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Clydesdale Nash And Birks Grange Village Halls Of Residence University Of Exeter Lower Argyll Road Exeter Devon

20/1684/OUTOutline Planning PermissionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 September 2021

Council decision: PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline planning application to build student accommodation and ancillary amenity facilities (up to a maximum of 49,821 sq. metres) and external alterations and refurbishment of Birks Grange Village Blocks A-E; with associated infrastructure, demolition of existing buildings and landscaping (All Matters Reserved).

Received
10 December 2020
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
44
Ward
Duryard And St James
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.17 Jan
  4. Target12 Mar
  5. Decided17 Sep

Decided in 281 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Clydesdale Nash And Birks Grange Village Halls Of Residence University Of Exeter Lower Argyll Road Exeter Devon. Exeter has handled 454 applications of this type. This one was decided in 281 days, 33 weeks longer than Exeter's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Duryard And St James. We hold 1,348 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 4PY
Application type
Outline Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2020
Consultation expiry
24 December 2020
Neighbour consultation start
15 December 2020
Last date for comments
17 January 2021
Target decision date
12 March 2021
Committee meeting
27 May 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
WYG/TetraTech
Agent address
Hawkridge House Chelston Business Park Wellington TA21 8YA

Planning decision

Statutory period
92 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 December 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09309411
Documents
84

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    21 Jul

    Discharge clause 3.1 (Management Scheme) of Schedule 1 of s106 agreement dated 26 July 2021 for 20/1684/OUT

    PendingDischarge of conditions25/0978/DISPO
  2. 2024
    11 Apr

    Amend Condition 18 (Passivhaus Principles) of 20/1684/OUT

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment24/0402/NMA
  3. 2024
    15 Feb

    Approval of reserved matters of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale in relation to outline…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)24/0184/VOC
  4. 2022
    19 Dec

    Approval of reserved matters of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale in relation to outline…

    ApprovedReserved mattersRelated22/1746/RES
  5. 2020
    10 Dec

    Outline planning application to build student accommodation and ancillary amenity facilities (up to a maximum…

    This applicationApprovedOutline20/1684/OUT
  6. 2020
    7 Dec

    Screening opinion for the student accommodation and relocation of the Estate Service Centre.

    ApprovedScreening OpinionFiled alongside20/1672/SO

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