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5 Lower Almshouses Pilton Street Barnstaple EX31 1PF

80762Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 6 November 2025

Planning committee

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

Proposal

Listed Building Consent for dismantling and reconstructing the chimney using traditional methods and materials to match the existing

Received
3 September 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
BARNSTAPLE WITH PILTON
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated3 Sep
  3. Consult.3 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Nov

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 5 Lower Almshouses Pilton Street Barnstaple EX31 1PF. North Devon has handled 317 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than North Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Barnstaple - Pilton conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across BARNSTAPLE WITH PILTON. 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 1PF
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
BARNSTAPLE

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 September 2025
Consultation expiry
3 October 2025
Consultation start
5 September 2025
Consultation end
3 October 2025
Committee meeting
5 November 2025
Application expires
7 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Old School Ladywell Pilton Barnstaple EX31 1QT

Planning decision

Statutory period
65 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
1 October 2025

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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.

Source: North Devon

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