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The Crown Hotel, Sinai Hill, Lynton, Ex35 6Ag

EXM/26/090/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 1 July 2026

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Listed building consent for the proposed replacement of existing chimney.

Received
26 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Exmoor
Agent
K D Paine & Associates Ltd
  1. Received26 Mar
  2. Validated11 May
  3. Consult.12 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Jul

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at The Crown Hotel, Sinai Hill, Lynton, Ex35 6Ag. Exmoor has handled 119 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 6 weeks longer than Exmoor's typical decision time. The site is in the Lynton conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 380 applications in total for the EX35 postcode area.

96% of heritage 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
EX35 6AG
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 May 2026
Consultation expiry
12 June 2026
Consultation start
13 May 2026
Consultation end
12 June 2026
Application expires
6 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
K D Paine & Associates Ltd

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
12 June 2026

Additional information

Documents
32

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Lynton
  • Listed building: Grade II: Crown HotelOn or next to this site
  • 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 (19)

flood storage 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.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Exmoor

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