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Arch 12 To 13 St Thomas Station Arches Cowick Street Exeter EX4 1AA

24/0046/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 24 April 2024

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from B2 (General Industrial) to E(d) (Indoor sport, recreation or fitness).

Received
10 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
23
Ward
St Thomas
  1. Received10 Jan
  2. Validated14 Feb
  3. Consult.17 Mar
  4. Target11 Apr
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 70 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Arch 12 To 13 St Thomas Station Arches Cowick Street Exeter EX4 1AA. Exeter has handled 1,462 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 8 weeks longer than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across St Thomas. We hold 1,347 applications in total for the EX4 postcode area.

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

Postcode
EX4 1AA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 February 2024
Consultation expiry
17 March 2024
Consultation end
17 March 2024
Neighbour consultation start
22 February 2024
Last date for comments
17 March 2024
Target decision date
11 April 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
57 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 February 2024
Site notice start
22 February 2024

Appeal history

3350837
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 4 February 2025Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12722563
Documents
12

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 2: Medium 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.

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