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2 Banffshire House South Street Axminster Devon EX13 5AD

Refused East Devon 25/2345/CPL Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Certificate of lawful development to convert 2 Banffshire House back to a single dwelling

As published by the council, reference 25/2345/CPL

Application record

Reference
25/2345/CPL
Type
Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused As published: CPL Refuse
Received
17 Nov 2025
Validated
17 Nov 2025
Decided
17 Dec 2025
Ward
Axminster
Parish
Axminster
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
EX13 5AD

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 Nov 2025

    Received by East Devon

  2. 17 Dec 2025

    Decision issued: CPL Refuse

  3. 12 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

9 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

East Devon refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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