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5, 6 & 7 Butchers Row Barnstaple Devon EX31 1BW

80372Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 4 September 2025

Planning committee

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

Proposal

Listed Building Consent for creation of opening from unit 5 into unit 6 together with erection of dividing walls on the ground floor and loft space between unit 6 & 7

Received
28 May 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
BARNSTAPLE CENTRAL
  1. Received28 May
  2. Validated31 Jul
  3. Consult.28 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Sep

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 5, 6 & 7 Butchers Row Barnstaple Devon EX31 1BW. North Devon has handled 317 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 6 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.

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 1BW
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
BARNSTAPLE

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 July 2025
Consultation expiry
28 August 2025
Consultation start
31 July 2025
Consultation end
28 August 2025
Committee meeting
3 September 2025
Application expires
25 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 Butchers Row Barnstaple Devon EX31 1BW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
28 August 2025

Additional information

Documents
13

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: Barnstaple - Town Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: Church HouseOn or next to this site · +4 more
  • 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 (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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    28 May

    Creation of opening from unit 5 into unit 6 together with erection of dividing wall between unit 6 & 7

    ApprovedFull ApplicationFiled alongside80371
  2. 2025
    28 May

    Listed Building Consent for creation of opening from unit 5 into unit 6 together with erection of dividing…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent80372

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