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No Sweat Outdoors 20 High Street Barnstaple Devon EX31 1BG

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Approved on 22 May 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use for a shop (CLASS E) into an adult gaming centre (Sui Generis).

Received
13 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BARNSTAPLE CENTRAL
  1. Received13 Sep
  2. Validated16 Dec
  3. Consult.22 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 May

Decided in 157 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at No Sweat Outdoors 20 High Street Barnstaple Devon EX31 1BG. North Devon has handled 2,161 applications of this type. This one was decided in 251 days, 28 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 are no previous applications recorded 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.

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
EX31 1BG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
BARNSTAPLE

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 December 2024
Consultation expiry
22 January 2025
Consultation start
16 December 2024
Consultation end
22 January 2025
Application expires
23 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit S9 Plymouth Science Park 1 Davy Road PLYMOUTH PL6 8BX

Planning decision

Statutory period
158 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
22 January 2025

Additional information

Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Barnstaple - Town Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: 13, High StreetOn this site · +7 more

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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© 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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