South Lodge Courtlands Lane Exmouth EX8 3NZ Data via plota.co.uk

26/0950/CPL - Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev Refused

Proposal

Certificate of proposed lawful development for outbuilding and car port. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 May 2026
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Refused
27 May 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 27 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Site constraints 5

Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 1. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Former Courtlands House, Grade II, about 61 m from the postcode pin · 3 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Also on the record
Special protection area about 456 m away: Exe Estuary; SSSI about 456 m away: Exe Estuary SSSI.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £600,000 in August 2007. Detached house, freehold.

20 August 2007£600,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
East Devon
Application type
Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev
Postcode
EX8 3NZ
Received
14 May 2026
Validated
14 May 2026
Ward
Exmouth Halsdon
Parish
Exmouth
Decision
CPL Refuse Part 1
Decision date
27 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Pichler Planning Consultancy

How this decision compares

Decided in 13 days from validation, 35 days faster than East Devon's median of 48 for extensions. Refused, as 5% of extensions here are.

74%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
567decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by East Devon in the last twelve months, from validation. East Devon decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14804897
Planning Portal ref
PP-14804897
Env. assessment
No
East Devon
Planning Authority Score
6.7/10
Good
#72 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

East Devon ranks #103 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
East Devon decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #152 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #104 of 296
72%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #103 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #86 of 296
63%
Minor dwellings approved
168 decided (1-9 homes)
74%
Major dwellings approved
23 decided (10+ homes)
88%
Change of use approved
25 decided
1,321
Total decisions
157 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.