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Unit E Pilland Business Park Pilland Way Pottington Business Park Barnstaple Devon EX31 1QW

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Approved on 21 May 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from Class B2 (General Industrial) to Class E(d) (Indoor Sport, Recreation or Fitness)

Received
23 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BARNSTAPLE WITH PILTON
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.30 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit E Pilland Business Park Pilland Way Pottington Business Park Barnstaple Devon EX31 1QW. North Devon has handled 2,161 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than North Devon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across BARNSTAPLE WITH PILTON. We hold 1,420 applications in total for the EX31 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
EX31 1QW
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
BARNSTAPLE

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2026
Consultation expiry
30 April 2026
Consultation start
2 April 2026
Consultation end
30 April 2026
Application expires
28 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit E Pilland Way Pottington Business Park Barnstaple Devon EX31 1QW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
29 April 2026

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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