Planning application
6 St Annes Road Exeter EX1 2QD
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness of existing use of the property as an HMO for 5 people (C4 Use).
As published by the council, reference 26/0697/LED
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0697/LED
- Type
- Lawfulness of Existing Use/Development
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Was lawful use
- Received
- 14 May 2026
- Validated
- 14 May 2026
- Decided
- 6 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Pennsylvania
- Postcode
- EX1 2QD
Site history
Applications at this address on the Exeter register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/1299/LPD Awaiting decision
6 St Annes Road Exeter EX1 2QD
Loft conversion with rear dormers and a roof light to the front elevation, along with associated works to increase the property from a five person to a six person HMO (C4 Use)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 May 2026
Received by Exeter
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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6 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Was lawful use
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Exeter granted permission on 6 August 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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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6 St Annes Road Exeter EX1 2QD
88% historically approved · decision due ~29 Oct
Loft conversion with rear dormers and a roof light to the front elevation, along with associated works to increase the property from a five person to a six person HMO (C4 Use)
Awaiting decision Lawful development Loft or dormer 10 docs -
26 St Annes Road Exeter Devon EX1 2QD
Construction of proposed loft conversion with rear dormer and Velux windows to front.
Granted Lawful development Loft or dormer Windows or glazing 7 docs -
50A St Johns Road Exeter Devon EX1 2HR
Change of use from workshop (Use Class E) to educational facility (Use Class F1).
Granted Full applications 11 docs -
61 Pinhoe Road Exeter EX4 7HS
Change a 5 person HMO to a 6 person HMO (C4 use) (Certificate of lawfulness of proposed use)
Granted Lawful development 11 docs -
7 St Johns Road Exeter EX1 2HR
Change sloped lean to roof to flat and add exterior cladding to lean to addition only
Granted Full applications 13 docs -
6 St Johns Road Exeter EX1 2HR
The proposal includes a rear dormer on the main roof, connecting to the rear extension roof to form an L shape dormer. It includes extending/infilling the rear hipped roof extension ridge line to meet the plane of the main roof. Three roof lights are also proposed on the front roof elevation.
Granted Lawful development Extension Loft or dormer 8 docs
Other lawful development applications
In Exeter
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26/1353/LPD Granted
31 Feltrim Avenue Exeter EX2 4RP
Demolish low wall to front garden and convert garden to driveway with permeable/porous finish. Roof extension which includes rear dormer, Velux style roof windows to front roof slope, and converting the hip to a gable roof. New rainwater collected will go to a soakaway.
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26/1060/LPD Refused
77 Broadfields Road Exeter EX2 5RQ
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed side/rear ground floor extension.
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26/1044/LPD Granted
12 Tarbet Avenue Exeter EX1 2UE
Certificate of Lawfulness for a hip to gable end roof enlargement and a flat roof rear dormer and 2x front roof lights.
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26/1020/LED Granted
6 Iddesleigh Road Exeter EX4 6LY
House in Multiple Occupation for five people (C4 use) (Certificate of lawfulness of existing use)
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26/1362/LPD Granted
94 Myrtlebury Way Exeter EX1 3WX
Construction of a single storey rear extension and formation of a rear roof dormer to the existing dwelling.