Skip to content

Tarka Leisure Centre Seven Brethren Bank Barnstaple Devon EX31 2AS

81945Permitted

Proposal

Conversion of tennis court to 2 padel courts, including provision of an open sided building with fenced court areas

Received
28 August 2026
Decided
7 October 2026 · Approved
Ward
ROUNDSWELL
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received28 Aug
  2. Validated28 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Oct

Decided in 40 days

This is a planning application at Tarka Leisure Centre Seven Brethren Bank Barnstaple Devon EX31 2AS. North Devon has handled 4,078 applications of this type and approves 94% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than North Devon's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across ROUNDSWELL. We hold 1,377 applications in total for the EX31 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
81945
Address
Tarka Leisure Centre Seven Brethren Bank Barnstaple Devon EX31 2AS
Postcode
EX31 2AS
Local Authority
North Devon
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Approved
Ward
ROUNDSWELL
Parish
BARNSTAPLE

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
29 June 2026
Date Decided
7 October 2026
Date Validated
28 August 2026
Date Submitted
28 August 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Approved
Case Officer
Mr R. Bagley

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
51.073050, -4.058788
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: North Devon

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near EX31

New planning applications delivered to your inbox weekly.

Planning constraints

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

  • 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 2026-10-09. 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.

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report