Specsavers Opticians Gammon Walk Barnstaple Devon EX31 1DJ
Approved on 5 March 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Siting of 3 fascia signs and 1 hanging sign to shopfront
- Received
- 6 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- North Devon District Council
- Ward
- BARNSTAPLE CENTRAL
- ReceivedReceived6 Jan
- ValidatedValidated6 Jan
- Consult.Consultation11 Feb
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided5 Mar
Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at Specsavers Opticians Gammon Walk Barnstaple Devon EX31 1DJ. North Devon has handled 30 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. The site is in the Barnstaple - Town Centre conservation area, with 13 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 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 1DJ
- Application type
- Advert consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- BARNSTAPLE
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 11 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 14 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 11 February 2026
- Application expires
- 5 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Fisch Design Ltd Unit 1 Heritage Business Centre Derby Road Belper DE56 1SW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 58 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 11 February 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Barnstaple - Town Centre
- 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 (21)
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, 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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