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5 Lower Shapter Street Topsham EX3 0AT

24/0570/LBCListed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 12 July 2024

Council decision: Refuse Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing low front boundary wall, convert the front area to cobbling for off street parking and the installation of an electric car charging point.

Received
24 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Topsham
Agent
In Ex Design
  1. Received24 May
  2. Validated30 May
  3. Consult.30 Jun
  4. Target26 Jul
  5. Decided12 Jul

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at 5 Lower Shapter Street Topsham EX3 0AT. Exeter has handled 374 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. The site is in the Topsham conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across Topsham. We hold 1,175 applications in total for the EX3 postcode area.

83% of heritage 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 0AT
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 May 2024
Consultation expiry
6 June 2024
Neighbour consultation start
3 June 2024
Last date for comments
30 June 2024
Target decision date
26 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
In Ex Design
Agent address
Studio @ Greys Orchard Close Lympstone EX8 5LA

Planning decision

Statutory period
57 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 June 2024
Site notice start
6 June 2024

Appeal

Appeal status
Dismissed
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3351436
Dismissed
Type: Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 7 February 2025Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13093283
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

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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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