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Old School Coffee House 6 Church Lane Barnstaple Devon EX31 1BH

Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 26 October 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Listed building application for conversion of Cafe/Restaurant to 1 unit of accommodation (amended plans & description)

Received
18 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BARNSTAPLE CENTRAL
  1. Received18 Mar
  2. Validated7 Apr
  3. Consult.12 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Oct

Decided in 202 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Old School Coffee House 6 Church Lane Barnstaple Devon EX31 1BH. North Devon has handled 317 applications of this type. This one was decided in 222 days, 24 weeks longer than North Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Barnstaple - Town Centre conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across BARNSTAPLE CENTRAL. We hold 1,420 applications in total for the EX31 postcode area.

100% of heritage 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
EX31 1BH
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
BARNSTAPLE

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 April 2021
Consultation expiry
12 August 2021
Consultation start
22 April 2021
Consultation end
12 August 2021
Application expires
26 October 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Victoria Street Barnstaple EX32 9HT

Planning decision

Statutory period
202 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
12 August 2021

Additional information

Documents
16

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, 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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Source: North Devon

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