Ward
- St Davids
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- ReceivedReceived10 Dec
- ValidatedValidated10 Dec
- Consult.Consultation25 Jan
- TargetTarget Date4 Feb
- DecidedDecided22 Mar
Decided in 102 days (council typically 49)
This is a heritage application for demolition at Land At Beech Hill House Walnut Gardens Exeter Devon EX4 4DH. Exeter has handled 371 applications of this type and approves 89% of them, typically deciding them in 66 days. This one was decided in 102 days, 5 weeks longer than Exeter's median. The site is in the St David's conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across St Davids. We hold 1,313 applications in total for the EX4 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201911 Sep
Prior approval under Class O for the conversion of existing offices (Class B1) to residential use (Class C3).
ApprovedPrior Approval - Office to Dwelling19/1261/PDJ - 201818 Dec
Prior notification under Class O for the conversion of existing office (Class B1a) to residential (Class C3)…
WithdrawnPrior Approval - Office to Dwelling18/1845/PDJ - 201818 Dec
Prior notification under Class O for the conversion of existing offices (Class B1a) to residential (Class C3)…
WithdrawnPrior Approval - Office to Dwelling18/1844/PDJ
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: St. David's
- Article 4 direction: 2023 Article 4 Direction
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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.
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