Planning application
59 Longbrook Street Exeter Devon EX4 6AS
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness sought for a former unregulated HMO for 8 people.
As published by the council, reference 21/1130/LED
Application record
- Reference
- 21/1130/LED
- Type
- Lawfulness of Existing Use/Development
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Was lawful use
- Received
- 19 Jul 2021
- Validated
- 19 Jul 2021
- Decided
- 8 Sep 2021
- Ward
- Duryard And St James
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EX4 6AS
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Jul 2021
Received by Exeter
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8 Sep 2021
Decision issued: Was lawful use
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2 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsAfter the decision
The process from here
The council has decided this application; the published outcome sits in the record above and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail, including any conditions.
If permission was granted, work must normally begin within three years of the decision. If it was refused, the applicant can appeal within the statutory time limit or submit a revised scheme.
About lawful development applications
How this application type works
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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82 Longbrook Street Exeter EX4 6AP
Following an email exchange on the 29th April 2026 I understand that TPO210 for the weeping ash was revoked on the 27th April 2006. We had not received notification of this at the time? All we require is sensible pruning so that the branches do not overhang the pavement/public highway as noted in the attached images. The tree itself is leaning towards the light just like the old one which means we do need to take sensible precautions to prevent any overhanging branches as noted above. Weeping ash: Crown lift over the footpath/highway side only to provide approximately 2.5-3.0 metres clearance above ground level, measured from ground level to the lowest retained live foliage, with pruning limited to the minimum necessary to achieve pedestrian clearance and maintain a natural form. Second tree is at the back of the property which appears to be dead. See the attached image showing no growth (species not known) . We would like to remove it.
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Flat 1 78 Longbrook Street Exeter EX4 6AP
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