Planning application
3 Mount Pleasant Road Exeter EX4 7AB
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing use for House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) for 3 people (C4 Use).
As published by the council, reference 26/0613/LED
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0613/LED
- Type
- Lawfulness of Existing Use/Development
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Was lawful use
- Received
- 28 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 30 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 26 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Newtown And St Leonards
- Postcode
- EX4 7AB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Apr 2026
Received by Exeter
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30 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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26 Jun 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
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Exeter granted permission on 26 June 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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