Planning application
3 Melrose Avenue Exeter EX1 3FY
Works: Extension Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Proposed single storey side and rear L-shaped extension (retrospective)
As published by the council, reference 26/0242/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0242/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Refused
- Decision
- Refuse Planning Permission
- Received
- 19 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 19 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 15 May 2026
- Ward
- Pinhoe
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EX1 3FY
Site history
Applications at this address on the Exeter register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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26/0792/FUL Granted
3 Melrose Avenue Exeter EX1 3FY
Proposed single storey extension (retrospective)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Feb 2026
Received by Exeter
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15 May 2026
Decision issued: Refuse Planning Permission
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26 Jul 2026
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Who's behind it
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ArchitEXE Ltd Agent, registered in Exmouth
Active · incorporated 2012 · Exmouth
32 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils · 82% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
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Exeter refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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