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9 Sunhill Avenue Topsham EX3 0BP

23/1476/LPDLawfulness of Proposed Use/DevelopmentApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 3 January 2024

Council decision: Was lawful use

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness sought for proposed single storey detached outbuilding in rear garden.

Received
4 December 2023
Ward
Topsham
Agent
16A Architecture Ltd
  1. Received4 Dec
  2. Validated4 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Jan
  5. Decided3 Jan

Decided in 30 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for an outbuilding at 9 Sunhill Avenue Topsham EX3 0BP. Exeter has handled 454 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 3 weeks quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across Topsham. We hold 1,174 applications in total for the EX3 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
EX3 0BP
Application type
Lawfulness of Proposed Use/Development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 December 2023
Target decision date
30 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
16A Architecture Ltd
Agent address
16A Fore Street Topsham EX3 0HF

Planning decision

Statutory period
57 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12604043
Comments
0
Documents
6

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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