Car Park Guildhall Shopping Centre Queen Street Exeter

25/1812/FULFull Planning PermissionAwaiting decision

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Proposal

Installation of solar photo-voltaic canopies on the upper storey of the Guildhall Multistorey Car Park

Received: 17 December 2025
Decision due: 17 March 2026
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 3
Council: Exeter City Council
Ward: St Davids

ReceivedReceived17 Dec
ValidatedValidated19 Jan
Consult.Consultation5 Mar
TargetTarget Date17 Mar
DecidedDecided

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Comment on the council's site Documents (18)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Car Park Guildhall Shopping Centre Queen Street Exeter. Exeter has handled 1,462 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 17 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across St Davids.

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: 19 January 2026
Consultation expiry: 30 October 2025
Last date for comments: 5 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Horizon Power & Energy
Agent address: 2 Venture Road Southampton Science Chilworth Southampton Hampshire S016 7NP

Planning decision

Statutory period: 57 days

Additional information

Documents: 18

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Central
Listed building: Grade II: 196, High StreetOn this site · +19 more
Article 4 direction: 2023 Article 4 DirectionPart of the site
Brownfield land register: North Gate, ExeterRegister site at or near this address · +4 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 (19)

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 and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Source: Exeter

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