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Beachcomber Cafe The Esplanade Woolacombe EX34 7DJ

81196Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (approved plans), condition 3 (materials), and condition 6 (hours of operation restriction) attached to planning permission 80161 (Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) attached to planning permission 77516 (redevelopment of cafe, retail, toilets, and associated facilities serving Woolacombe beach) in respect of amendments to site design to include the re-positioning of the building) to allow extended opening hours.

Received
17 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
MORTEHOE
  1. Received17 Dec
  2. Validated17 Dec
  3. Consult.4 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 76 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Beachcomber Cafe The Esplanade Woolacombe EX34 7DJ. North Devon has handled 2,161 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than North Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Woolacombe conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across MORTEHOE. 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 7DJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
MORTEHOE

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 December 2025
Consultation expiry
4 February 2026
Consultation start
2 January 2026
Consultation end
4 February 2026
Application expires
3 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Chartered Architect The Old Sail Loft Paiges Lane Barnstaple Devon EX31 1EF

Planning decision

Statutory period
76 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
22 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
19

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: Woolacombe
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Devon
  • Heritage coast: North Devon
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves 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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