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Bentwitchen House, South Molton, EX36 3HA

62/49/22/003FullRefused

Refused on 18 April 2023

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use of existing studio to holiday let, together with the demolition of partially built porch to be replaced with new porch, creation of a parking area, creation of a patio area and the installation of a new sewage treatment plant.

Received
25 April 2022
Decision level
Planning committee
Council
Exmoor
  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated18 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Sep
  5. Decided18 Apr

Decided in 274 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at BENTWITCHEN HOUSE, SOUTH MOLTON, EX36 3HA. Exmoor has handled 217 applications of this type. This one was decided in 358 days, 43 weeks longer than Exmoor's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,128 applications in total for the EX36 postcode area.

91% of full applications at Exmoor were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
EX36 3HA
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
North Molton

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 July 2022
Target decision date
12 September 2022
Application expires
8 September 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
19 August 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11214129
UPRN
10012097827
Documents
18

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
  • National park: Exmoor

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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 Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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

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

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Source: Exmoor

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