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Fairfax House 1 Church Road Alphington Exeter EX2 8SB

26/1177/LEDLawfulness of Existing Use/DevelopmentRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 29 October 2026

Council decision: Was not lawful use

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Existing use of the whole of Fairfax House as a house in multiple occupation (sui generis use), comprising 12 letting rooms and occupied by up to 15 persons.

Received
5 August 2026
Public comments
1 · last counted 29 October 2026
Ward
Alphington
Agent
Plymfair ltd
  1. Received5 Aug
  2. Validated2 Sep
  3. Consult.4 Oct
  4. Target29 Oct
  5. Decided29 Oct

Decided in 57 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Fairfax House 1 Church Road Alphington Exeter EX2 8SB. Exeter has handled 180 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 5 weeks longer than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Alphington. We hold 1,270 applications in total for the EX2 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
EX2 8SB
Application type
Lawfulness of Existing Use/Development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 September 2026
Last date for comments
4 October 2026
Target decision date
29 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Plymfair ltd
Agent address
124 City Road London EV1V 2NX

Planning decision

Statutory period
57 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15135541
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 1, Church RoadOn this site · +1 more

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

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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