EX2 4DF Exeter

Streets

• Melbourne Street, Exeter: 31 addresses
• Melbourne Place, Exeter: 1 address
• Unnamed street near Melbourne Street, The Quay: 1 address

Council tax

What each band costs in Exeter in 2026-27: Band D £2,495 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band B (38% of about 790 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this postcode; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

• Conservation area: yes, Southernhay and The Friars (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
• Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 16.
• Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
• Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
• Green belt: no.

Listed buildings

• 1-6, COLLETON ROW, grade II
• 1-8, FRIARS WALK, grade II
• 11 AND 12, FRIARS WALK, grade II
• 13-20, MELBOURNE STREET, grade II
• 22-27, MELBOURNE STREET, grade II
• 38, HOLLOWAY STREET, grade II
• 8, MELBOURNE STREET, grade II
• 9 10, MELBOURNE STREET, grade II
• 9 AND 10, FRIARS WALK, grade II
• 9-14, COLLETON HILL, grade II
• COLLETON HOUSE SOUTH VIEW, grade II
• COLLETON LODGE, grade II
• FRIARS LODGE, grade II
• GATES AND PIERS AT COLLETON LODGE, grade II
• NOS 1-10 (CONSEC) (INCLUDING NO 33 HOLLOWAY STREET), grade II
• THE HOUR GLASS, grade II

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km

• 71 Holloway Street, Exeter, EX2 4JD: up to 6 homes, permissioned (140 m)
• South Gate, Exeter: up to 81 homes (220 m)
• Hurst Almshouses, 2-24 Fairpark Road, Exeter, EX2 4HL: up to 19 homes, permissioned (320 m)
• Haven Banks, Water Lane, Exeter, EX2 8BY, pending decision (370 m)
• Keble House, Southernhay Gardens, Exeter, EX1 1NT: up to 30 homes, permissioned (450 m)
• Isca Motors, Water Lane, Exeter, EX2 8BY: up to 6 homes, permissioned (490 m)
• Car park rear of 95-96 Fore Street, Exeter, EX4 3HY: up to 8 homes, permissioned (570 m)
• 102-104 Fore Street (1st, 2nd and 3rd floors only), Exeter, EX4 3JB: up to 13 homes, permissioned (580 m)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted within 100 m of this postcode. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Flood risk

No address in this postcode is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.

Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.

High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.

Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

Broadband

Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.