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Bentwitchen Farm, South Molton, EX36 3HA

62/49/25/005FullApproved

Approved on 15 July 2025

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use of existing offices to a residential annex and regularisation of previous conversion works to a curtilage-listed building.

Received
2 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Exmoor
  1. Received2 Jun
  2. Validated6 Jun
  3. Consult.10 Jul
  4. Target1 Aug
  5. Decided15 Jul

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at BENTWITCHEN FARM, SOUTH MOLTON, EX36 3HA. Exmoor has handled 217 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 June 2025
Consultation expiry
10 July 2025
Consultation end
10 July 2025
Target decision date
1 August 2025
Application expires
10 July 2025
Permission expires
14 July 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
19 June 2025
Site notice start
19 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14056690
UPRN
10012096769
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    2 Jun

    Proposed change of use of existing offices to a residential annex and regularisation of previous conversion…

    This applicationApprovedFull62/49/25/005
  2. 2025
    2 Jun

    Listed building consent for the proposed change of use of existing offices to a residential annex and…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside62/49/25/006LB

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