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Land at South Molton Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW), Poltimore Lane, South Molton, Devon, EX36 3QA (nearest post code) – NGR SS 7225 2563.

PRE/1710/2024Screening/ Scoping OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 3 June 2024

Council decision: Screening Opinion NOT EIA DevelopmentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

EIA Screening Opinion Request for proposed works to improve water quality and management of pollution risks

Received
16 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
South Molton
  1. Received16 May
  2. Validated20 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Jun

Decided in 14 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land at South Molton Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW), Poltimore Lane, South Molton, Devon, EX36 3QA (nearest post code) – NGR SS 7225 2563.. Devon has handled 18 applications of this type. This one was decided in 18 days, 6 weeks quicker than Devon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across South Molton. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the EX36 postcode area.

100% of outline applications at Devon County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
EX36 3QA
Application type
Screening/ Scoping Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
South Molton
District
North Devon District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 May 2024
Committee meeting
3 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Aardvark EM Limited Higher Ford Wiveliscombe Taunton Somerset TA4 2RL

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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