Planning application
Land At The Valley Park On Land Off Spruce Close And Celia Crescent, Spruce Close, Exeter, Devon
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Engineering operations to reprofile agricultural land secured as Valley Park under planning permission 20/0538/OUT.
As published by the council, reference 25/1770/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/1770/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 11 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 24 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Mincinglake And Whipton
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Dec 2025
Received by Exeter
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24 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 19 June 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Exeter took a median of 52 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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Black Box Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Gloucester
Active · incorporated 2018 · Gloucester
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
18 documents on file for this application
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