3 Thomas Lane Harefield Close Exeter Devon EX4 4AL

20/0902/LPDLawfulness of Proposed Use/DevelopmentApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 25 August 2020

Council decision: Was lawful useDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Rear extension.

Received: 17 July 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Exeter City Council
Ward: Duryard And St James
Agent: ARA Architecture

ReceivedReceived17 Jul
ValidatedValidated21 Aug
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date17 Oct
DecidedDecided25 Aug

Decided in 4 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a rear extension at 3 Thomas Lane Harefield Close Exeter Devon EX4 4AL. Exeter has handled 454 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 10 days quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Duryard And St James. 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 4AL
Application type: Lawfulness of Proposed Use/Development
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 August 2020
Target decision date: 17 October 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent: ARA Architecture
Agent address: 39 Rolle Street Exmouth EX8 2SN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 57 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-08901154
Comments: 0
Documents: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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 (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

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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.

Source: Exeter

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