Planning application
20 Commins Road Exeter EX1 2PZ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed use as an HMO for 3 people.
As published by the council, reference 26/0980/LED
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0980/LED
- Type
- Lawfulness of Existing Use/Development
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Was lawful use
- Received
- 1 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 14 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 14 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Pennsylvania
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EX1 2PZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Jul 2026
Received by Exeter
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14 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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14 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Was lawful use
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
20 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.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Exeter granted permission on 14 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.
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