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61 Danes Road Exeter EX4 4LS

Awaiting decision Exeter 26/1075/LED Lawfulness of Existing Use/Development

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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing use of 61 Danes Road as two C4 Houses in Multiple Occupation. One four person C4 use HMO (The Apartment) and one six person sui generis HMO (The Chalet).

As published by the council, reference 26/1075/LED

Application record

Reference
26/1075/LED
Type
Lawfulness of Existing Use/Development
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
17 Jul 2026
Validated
17 Jul 2026
Ward
Duryard And St James
Postcode
EX4 4LS

Site history

Applications at this address on the Exeter register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 0 approved, 1 refused.

  • 25/1049/FUL Refused

    61 Danes Road Exeter EX4 4LS

    Change of use and subdivision of 10 person HMO (Sui generis use) into a 7 person HMO (sui generis use) and a 5 person HMO (C4 use), and associated alterations

    Decided 2 Apr 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 Jul 2026

    Received by Exeter

  2. 26 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 11 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Exeter took a median of 51 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Who's behind it

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XL Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

10 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Exeter for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Exeter decided lawful development applications in a median of 47 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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

  • 61 Danes Road Exeter EX4 4LS

    25/1049/FUL Submitted 3 Aug 2025 2m away

    Change of use and subdivision of 10 person HMO (Sui generis use) into a 7 person HMO (sui generis use) and a 5 person HMO (C4 use), and associated alterations

    Refused Full applications 20 docs

  • 53 Danes Road Exeter Devon EX4 4LS

    23/0168/FUL Submitted 7 Feb 2023 35m away

    Single storey rear extension to existing kitchen (Revision of refused application 22/0270/FUL).

    Granted Full applications Extension 15 docs
    Small domestic

  • 64 Danes Road Exeter EX4 4LS

    24/0944/LPD Submitted 17 Aug 2024 38m away

    Change of use from large HMO up to 8 persons to large HMO up to 9 persons (sui generis use).

    Refused Lawful development 5 docs

  • 64 Danes Road Exeter EX4 4LS

    24/0945/DIS Submitted 17 Aug 2024 42m away

    Discharge of conditions 3 (contaminated land risk report) and six (SAP calculations) of 23/0705/VOC

    Granted Conditions 3 docs

  • Land Adjacent To 64 Danes Road Exeter Devon EX4 4LS

    23/0097/FUL Submitted 25 Jan 2023 42m away

    Construction of 4 bed semi detached dwelling.

    Granted Full applications New dwelling 16 docs
    Domestic

  • 47 Danes Road Exeter Devon EX4 4LS

    23/0234/FUL Submitted 22 Feb 2023 50m away

    Ground floor Rear extension

    Granted Full applications Extension 13 docs

In Exeter

  • 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.

    8 Sep 2026 Lawful development
  • 26/1060/LPD Refused

    77 Broadfields Road Exeter EX2 5RQ

    Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed side/rear ground floor extension.

    15 Jul 2026 Lawful development
  • 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.

    13 Jul 2026 Lawful development
  • 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)

    8 Jul 2026 Lawful development
  • 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.

    9 Sep 2026 Lawful development