2 Banffshire House South Street Axminster EX13 5AD

This site has had 3 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 1 refused.

• 26/0550/FUL Granted

  2 Banffshire House South Street Axminster EX13 5AD

  Retrospective application to block up a small window and replace 2 x windows and 1 x door with UPVC to the west (rear) elevation

  Decided 3 Jul 2026 Full applications
• 26/0444/R77 Refused

  2 Banffshire House South Street Axminster EX13 5AD

  Change of use from commercial, business and service (use class E) to residential (use class C3) - Application under Regulation 77 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017.

  Decided 17 Jul 2026 Heritage and listed buildings

1. 6 Jan 2026

   Received by East Devon

2. 26 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 3 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   East Devon took a median of 43 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with East Devon for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year East Devon decided prior approval applications in a median of 55 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 2 Banffshire House South Street Axminster EX13 5AD

  26/0550/FUL Submitted 25 Mar 2026 50 yards away

  Retrospective application to block up a small window and replace 2 x windows and 1 x door with UPVC to the west (rear) elevation

  Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 10 docs

• 2 Banffshire House South Street Axminster EX13 5AD

  26/0444/R77 Submitted 5 Mar 2026 50 yards away

  Change of use from commercial, business and service (use class E) to residential (use class C3) - Application under Regulation 77 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017.

  Refused Heritage and listed buildings 10 docs

• 2 Banffshire House South Street Axminster Devon EX13 5AD

  25/2345/CPL Submitted 17 Nov 2025 50 yards away

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

  Refused Lawful development 9 docs
  Domestic

• Lawsons And Car Park Lyme Street Axminster EX13 5AT

  22/2322/OUT Submitted 1 Dec 2022 50 yards away

  Outline application (approval sought for access, appearance, layout and scale) for the demolition of existing building and erection of mixed-use building comprising of a convenience store (Class E) and 9 residential units (Class C3) with associated access and parking, including the provision of public car parking.

  Withdrawn Outline Demolition 25 docs

• Symonds & Sampson Dorset House Trinity Square Axminster EX13 5AN

  26/0301/LBC Submitted 16 Feb 2026 100 yards away

  Installation of 1no. single external CCTV camera on front first floor elevation

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 11 docs

• Dorset House Trinity Square Axminster

  26/0300/FUL Submitted 16 Feb 2026 100 yards away

  Installation of 1no. single external CCTV camera on front first floor elevation.

  Granted Full applications 10 docs

• 26/2012/GPD Awaiting decision

  1B Knapp Hill Sidmouth EX10 8XF

  Notification of intent to erect a single storey flat roof rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4m, for which the maximum height would be 3.13m and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.93m

  Received 2 Oct, published by the council 9 Oct 2026 Prior approval
• 26/2014/GPD Awaiting decision

  Perivale Underhill Lympstone Exmouth EX8 5HH

  Notification of intent to demolish the current rear extension and erect a single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 8m, for which the maximum height would be 3.3m and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.6m

  Received 2 Oct, published by the council 9 Oct 2026 Prior approval
• 26/1432/PVJ Granted

  Future Industrial Services Ltd Durham Way Heathpark Industrial Estate Honiton EX14 1SQ

  Prior approval for 186kwp solar panels on multiple buildings across the site all within permitted development rules

  Received 29 Jul, published by the council 5 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• 26/1920/GPD Awaiting decision

  25A Church Hill Honiton EX14 2DB

  Notification of intent to erect single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.6m, for which the maximum height would be 2.9m and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.9m

  Received 22 Sep, published by the council 30 Sep 2026 Prior approval
• 26/1437/PDQ Withdrawn

  Vinnicombes Poltimore Exeter EX4 0AB

  Prior Approval for the change of use of the existing agricultural buildings identified as Barns 1 and 2 into 2no. residential dwellings (Use Class C3) under Class Q of Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

  Received 14 Jul, published by the council 26 Jul 2026 Prior approval