Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · County council
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Devon County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Feb 1957 to 8 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Dryhill Barton, Road From Dryhill Cross to Hazels Cross, Stoodleigh, EX16 9PT
Received 20 Oct 2015Drakelands Mine, Plymouth, Devon, PL7 5BS
Received 15 Sept 2017Hawley Community Resource Centre, Sowden Lane, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedBideford Long Bridge, Bideford
Received Not publishedSouth West Highways Compound, Rockbeare Hill, Rockbeare
Received Not publishedAlphin House, Mill Lane, Alphington, Exeter
Received Not publishedNewton Poppleford Primary School, School Lane, Newton Poppleford
Received Not publishedWalter Daw Primary School, Woodwater Lane, Exeter, EX2 5AW
Received 4 Dec 2009Drakelands (previously Hemerdon) Mine, Drakelands, Nr PLYMOUTH, Devon PL7 5BS
Received 7 Dec 2015Clyst Vale Community College, Station Road, Broadclyst
Received Not publishedFairfield Farm, Newton Cross, Denbury, Newton Abbot
Received 22 Nov 2004Broadclyst Primary School, Broadclyst
Received 4 May 2000Georgeham C of E Primary School, Putsborough Road, Georgeham, EX33 1JT
Received 12 Feb 2010Heathfield Landfill, John Acres Lane, Fosterville, Sandygate, TQ12 3GP
Received 19 Mar 2019Tarka Trail, Instow
Received Not publishedPryston Farm (site 1), Frithelstock, Torrington, EX38 8PB
Received 2 Feb 2005Lewtrenchard Primary School, Lewtrenchard
Received Not publishedOkehampton Primary School, Glendale Road, Okehampton, EX20 1JB
Received 6 Jul 2009Footpath adjacent to 27 Church Street, Ilfracombe, Devon
Received 16 Jul 2007Land at Penslade, Uffculme
Received 30 Apr 2021Pilton Infants School, Abbey Road, Barnstaple, EX31 1JU
Received 14 Dec 2005Amenity & Recycling Centre, Northam Burrows, Northam
Received Not publishedSouthmead CP School, Wrafton Road, Braunton, EX33 2BU
Received 16 Dec 2013Hemerdon Mine, Plympton, Devon, PL7 5BS
Received 29 Jun 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Devon County Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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