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The Old Savoy Cinema, New Road, South Molton, Devon, EX36 4BH

62676Full ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 31 January 2019

Council decision: FULL PLANNING APPROVALDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

AMENDMENTS TO APPROVAL 46111 FROM 6 NO. THREE BEDROOMED DWELLINGS TO 2 NO. THREE BEDROOMED DWELLINGS (ALREADY PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED) AND 4 NO. ONE BED APARTMENTS AND 4 TWO BEDROOMED MAISONETTES

Received
27 February 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
SOUTH MOLTON
  1. Received27 Feb
  2. Validated9 Mar
  3. Consult.4 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Jan

Decided in 693 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at THE OLD SAVOY CINEMA, NEW ROAD, , SOUTH MOLTON, , DEVON, EX36 4BH. North Devon has handled 2,161 applications of this type. This one was decided in 703 days, 92 weeks 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.

96% of full 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
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
SOUTH MOLTON
District
SOU

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 March 2017
Consultation expiry
4 April 2017
Consultation start
10 March 2017
Consultation end
4 April 2017
Application expires
4 May 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
THE OLD SCHOOL, LADYWELL, PILTON, BARNSTAPLE, EX31 1QT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 March 2017

Appeal

Appeal result
No

Additional information

Documents
24

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: 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

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: North Devon

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