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16 Mary Arches Street Exeter EX4 3AZ

23/1271/PDCDPrior Approval - Comm to Dwell (E to C3)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 31 July 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval (Class MA) for change of use from hair salon (Use Class E) to single 3 bedroom dwelling flat (Use Class C3).

Received
18 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
St Davids
  1. Received18 Oct
  2. Validated7 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Apr
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 175 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 16 Mary Arches Street Exeter EX4 3AZ. Exeter has handled 454 applications of this type. This one was decided in 287 days, 34 weeks longer than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the City Centre conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across St Davids. 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 3AZ
Application type
Prior Approval - Comm to Dwell (E to C3)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 February 2024
Target decision date
4 April 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
57 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12536031
Documents
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Central
  • Listed building: Grade II: Stables to St Olave'S Church HouseOn or next to this site · +3 more
  • Article 4 direction: 2023 Article 4 Direction
  • Brownfield land register: Fever & Boutique, 12 Mary Arches Street, Exeter, EX4 3AZRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (19)

flood storage 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 and heritage coasts.

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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