Planning application
25/1429/PDCD
Unit 13 St Thomas Centre Exeter EX4 1DF
Proposal
Change of use for the conversion of the first floors (Class E) to create three self-contained residential units (Class C)
As published by the council, reference 25/1429/PDCD
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Oct 2025
Received by Exeter
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20 Oct 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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8 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Prior Approval Required and Refused
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What refusal means
The process from here
The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.
Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.
About prior approval applications
How this application type works
Prior approval applications arise where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, such as larger home extensions, changes of use to housing or agricultural buildings. The council may only consider the specific matters set out in the rules, for example transport, flooding or appearance, and in many classes the work may proceed if the council does not respond within the deadline, commonly 56 days.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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25/1426/PDCD Refused
Units 18 - 19 St Thomas Centre Exeter EX4 1DG
Change of use to convert the first floorspace (Class E) to create four self-contained residential unit (Class C).
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25/1768/DIS Granted
13 St Thomas Centre Exeter EX4 1DF
Submission of shopfront details as required by condition 6 of consent 25/0591/FUL.
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25/1769/NMA Granted
13 St Thomas Centre Exeter EX4 1DF
Change to drawings approved under consent 25/0591/FUL to provide for additional glazing in the front elevation.
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25/1093/DIS Granted
13 St Thomas Centre Exeter EX4 1DF
Submission of shopfront details as required by condition 6 of consent 25/0591/FUL
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24/0626/FUL Granted
St. Thomas Centre, Cowick Street, Exeter, EX4 1AJ
Provision of electric vehicle charging bays and associated works and sub-station.
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26/0100/ADV Granted
The Cooperative Food Cowick Street, Exeter Devon EX4 1DG
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26/1004/PDS Awaiting decision
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26/0751/PD Granted
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26/0736/PD Granted
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25/1122/PDCD Granted
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Prior approval for change of use of existing commercial buildings 1 and 2 (Use Class E) to 25 no. residential dwellings (Use Class C3) under "Class MA" of Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order (GPDO) 2015 (as amended).