The Old Manse, 9 New Road, South Molton, Devon, EX36 4BH
Approved on 6 February 2017
Council decision: FULL PLANNING APPROVALDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
CHANGE OF USE OF BUSINESS PREMISES TO DWELLING
- Received
- 7 December 2016
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- North Devon District Council
- Ward
- SOUTH MOLTON
- ReceivedReceived7 Dec
- ValidatedValidated16 Dec
- Consult.Consultation12 Jan
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided6 Feb
Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at THE OLD MANSE, 9 NEW ROAD, , , SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4BH. North Devon has handled 257 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than North Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the South Molton conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across SOUTH MOLTON. We hold 1,128 applications in total for the EX36 postcode area.
97% of amendment applications at North Devon District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- EX36 4BH
- Application type
- Change of use
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- SOUTH MOLTON
- District
- SOU
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 December 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 12 January 2017
- Consultation start
- 20 December 2016
- Consultation end
- 12 January 2017
- Application expires
- 10 February 2017
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- MIDDLECOTT COTTAGE, BRANDIS CORNER, HOLSWORTHY, EX22 7YE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 23 December 2016
Appeal
- Appeal result
- No
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: South Molton
- 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, 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, 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
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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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Source: North Devon
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