Higher House Farm, Twitchen, South Molton
Approved on 11 January 2012
Proposal
Proposed installation of 20 no. solar photovoltaic panels on roof of outbuilding. (Retrospective).
- Received
- 17 October 2011
- Council
- Exmoor
- ReceivedReceived17 Oct
- ValidatedValidated17 Oct
- Consult.Consultation9 Nov
- TargetTarget Date10 Jan
- DecidedDecided11 Jan
Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Higher House Farm, Twitchen, South Molton. Exmoor has handled 112 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 4 weeks longer than Exmoor's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,128 applications in total for the EX36 postcode area.
67% of amendment 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 3LA
- Application type
- Amendment
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Twitchen
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 October 2011
- Consultation expiry
- 9 November 2011
- Consultation end
- 9 November 2011
- Target decision date
- 10 January 2015
- Permission expires
- 10 January 2015
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 1181 days
Publicity
- First advertised
- 13 October 2011
Additional information
- UPRN
- MAN13214
- Documents
- 18
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- National park: Exmoor
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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Source: Exmoor
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