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56 Pennsylvania Road Exeter EX4 6DB

24/0770/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 7 July 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from 6 bedroom HMO (C4 use) to 8 bedroom HMO (Sui Generis use)

Received
13 September 2024
Public comments
6
Ward
Fosse Normanton
Agent
Kirkham Board Associates
  1. Received13 Sep
  2. Validated13 Sep
  3. Consult.18 Aug
  4. Target31 Aug
  5. Decided7 Jul

Decided in 662 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 56 Pennsylvania Road Exeter EX4 6DB. Exeter has handled 1,462 applications of this type. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Duryard And St James. 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 6DB
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Huncote Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 September 2024
Consultation expiry
25 July 2024
Neighbour consultation start
22 July 2024
Last date for comments
18 August 2024
Target decision date
31 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Kirkham Board Associates
Agent address
3 River Court Pynes Hill Pynes Hill Exeter EX2 5JL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Helen Wallis
Statutory period
57 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 July 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13215949
Documents
268

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Longbrook
  • Listed building: Grade II: Hillsborough and BloomfieldOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: 2023 Article 4 Direction
  • 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 (20)

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, 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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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    5 Jul

    Change of use from 6 bedroom HMO (C4 use) to 8 bedroom HMO (Sui Generis use)

    This applicationApprovedFull24/0770/FUL
  2. 2024
    5 Jul

    Internal alterations to bathroom partitions

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside24/0771/LBC

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