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38 Pennsylvania Road Exeter EX4 6DB

26/0066/LEDLawfulness of Existing Use/DevelopmentApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 16 March 2026

Council decision: Was lawful use

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

House in Multiple Occupation for eight residents (Sui Generis)

Received
15 January 2026
Ward
Duryard And St James
Agent
Exeter Planning
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.8 Mar
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided16 Mar

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 38 Pennsylvania Road Exeter EX4 6DB. Exeter has handled 180 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 11 days longer than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the Longbrook conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Duryard And St James. 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 6DB
Application type
Lawfulness of Existing Use/Development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2026
Last date for comments
8 March 2026
Target decision date
2 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Exeter Planning
Agent address
10 Whitchurch Avenue Exeter EX2 5NU

Planning decision

Statutory period
57 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14623866
Comments
0
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Longbrook
  • Article 4 direction: 2023 Article 4 Direction
  • 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, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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