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Ilfracombe Delivery Office 37-38 High Street Ilfracombe Devon EX34 9DB

80969Full ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 14 January 2026

Planning committee

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

Proposal

Conversion of five-storey building to deliver a mixed-use scheme comprising residential accommodation, retail and exhibition spaces

Received
22 October 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
ILFRACOMBE EAST
  1. Received22 Oct
  2. Validated22 Oct
  3. Consult.25 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Jan

Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Ilfracombe Delivery Office 37-38 High Street Ilfracombe Devon EX34 9DB. North Devon has handled 2,161 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than North Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Ilfracombe conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across ILFRACOMBE EAST. We hold 583 applications in total for the EX34 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
EX34 9DB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
ILFRACOMBE

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 October 2025
Consultation expiry
25 November 2025
Consultation start
11 November 2025
Consultation end
25 November 2025
Committee meeting
7 January 2026
Application expires
23 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Old School Ladywell Pilton Barnstaple EX31 1QT

Planning decision

Statutory period
93 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
19 November 2025

Additional information

Documents
31

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: Ilfracombe
  • Listed building: Grade II: Bunch of Grapes Public HouseOn or next to this site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Ilfracombe
  • Brownfield land register: Lloyds Bank, 108 & 109 High Street, , , Ilfracombe, EX34 9ETRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (18)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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