First Steps Nursery Royal Devon And Exeter Hospital Barrack Road Exeter

26/0375/PDPVPrior Approval - Solar Panels (Part 14)Approved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 May 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Granted

Proposal

Installation of 165 solar panels on the dual pitch roof of Royal Devon and Exeter Hospitals First Steps Nursery.

Received: 16 March 2026
Public comments: 3
Council: Exeter City Council
Ward: Priory
Agent: Kirkham Board Associates

ReceivedReceived16 Mar
ValidatedValidated18 Mar
Consult.Consultation19 Apr
TargetTarget Date14 May
DecidedDecided15 May

Decided in 58 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at First Steps Nursery Royal Devon And Exeter Hospital Barrack Road Exeter. Exeter has handled 454 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 11 days longer than Exeter's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Priory.

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

Application type: Prior Approval - Solar Panels (Part 14)
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 18 March 2026
Last date for comments: 19 April 2026
Target decision date: 14 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Kirkham Board Associates
Agent address: 3 River Court Pynes Hill Exeter EX2 5JL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 57 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14684819
Documents: 12

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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 (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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© 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.

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