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Land At Corner Of The Retreat Drive Topsham

25/0139/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 9 May 2025

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of apartment block comprising 8 no. units plus car parking, vehicular access, landscaping and all associated development

Received
5 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
10
Ward
Topsham
Agent
Heynes Planning Ltd
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated18 Feb
  3. Consult.16 Mar
  4. Target16 Apr
  5. Decided9 May

Decided in 80 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land At Corner Of The Retreat Drive Topsham. Exeter has handled 1,462 applications of this type. This one was decided in 93 days, 6 weeks longer than Exeter's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across Topsham.

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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 February 2025
Consultation expiry
20 February 2025
Neighbour consultation start
19 February 2025
Last date for comments
16 March 2025
Target decision date
16 April 2025

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
57 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 February 2025
Site notice start
20 February 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13624169
Documents
41

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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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    16 Jul

    Discharge conditions 3 (Written Scheme of Archaeological Investigation), 4 (Remediation Scheme), 6…

    Condition(s) Partially ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/0953/DIS
  2. 2025
    5 Feb

    Erection of apartment block comprising 8 no. units plus car parking, vehicular access, landscaping and all…

    This applicationApprovedFull25/0139/FUL

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    10 Sep

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 17/1656/FUL

    RefusedNon-material amendment25/1233/NMA
  2. 2024
    18 Dec

    Discharge conditions 4 (Materials) and 6 (Detailed Landscaping Scheme) of planning permission 17/1656/FUL

    Split DecisionDischarge of conditions24/1515/DIS
  3. 2023
    13 Sep

    Discharge conditions 3 (Construction Method Statement), 4 (Waste Audit Statement), 5 (Contamination), 6…

    Condition(s) Partially ApprovedDischarge of conditions23/1140/DIS
  4. 2023
    13 Sep

    Discharge conditions 8 (CEMP), 10 (SAP Calculations) and 11 (Post construction internal noise test) of…

    Condition(s) Partially ApprovedDischarge of conditions23/1141/DIS
  5. 2022
    22 Feb

    Build apartment block of 17 no. units, including gymnasium, car parking and cycle storage, communal space…

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission22/0268/FUL

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