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61 Butts Road Exeter Devon EX2 5BE

23/0526/PDPrior Approval - Householder ExtensionApproved
Householder

Approved on 7 June 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Single storey rear extension measuring 4m deep, maximum height 3.1m and height of eaves 3m.

Received
26 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Heavitree
  1. Received26 Apr
  2. Validated26 Apr
  3. Consult.4 Jun
  4. Target7 Jun
  5. Decided7 Jun

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 61 Butts Road Exeter Devon EX2 5BE. Exeter has handled 454 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Heavitree. We hold 1,272 applications in total for the EX2 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
EX2 5BE
Application type
Prior Approval - Householder Extension
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 April 2023
Neighbour consultation start
11 May 2023
Last date for comments
4 June 2023
Target decision date
7 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Simon Spencer MCIAT
Agent address
Moor Lane House Talaton Exeter EX5 2RG

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12117521
Comments
0
Documents
9

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    12 Apr

    Loft conversion and rear ground floor extension.

    ApprovedLawfulness of Proposed Use/Development23/0477/LPD

Source: Exeter

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