Planning application
8 Springfield Road Exeter EX4 6JL
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
House in Multiple Occupation for seven people (Sui Generis use) (Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use)
As published by the council, reference 26/1175/LED
Application record
- Reference
- 26/1175/LED
- Type
- Lawfulness of Existing Use/Development
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Was lawful use
- Received
- 5 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 20 Aug 2026
- Decided
- 16 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Duryard And St James
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EX4 6JL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Aug 2026
Received by Exeter
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20 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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26 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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16 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Was lawful use
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Exeter granted permission on 16 September 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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