Two applications say 79 to 82 Queen Street will become a Flight Club venue. Comments close 27 September, with a council decision due by 21 October.

The Revolution bar building on Queen Street is lined up to become a Flight Club social darts venue. Two applications now with Exeter City Council say so in writing.

The first is a full application, reference 26/1277/FUL. It proposes “replacement signage, the redecoration and repair of the existing shopfront and replacement external lighting, to facilitate the use of the building as a Flight Club venue”. The address on the council’s record is Revolution, 79 to 82 Queen Street, EX4 3RP. It was received and validated on 25 August 2026 and is pending consideration. (Exeter City Council, application 26/1277/FUL)

The second, 26/1264/LBC, is an application for listed building consent for the same works to the shopfront, signage and lighting. It was validated on 21 August 2026 and is also pending. (Exeter City Council, application 26/1264/LBC)

The dates

  • Comments on the full application close on Sunday 27 September 2026
  • The council’s determination deadline is Wednesday 21 October 2026
  • Both applications are listed as pending consideration

(Exeter City Council, important dates for 26/1277/FUL)

What the applications do not say

The paperwork on the portal is narrow, and it is worth being clear about what is missing from it.

  • No change of use is sought. The applications cover the shopfront, the signage and the external lighting
  • No opening date appears anywhere in the published record
  • The council’s published record for either application does not name an applicant
  • Flight Club’s own website lists 16 UK venues and does not include Exeter

The Queen Street building has been a Revolution bar. Revolution Bars Group’s own list of bars does not include Exeter, and the page for an Exeter venue on its website returns a “not found” error. (Revolution Bars, bar locations)

Flight Club is a social darts operator with venues in cities including Bristol, Cardiff, Oxford and Reading. (Flight Club, venues)

What it means for you

If you want the council to hear your view, either for or against, the comment window on 26/1277/FUL runs to 27 September. Comments go through the “Comments” tab on the application page on the council’s planning portal.

The site is in the St David’s ward. The ward councillors named on the application record are Cllr Diana Moore, Cllr James Banyard and Cllr Tess Read. (Exeter City Council, contacts for 26/1277/FUL)

Because the building is the subject of a listed building consent application as well as a planning one, the shopfront and signage will be judged on their effect on the building, not only on the street scene. That tends to slow the detail down rather than the principle.

We track new applications in the city on our Exeter planning news page, and the venues already open on our things to do in Exeter page.

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