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Fat Face 87 High Street Barnstaple Devon EX31 1HR

81250Advert consentApproved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 13 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Siting of 1 x non illuminated fascia sign and 1 x non illuminated projecting sign

Received
2 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BARNSTAPLE CENTRAL
  1. Received2 Jan
  2. Validated2 Jan
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Fat Face 87 High Street Barnstaple Devon EX31 1HR. North Devon has handled 30 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than North Devon's typical decision time. The site is in the Barnstaple - Town Centre conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 advertising 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 1HR
Application type
Advert consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
BARNSTAPLE

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 January 2026
Consultation expiry
11 February 2026
Consultation start
12 January 2026
Consultation end
11 February 2026
Application expires
27 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
36 Heath Hurst Road Camden NW3 2RX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
11 February 2026

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Barnstaple - Town Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: 94, High StreetOn or next to this site · +3 more
  • Brownfield land register: 22-23 High Street, Barnstaple EX31 1BGRegister site at or near this address

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, 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 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    2 Jan

    Siting of 1 x non illuminated fascia sign and 1 x non illuminated projecting sign

    This applicationApprovedAdvertisement consent81250
  2. 2026
    2 Jan

    Listed Building Consent for repair and refurbishment of shopfront

    PendingListed building consentFiled alongside81272

Source: North Devon

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