Planning application
92 Alphington Road Exeter EX2 8HZ
Works: New dwelling
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Use of the building as two self contained flats (C3 use) (Certificate of lawfulness of existing use)
As published by the council, reference 26/0073/LED
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0073/LED
- Type
- Lawfulness of Existing Use/Development
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Was lawful use
- Received
- 17 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 23 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 23 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Alphington
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EX2 8HZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Jan 2026
Received by Exeter
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23 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Was lawful use
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26 Jul 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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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Exeter granted permission on 23 February 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. 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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