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Greenslades Cowley Bridge Road Exeter EX4 4HW

24/1212/LEDLawfulness of Existing Use/DevelopmentApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 24 January 2025

Council decision: Was lawful useDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for existing use as self-contained two bed flat (C3 Use Class).

Received
16 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Davids
  1. Received16 Oct
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Dec
  5. Decided24 Jan

Decided in 100 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Greenslades Cowley Bridge Road Exeter EX4 4HW. Exeter has handled 180 applications of this type. This one was decided in 100 days, 7 weeks longer than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the St David's conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across St Davids. We hold 1,347 applications in total for the EX4 postcode area.

84% of amendment 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 4HW
Application type
Lawfulness of Existing Use/Development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 October 2024
Neighbour consultation start
21 October 2024
Target decision date
12 December 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
57 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13484452
Comments
0
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: St. David'sPart of the site
  • Article 4 direction: 2023 Article 4 Direction

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, listed buildings, 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.

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.

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    28 Feb

    Proposed enclosure of storage units.

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission23/0283/FUL
  2. 2022
    21 Apr

    Proposed Construction of Single Storey Storage Facility

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission22/0566/FUL
  3. 2021
    18 Nov

    Additional first floor self-storage units.

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission21/1794/FUL
  4. 2021
    24 Feb

    Discharge of conditions 4 (contamination) and 5 (noise) of planning Ref. 20/1154/FUL

    Condition(s) Fully DischargedDischarge of conditions21/0336/DIS
  5. 2020
    17 Sep

    1 x acrylic non-illuminated fascia sign

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent20/1182/ADV
  6. 2020
    11 Sep

    Demolition of existing vehicle workshop and construction of single storey storage facility.

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission20/1154/FUL

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