Planning application
Seabrook Orchards (Formerly Land To North Of Topsham Town AFC Ground) Topsham Road Exeter EX3
Works: New dwelling
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Discharge conditions 2 (Arboricultural Method Statement), 3 (Construction Management Plan), 4 (Access Point and Compound) and 5 (Drainage Details) of reserved matters approval 23/1237/RES - Reserved Matters Application (Pursuant to the Outline Planning Permission Ref. 11/1291/OUT) for the approval of the layout, scale, appearance of buildings, means of access to buildings and landscaping for Phase 3 (188 homes including affordable housing and associated infrastructure) and Seabrook Square (13 affordable apartments, a flexible community building, parking and landscape and play area).
As published by the council, reference 26/0303/DIS
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0303/DIS
- Type
- Discharge of Conditions
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 3 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 3 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Topsham
Site history
Applications at this address on the Exeter register
This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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25/0468/DIS Granted
Seabrook Orchards (Formerly Land To North Of Topsham Town AFC Ground) Topsham Road Exeter EX3
Part-discharge conditions 13 (Tree Protection Plan), 17 (Contamination), 18 (Materials), 19 (Site Compound), 20 (CEMP) and 33 (Noise Mitigation) for Seabrook Square only of planning permission 11/1291/01 - Development of up to 700 dwellings and supporting infrastructure including: primary school, community building; doctors surgery and primary healthcare facilities; local store; care home/s; two access junctions on Topsham Road, roads, parking and associated works, sports fields and pavilion; informal open space; paths and cycle routes; landscaped spaces; play spaces; play areas, orchards and allotments; 3m high landform and acoustic fence at boundary with M5; surface water attenuation features; re-alignment of the Seabrook and re-profiling of channel (all matters reserved for future consideration apart from access).
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24/0877/DIS Granted
Seabrook Orchards (Formerly Land To North Of Topsham Town AFC Ground) Topsham Road Exeter EX3
Condition Discharge: Condition 27 (Golf Course Mitigation) of approval 11/1291/OUT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Mar 2026
Received by Exeter
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 28 April 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
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About condition discharge and variation applications
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Nearby applications
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Land Known As Seabrook Orchards Phase 3 And Seabrook Square (Formerly Land To North Of Topsham Town AFC Ground) Topsham Road Exeter EX3
Reserved Matters Application (Pursuant to the Outline Planning Permission Ref. 11/1291/OUT) for the approval of the layout, scale, appearance of buildings, means of access to buildings and landscaping for Phase 3 (188 homes including affordable housing and associated infrastructure) and Seabrook Square (13 affordable apartments, a flexible community building, parking and landscape and play area).
Granted Reserved matters New dwelling 293 docs -
Seabrook Orchards Exeter Topsham
Non-material amendment to reserved matters approval 23/1237/RES (Reserved Matters Application (Pursuant to the Outline Planning Permission Ref. 11/1291/OUT) for the approval of the layout, scale, appearance of buildings, means of access to buildings and landscaping for Phase 3 (188 homes including affordable housing and associated infrastructure) and Seabrook Square (13 affordable apartments, a flexible community building, parking and landscape and play area)) to carry out the following amendments by superseding the approved drawings under condition 1: - House types swapped throughout the phase, with parking arrangements updated and Wyatt and McArthur house types introduced. - Adelaide building has been swapped (previously Symons 541-544) - Minor amendment to alignment of north and west roads. - Boundaries of plots 602-608 now extended because of updated survey work and ecological surveys. - Porch amendments to McArthur Type B, Adelaide Type C, Dawlish Type C, Wollaton Type B, Adelaide Type C, Dawlish Type C, Wollaton Type B/Type C, Hillcott Type C.
Granted Amendments New dwelling Extension 65 docsDomestic -
Seabrook Square And Phase 3 Seabrook Orchards Topsham Road Topsham
Request for screening opinion under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) for Phase 3 and Seabrook Square.
Decided Outline 10 docs -
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Granted Full applications Extension 32 docsSmall domestic -
Seabrook Orchards (Formerly Land To North Of Topsham Town AFC Ground) Topsham Road Exeter EX3
Part-discharge conditions 13 (Tree Protection Plan), 17 (Contamination), 18 (Materials), 19 (Site Compound), 20 (CEMP) and 33 (Noise Mitigation) for Seabrook Square only of planning permission 11/1291/01 - Development of up to 700 dwellings and supporting infrastructure including: primary school, community building; doctors surgery and primary healthcare facilities; local store; care home/s; two access junctions on Topsham Road, roads, parking and associated works, sports fields and pavilion; informal open space; paths and cycle routes; landscaped spaces; play spaces; play areas, orchards and allotments; 3m high landform and acoustic fence at boundary with M5; surface water attenuation features; re-alignment of the Seabrook and re-profiling of channel (all matters reserved for future consideration apart from access).
Granted Conditions Trees 22 docsMajor scheme -
Land At Seabrook Farm Topsham Road Exeter
Modification of the S106A agreement related to Outline Permission ref 11/1291/OUT (the S106 Agreement) to alter the Affordable Housing clauses
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