Planning application
Ruffwell Inn Thorverton Exeter EX5 5NB
Works: Demolition Several homes
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Demolition of public house and erection of 4 dwellings and associated works
As published by the council, reference 26/00076/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00076/FULL
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused As published: Refuse permission
- Received
- 16 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 16 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 24 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Silverton
- Parish
- Silverton 45
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EX5 5NB
Site history
Applications at this address on the Mid Devon register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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26/00715/FULL Granted
Ruffwell Inn Thorverton Exeter EX5 5NB
Demolition of public house and erection of 5 dwellings and associated works
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Jan 2026
Received by Mid Devon
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24 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Refuse permission
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26 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
56 documents on file for this application
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