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Property Investment /
Development Opportunity
36, 37 / 37a and the rear of 35
Boutport Street
Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 1RX
Freehold
■■Located in the town centre
■■Situated between Queen Street car
park and the High Street
■■From the upper floors there are
views across the town centre of the
Taw Estuary and Down
Stream Bridge
■■Grade II listed building including
ground floor retail unit and
4 upper floors
■■Potential for conversion of the rear
ancillary space, upper floors and
storage building for other alternative
uses (subject to planning)
■■0.18 acres (0.07 Ha) development
site with Grade II listed facade
■■Potential for redevelopment of
the site for other alternative uses
(subject to planning)
■■Available as a whole or in 2 lots
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Location
Barnstaple is located at the head of the
Taw Estuary, near the north coast of
Devon, and is approximately 41 miles
north west of Exeter.
The town is the Regional Service Centre
for North Devon, Torridge and Exmoor
National Park and it is the administrative
c+entre for the North Devon district.
Barnstaple has a residential population
of approximately 30,765 people (Source:
2001 Census) which is supplemented
during the holiday season with holiday
makers and day-trippers. The town has
a catchment population within a 12 mile
(20 km) radius of approximately 116,103
people (source: Focus Report).
Barnstaple has a comprehensive range of
educational, ecclesiastical, cultural, leisure
/ tourism and shopping facilities, including
Park and Pilton Community Colleges,
Petroc College, Rock Park, North Devon
Leisure Centre, Tarka Tennis Centre,
Queen’s Theatre, Butcher’s Row and
Pannier Market, North Devon Museum,
Barnstaple Library, a town square and
clock tower and Green Lanes
shopping centre.
Distances
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Bideford 10 miles
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M5 (J27) 35 miles
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Exeter 41 miles
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Bristol 96 miles
(distances approximate)
Communications
Road – the A361 links Barnstaple with
the M5 motorway at junction 27 which is
approximately 35 miles away.
Rail – Barnstaple railway station is
approximately 0.8 miles away. It provides
branch line services to Exeter St Davids
and Exeter Central, which in turn have
main line services to London Paddington
and London Waterloo respectively.
Air – Exeter International Airport is
approximately 52 miles away. It has
scheduled and chartered flights to a range
of national and international destinations.
Property
36, 37 / 37a and the rear of 35 Boutport
Street are located in the town centre
facing west towards the Queen’s Theatre
and Butcher’s Row.
36 Boutport Street is a very prominent
building and can be seen from the junction
of Butcher’s Row and the High Street,
which is the prime retail pitch.
The property is abutted to the north by
Giovanni’s Italian restaurant and The
Panniers public house (J D Wetherspoon)
and to the south by Barclays Bank and
the Post Office.
36 Boutport Street is a Grade II listed
building built in 1905 and includes a
ground floor retail unit, 4 upper floors and
a service yard with circulation area and car
parking. The rear of 35 Boutport Street
includes a single storey storage building
(with mezzanine) which is accessed via
the service yard at the rear of 36 Boutport
Street. From the upper floors there are
views across the town centre of the Taw
Estuary and Down Stream Bridge.
37 / 37a Boutport Street is a 0.18 acres
(0.07 Ha) development site with Grade II
listed facade. The site is currently used
as a car park.
Schedule of Accommodation
The Opportunity
36 Boutport Street offers the opportunity
for prospective purchasers to let, sell or
occupy the ground floor retail unit and
convert rear ancillary space, the upper
floors and the single storey storage
building at the rear of 35 Boutport Street
for other alternative uses (subject to the
grant of Planning Permission and Listed
Building and Conservation Area Consent).
37 / 37a Boutport Street offer the
opportunity for redevelopment of the site
as a pedestrian link (see below) or for
other alternative uses (subject to the grant
of Planning Permission and Listed Building
and Conservation Area Consent).
Planning
North Devon Council produced a
Development Brief (adopted January
2005) for the re-development of Queen
Street and Bear Street (including the
Queen Street car park) as a mixed-use
development site. The Development
Brief was followed by planning policy
(Proposal BAR6) in the North Devon Local
Plan (adopted July 2006) which identifies
Queen Street and Bear Street (including
the car park) as an allocation for a mixeduse
redevelopment site.
The proposal for this area within planning
policy BAR6 is for up to 172,224 sq ft
(16,000 sq m) of gross retail floor space
including a food store of 10,764 sq ft
(1,000 sq m) net floor space, 80 residential
units, WCs, leisure, community and
commercial facilities, car parking and
Floor Type GIA (NIA) sq m GIA (NIA) sq ft
Ground Retail 103.3 (103) 1108.99 (1108.72)
Ground Ancillary 70.93 763.45
Sub-total 173.93 1872.17
First Ancillary 170.80 1838.44
Second Ancillary 150.90 1731.87
Third Ancillary 103.97 1119.11
Fourth Ancillary 27.36 294.53
Sub-total 463.02 4983.94
Total 636.95 6856.12
Michael J Ralph has produced floor plans for 36 Boutport Street at a scale of 1:50. The
measurements contained within the schedule have been taken off the plan and have
been measured in accordance with the RICS Code of Measuring Practice (6th Edition).
All interested parties should not rely on these measurements and should verify these on
site themselves.
the provision of a pedestrian and bicycle
link from the site to the existing retail
frontage on Queen Street, Bear Street and
Boutport Street.
In the historic Wilson Bowden
Developments proposal for the
redevelopment of Queen Street and Bear
Street (including the car park) it included
a department store of 90,000 sq ft (8,361
sq m), leisure facilities (multiplex cinema,
bowling alley and bingo hall), food store,
up to 50 new retail units, new multi-storey
car park, up to 50 residential units and a
new central square.

The development site at 37/ 37a was
identified in the Development Brief
and shown within the Wilson Bowden
Developments proposal as the pedestrian
link between the proposed mixed-use
development site and the High Street via
Butcher’s Row.
Listing and
Conservation Area
Boutport Street is a Conservation Area
and 36, 37 / 37a and the rear of 35
Boutport Street fall within this area. 36
Boutport Street is a Grade II listed building
(LBS number: 485491). The facade of 37 /
37 a Boutport Street is also Grade II listed
(LBS number 485492).
Use Class
36 Boutport Street falls within Class A1
of the Use Classes Order.
Local Authority
North Devon Council,
Civic Centre,
North Walk,
Barnstaple,
Devon
EX31 1EA
T: +44 (0) 1271 327 711
E: planning @northdevon.gov.uk
W: www.northdevon.gov.uk
Method of Sale
The property is being offered for sale
by private treaty.
Lotting
The property is available as a whole
or in 2 lots.
Lot 1 comprises of 36 and the rear of 35
Boutport Street. This lot is outlined and
hatched red, for identification purposes,
on the site plan which forms part of the
sales brochure. Our client’s preference is
to retain the single storey storage building.
Lot 2 comprises of 37 / 37a Boutport
Street. This lot is outlined and hatched
blue, for identification purposes, on the
same site plan.
Tenure and Possession
The freehold of 36, 37 / 37a and the rear
of 35 Boutport Street are being offered for
sale on an unconditional basis with vacant
possession (if required) on completion.
The Rotary Club occupies the ground floor
retail unit at 36 Boutport Street and the
Pannier Market traders occupy the site at
37 / 37a Boutport Street for car parking.
Both parties occupy on an informal basis.
Business Rates
We understand from the VOA 2010 Rating
List that the ground floor of 36 Boutport
Street has a Rateable Value of £22,750
and the upper floors of the same building
have a Rateable Value of £7,100.
We also understand that 37 / 37a
Boutport Street has a Rateable Value of
£14,500. All interested parties should
make their own enquiries of the VOA.
VAT
We understand that our client has not
opted to charge VAT. All interested
parties should make their own
enquiries of HMRC.
Rights of Way, Wayleaves
and Easements
36, 37 / 37a and the rear of 35 Boutport
Street have a pedestrian and vehicular
right of way across the Queen
Street car park.
The sale is subject to all rights of support,
public and private rights of way, water,
light, drainage and other easements,
quasi-easements, all or any other like
rights, whether mentioned in these
particulars or not.
Service Enquiries
All mains services are available. All
interested parties should make their own
enquiries of the Statutory Undertakers.
Energy Performance
Certificate
The Energy Performance Certificate for 36
Boutport Street is seperately attached.
Directions
From the M5 motorway at junction 27
take the A361 (signed Barnstaple) and
continue for approximately 34 miles. On
the outskirts of Barnstaple at the Portmore
roundabout take the second exit onto
the A39 (Eastern Avenue) and continue
for approximately 1 mile passing
through 2 roundabouts.
At the next roundabout take the second
exit on the A39 (Belle Meadow Road)
and continue for approximately 0.3 miles
passing through 1 roundabout. At the next
roundabout take the second exit onto
Queen Street and continue onto Malletts
Lane and park in the Queen Street
car park.
From the car park walk through the
passageway between the Queen’s Medical
Centre and Artavia House and turn
right and walk along Queen Street and
Boutport Street and the property will be
found on the right after Barclays Bank.
Additional Information
Additional information is available in the
CD Information Pack which is available
on request.
Viewings
All viewings by appointment with
the sole agents Savills.
Brochure produced 05/09/12

NOTE - Published for the purposes of identification only and
although believed to be correct its accuracy is not guaranteed.
Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Map with the
permission of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office © Crown
copyright licence number 100024244 Savills (L&P) Limited.
NOTE - Published for the purposes of identification only and although believed to be correct its accuracy is not guaranteed.
Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Map with the permission of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office © Crown copyright licence
number 100024244 Savills (L&P) Limited.
NOTE - Published for the purposes of identification only and although believed to be correct its accuracy is not guaranteed. Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Map with the permission of the
Controller of H.M. Stationery Office © Crown copyright licence number 100024244 Savills (L&P) Limited.
Important Notice
Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that:
1. They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on their
own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars.
These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact.
2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, images and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily
comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills
have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise.
3. We have not made any investigations into the existence or otherwise of any issues concerning pollution of land, air or water
contamination and the purchaser is responsible for making his own enquiries in this regard.
Savills Exeter
The Forum, Barnfield Road
Exeter, Devon, EX1 1QR
+44 (0) 1392 455 700
Mark Chugg
+44 (0) 1392 455 715
mchugg@savills.com
Katie Walker
+44 (0) 1392 455 717
kwalker@savills.com
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