Land South Of Orchard Cottage Exmouth Road Exton Data via plota.co.uk

Decided 25/1942/PIP

Council

East Devon 6.7/10

Date received

around 18 Sept 2025

Date validated

18 Sept 2025

Description

Permission in principle for demolition of garage and construction of 1no. dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 12 Oct 2026, 05:24

Planning committee

Decided by East Devon Planning Committee on 16 Dec 2025. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because the housing and sustainable-access benefits outweighed the limited harm to the Green Wedge.
The parish council supported the proposal, while a ward member objected because of earlier refusals and Green Wedge policy.
The committee adopted the Appropriate Assessment and approved permission in principle in accordance with the officer recommendation.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site and history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of East Devon's committee minutes of 16 Dec 2025.

Site constraints 6

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Exton Farmhouse, Grade II*, about 32 m from the postcode pin · 2 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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32 mExton FarmhouseGrade II*
49 mExton HouseGrade II*

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Special protection area about 405 m away: Exe Estuary; SSSI about 405 m away: Exe Estuary SSSI; Inside the Exton (East Devon) built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 12 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.

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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