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Land Adjacent To Newcourt Road Topsham Devon

23/0885/RESReserved MattersApproved

Approved on 2 January 2024

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Approval of layout, scale, appearance and landscaping reserved matters pursuant to planning permission ref. 21/1940/OUT - Outline planning application for demolition of existing structures and construction of up to 30 no. residential units and associated infrastructure.

Received
14 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
39
Ward
Topsham
Agent
Black Box Planning Ltd
  1. Received14 Jul
  2. Validated21 Jul
  3. Consult.13 Nov
  4. Target21 Oct
  5. Decided2 Jan

Decided in 165 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Land Adjacent To Newcourt Road Topsham Devon. Exeter has handled 454 applications of this type. This one was decided in 172 days, 18 weeks longer than Exeter's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across Topsham.

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

Application type
Reserved Matters
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
30

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 July 2023
Consultation expiry
19 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
19 October 2023
Last date for comments
13 November 2023
Target decision date
21 October 2023
Committee meeting
15 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Black Box Planning Ltd
Agent address
72 Paris Street, Exeter, EX1 2JY

Planning decision

Statutory period
92 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 October 2023
Site notice start
20 October 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12268723
Documents
157

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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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    21 Jan

    Non-material amendment to reserved matters approval 23/0885/RES

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment26/0092/NMA
  2. 2024
    1 Mar

    Discharge conditions 14 (SAP calculations), 15 (Biodiversity Enhancement Plan), 16 (Nesting Birds/Bats…

    Condition(s) Partially ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/0242/DIS
  3. 2023
    9 Nov

    Discharge of Conditions 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of permission 21/1940/OUT

    Condition(s) Fully DischargedDischarge of conditions23/1369/DIS
  4. 2023
    14 Jul

    Approval of layout, scale, appearance and landscaping reserved matters pursuant to planning permission ref…

    This applicationApprovedReserved matters23/0885/RES
  5. 2021
    20 Dec

    Outline planning application for demolition of existing structures and construction of up to 30 no…

    ApprovedOutline Planning PermissionPart of21/1940/OUT

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