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Wonford Inn 17 Wonford Street Exeter EX2 5DL

24/0266/FULFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 24 July 2024

Council decision: Refuse Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings. Proposed apartment block comprising 16 no. residential units plus amenity space, bin store, cycle store and all associated development

Received
7 March 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
64
Ward
Priory
Agent
Heynes Planning Ltd
  1. Received7 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.2 Jun
  4. Target13 Jun
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 133 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Wonford Inn 17 Wonford Street Exeter EX2 5DL. Exeter has handled 1,462 applications of this type. This one was decided in 139 days, 13 weeks longer than Exeter's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Priory. We hold 1,270 applications in total for the EX2 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
EX2 5DL
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
16

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2024
Consultation expiry
2 June 2024
Consultation end
2 June 2024
Neighbour consultation start
18 March 2024
Last date for comments
2 June 2024
Target decision date
13 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Heynes Planning Ltd
Agent address
2 Endeavour House Parkway Court Longbridge Road Plymouth Devon PL6 8LR United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
92 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 March 2024
Site notice start
21 March 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12809213
Documents
51

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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