231 High Street Exeter EX4 3NE
Approved on 10 April 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use on first and second floors from offices (Class E) to 16 self-contained apartments (Class C3)
- Received
- 26 February 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Exeter City Council
- Ward
- St Davids
- Agent
- Grayscale Architecture Ltd
- ReceivedReceived26 Feb
- ValidatedValidated26 Feb
- Consult.Consultation7 Apr
- TargetTarget Date24 Apr
- DecidedDecided10 Apr
Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 231 High Street Exeter EX4 3NE. Exeter has handled 454 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the City Centre conservation area, with 18 listed buildings 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.
88% of outline 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 3NE
- Application type
- Prior Approval - Comm to Dwell (E to C3)
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Number of dwellings
- 16
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 February 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 13 March 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 13 March 2025
- Last date for comments
- 7 April 2025
- Target decision date
- 24 April 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Grayscale Architecture Ltd
- Architect profile
- GRAYSCALE ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
- Agent address
- 20 Southernhay West Exeter EX1 1PR United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 57 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 13 March 2025
- Site notice start
- 13 March 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13798011
- Documents
- 24
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Central
- Brownfield land register: 231 High Street, Exeter, EX4 3NERegister site at or near this address · +1 more
- 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 (21)
flood storage 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 and heritage coasts.
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