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Land At Retreat Drive Topsham Devon

22/0268/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 31 March 2023

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Build apartment block of 17 no. units, including gymnasium, car parking and cycle storage, communal space, vehicular access and all associated development.

Received
22 February 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
10
Ward
Topsham
Agent
Heritage Homes
  1. Received22 Feb
  2. Validated22 Feb
  3. Consult.3 Apr
  4. Target25 May
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 402 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land At Retreat Drive Topsham Devon. Exeter has handled 1,462 applications of this type. This one was decided in 402 days, 50 weeks longer than Exeter's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across Topsham.

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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
17

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 February 2022
Consultation expiry
10 March 2022
Neighbour consultation start
8 March 2022
Last date for comments
3 April 2022
Target decision date
25 May 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Heritage Homes
Agent address
1A Newton Centre Thorverton Road Exeter Devon EX2 8GN

Planning decision

Statutory period
92 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 March 2022
Site notice start
10 March 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10563471
Documents
49

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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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    22 Feb

    Build apartment block of 17 no. units, including gymnasium, car parking and cycle storage, communal space…

    This applicationApprovedFull22/0268/FUL

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