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Beech Hill House Walnut Gardens Exeter Devon EX4 4DH

19/1261/PDJPrior Approval - Office to DwellingApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 6 November 2019

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval under Class O for the conversion of existing offices (Class B1) to residential use (Class C3).

Received
11 September 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
St Davids
Agent
PCL Planning Ltd
  1. Received11 Sep
  2. Validated11 Sep
  3. Consult.10 Oct
  4. Target6 Nov
  5. Decided6 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Beech Hill House Walnut Gardens Exeter Devon EX4 4DH. Exeter has handled 454 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the St David's conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across St Davids. We hold 1,347 applications in total for the EX4 postcode area.

88% of outline 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 4DH
Application type
Prior Approval - Office to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 September 2019
Consultation expiry
19 September 2019
Neighbour consultation start
16 September 2019
Last date for comments
10 October 2019
Target decision date
6 November 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
PCL Planning Ltd
Agent address
13A - 15A Old Park Avenue Pinhoe Exeter EX1 3WD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 September 2019

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St. David's
  • Listed building: Grade II: 63 St David'S HillOn or next to this site
  • 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.

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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    4 Aug

    Discharge of condition 3 (materials) in respect of application 19/0560/FUL

    Condition(s) Fully DischargedDischarge of conditions21/1227/DIS
  2. 2021
    25 Jan

    Discharge of condition Condition 14 (BREEAM) in respect of planning application 19/0560/FUL

    Condition(s) Partially ApprovedDischarge of conditions21/0127/DIS
  3. 2021
    21 Jan

    Discharge of condition 6 (levels) in respect of planning application 19/0560/FUL

    Condition(s) Fully DischargedDischarge of conditions21/0103/DIS
  4. 2020
    22 Dec

    Non-material amendment to planning application 19/0560/FUL

    ApprovedNon-material amendment20/1762/NMA
  5. 2020
    12 Nov

    Discharge of condition 11 (Archaeology) and 17 (Travel Plan) in respect of planning application 19/0560/FUL

    Condition(s) Fully DischargedDischarge of conditions20/1519/DIS
  6. 2020
    28 Jul

    Non-material amendments to fenestration and parapet detailing in respect of planning application 19/0560/FUL

    ApprovedNon-material amendment20/0955/NMA

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