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6 Parkfield Road Topsham EX3 0DR

26/1539/LPDLawfulness of Proposed Use/DevelopmentApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 October 2026

Council decision: Was lawful useDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

The development comprises a simple conversion of an existing storage attic into a single habitable room with 2no in roof-plane rooflights to the front elevation and one to the rear. No dormers or alterations to the roof form are proposed.

Received
14 October 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 3 November 2026
Ward
Topsham
  1. Received14 Oct
  2. Validated14 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Dec
  5. Decided19 Oct

Decided in 5 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at 6 Parkfield Road Topsham EX3 0DR. Exeter has handled 454 applications of this type. This one was decided in 5 days, 6 weeks quicker than Exeter's typical decision time. The site is in the Topsham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across Topsham. We hold 1,174 applications in total for the EX3 postcode area.

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

Postcode
EX3 0DR
Application type
Lawfulness of Proposed Use/Development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 October 2026
Target decision date
10 December 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
57 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15286681

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Topsham
  • 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 (22)

flood storage 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.

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.

Source: Exeter

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