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County Hall Topsham Road Exeter EX2 4QD

25/1786/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 25 February 2026

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of emergency access door from the reception area to the loading bay.

Received
16 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Newtown And St Leonards
  1. Received16 Dec
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target7 Mar
  5. Decided25 Feb

Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at County Hall Topsham Road Exeter EX2 4QD. Exeter has handled 374 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 3 weeks longer than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the St Leonards conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Newtown And St Leonards. We hold 1,270 applications in total for the EX2 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
EX2 4QD
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2026
Last date for comments
16 February 2026
Target decision date
7 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
South West Norse
Agent address
1 Capital Court Bittern Road Sowton Exeter EX2 7FW United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
57 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14567475
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St Leonards
  • Listed building: Grade II*: BellairOn this site · +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, 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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© 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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