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The Studio Apartment 4 Albert Villas New Road Barnstaple Devon EX32 9AG

81430Certificate of Lawful DevelopmentAwaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application for a Certificate of Lawful Development for existing use as a separate dwellinghouse

Received
12 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BARNSTAPLE CENTRAL
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated27 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Studio Apartment 4 Albert Villas New Road Barnstaple Devon EX32 9AG. North Devon has handled 257 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 12 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Barnstaple - Newport conservation area, with 7 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 453 applications in total for the EX32 postcode area.

97% of amendment 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
EX32 9AG
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Development
Scale / size
Small
Parish
BARNSTAPLE

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 March 2026
Application expires
22 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Studio Apartment 4 Albert Villas New Road Barnstaple Devon EX32 9AG

Planning decision

Decision
Pending
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
2

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 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Barnstaple - Newport

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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