Planning application
Sowden Orchard Sowden Lane Exmouth EX8 5AD
Works: Extension Windows or glazing Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) and condition 4 (tree protection scheme) on planning permission 24/0921/FUL (Construction of first floor extension and new external materials) change to lower roof design only and fenestration, and submission of tree protection plan
As published by the council, reference 25/2090/VAR
Application record
- Reference
- 25/2090/VAR
- Type
- Variation of Condition
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Approval with conditions
- Received
- 31 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 31 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 17 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Woodbury And Lympstone
- Parish
- Lympstone
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EX8 5AD
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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31 Oct 2025
Received by East Devon
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17 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Approval with conditions
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, an architecture practice registered in Exeter
23 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils · 75% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
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The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About amendments applications
How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
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Granted Full applications Extension DemolitionDomestic -
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