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Planning appeals in Exeter

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One authority from the free search of every English planning appeal since 2016, searchable by words or by meaning.

Appeals the Planning Inspectorate has decided in Exeter since 2016, refreshed nightly. A decision the Inspectorate published without naming the authority in a form we can match is listed under its own address instead. Type a topic into the free search to read how Inspectors have reasoned here.

The Planning Inspectorate has decided 298 planning appeals in Exeter since 2016, of which 29% were allowed. In the last twelve months there were 35 decisions, 51% allowed. The median time from receipt of an appeal to its decision is 21 weeks. Figures as at 29 October 2026, from the Inspectorate's published decisions.

307

appeals on record since 2016

29%

of decided appeals allowed

21 wks

median receipt to decision

decisions in the last 12 months, 51% allowed

By appeal type

Householder106 decided

31% allowed

Minor114 decided

21% allowed

Major19 decided

53% allowed

Commercial8 decided

38% allowed

Enforcement13 decided

0% allowed

Other37 decided

27% allowed

Not classified10 decided

70% allowed

By procedure

Written representations293 decided

27% allowed

Hearings8 decided

38% allowed

Inquiries6 decided

83% allowed

Every decision, by year

2026 · 28 · 54% allowed 2025 · 37 · 27% allowed 2024 · 44 · 15% allowed 2023 · 35 · 24% allowed 2022 · 38 · 45% allowed 2021 · 26 · 31% allowed 2020 · 19 · 16% allowed 2019 · 32 · 25% allowed 2018 · 21 · 19% allowed 2017 · 17 · 35% allowed 2016 · 10 · 29% allowed

Latest decisions in Exeter

Dismissed27 October 2026· minor6012103
70-72 Heavitree Road, Exeter, EX1 2LP
proposed new building in the grounds of 70 and 72 Heavitree Road to provide 6 number HMO bedrooms, associated landscaping works with bin and bike store and retrospective application for a plant room
Dismissed20 October 2026· minor6010324
13C St. James Road, Exeter, EX4 6PY
change of use and conversion (retrospective) of commercial office building within curtilage of 13A & 13B, St. James Road, Exeter EX4 6PY to a self -contained dwelling unit (Air B & B) with parking
Dismissed7 October 20266015491
41 Well Street, Exeter, EX4 6QQ
change of use from dwellinghouse (C3 use) to house in multiple occupation (C4 use)
Allowed24 September 20266015017
550 Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 7DP
demolition of existing single-storey extension, erection of linked, single-storey, dependant relative's annexe
Dismissed23 September 2026· advert6013697
Pavement O/S Clarendon House, 3 Heavitree Road, Exeter, EX1 2JW
Erection of 1no. BT Street Hub and associated removal of existing BT payphones
Dismissed23 September 20266013695
Pavement O/S Clarendon House, 3 Heavitree Road, Exeter, EX1 2JW
Erection of 1no. BT Street Hub and associated removal of existing BT payphones
Allowed23 September 2026· householder6013030
3 Melrose Avenue, Exeter, EX1 3FY
Single storey extension (retrospective)
Allowed28 August 2026· minor3352280
42 Sylvan Road, Exeter, EX4 6EY
Allowed17 August 20263366537
2 St. Bernards Close, Exeter, EX2 4RX
Dismissed17 August 2026· minor6006617
Springbank, Beech Avenue, Exeter, EX4 6HE
a single storey dwelling
Allowed10 August 2026· advert6004096
Pavement Adjacent to Poundland, Cowick Street, Exeter, EX4 1AH
the installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens, and associated BT Phone Kiosk removals. ___________________________________________________________________________________
Allowed10 August 20266004093
Pavement Adjacent to Poundland, Cowick Street, Exeter, EX4 1AH
the installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens, and associated BT Phone Kiosk removals. ___________________________________________________________________________________
Allowed10 August 2026· advert6004090
Pavement O/S Waterstones, 252 High Street, Exeter, EX4 3PZ
the installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens, and associated BT Phone Kiosk removals. ___________________________________________________________________________________
Allowed10 August 20266004089
Pavement O/S Waterstones, 252 High Street, Exeter, EX4 3PZ
the installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens, and associated BT Phone Kiosk removals. ___________________________________________________________________________________
Allowed10 August 2026· advert6003741
Pavement O/S 161 Sidwell Street, Exeter, EX4 6RH
the installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens, and associated BT Phone Kiosk removals. ___________________________________________________________________________________

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are computed from decisions the Planning Inspectorate has published for this authority area and refresh with the record; decisions without a published letter or a recorded authority may be missing. This page is research, not advice. Verify against the Inspectorate’s own record before relying on a decision. What is in the record.