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33 Portland Street Exeter EX1 2EG

26/0167/LEDLawfulness of Existing Use/DevelopmentApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 23 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 5 people (C4 use) (Certificate of lawfulness of existing use)

Received
4 February 2026
Ward
Newtown And St Leonards
  1. Received4 Feb
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.15 Mar
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided23 Mar

Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 33 Portland Street Exeter EX1 2EG. Exeter has handled 180 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Newtown And St Leonards. We hold 829 applications in total for the EX1 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
EX1 2EG
Application type
Lawfulness of Existing Use/Development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
57 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14677980
Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: BelmontNext to the site
  • Article 4 direction: 2023 Article 4 Direction
  • Brownfield land register: Clifton Hill Sports Centre, Clifton Hill, Exeter, EX1 2DJRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (20)

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 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.

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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