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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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Ivybridge Council Depot, Ermington Road, Ivybridge, PL21 9ES
Received 2 Jul 2019Bridgerule CofE School, Bridgerule
Received Not publishedLand between Turf Lock Hotel and Church Road, Powderham adjacent to St Clements Church, running directly along the low-lying agricultural land to the landward side of the existing flood bund (Powderham Bank)
Received 2 Dec 2008Seale Hayne Farm, Field 6041, Newton Abbot, TQ12 6NN
Received 29 Mar 2017Venn Quarry, Landkey, Barnstaple, EX32 0NU
Received 19 Jan 2011Chiverstone Farm, Kenton, EX6 8NL
Received 30 Jun 2011Rockbeare Quarry Rockbeare Hill, Ottery St, Mary, Exeter. EX11 1JZ
Received 30 Nov 2017Seaton Primary School, Valley View, Seaton
Received Not publishedYeo Valley Primary School, Barnstaple,
Received 24 Apr 2007Land at, Sowden Lane, Barnstaple
Received 13 Jul 1989(a) on B3193 to the south of John Acres Lane and (b) at Gallows Cross, Old Exeter Road, Kingsteignton
Received 19 Jan 2007Maddacombe Farm, Maddacombe Road, Kingskerswell, TQ12 5LF
Received 11 Oct 2013Crafts at Cardew, Newton Road, Bovey Tracey, TQ13 9DX
Received 5 Sept 2007Landkey C P School, Bakery Way, Landkey, Barnstaple, EX32 0LJ
Received 18 Mar 2011Wilminstone Quarry, Wilminstone, Tavistock
Received 25 Jul 2007Southbrook School, Bishop Westall Road, Exeter, EX2 6JB
Received 16 Dec 2011Corner of, First Avenue and Bitton Park Road, Teignmouth
Received Not publishedSidmouth Commmunity College, Primley Road, Sidmouth
Received Not publishedRuby Farm, Abbotskerswell, Newton Abbot
Received 15 Aug 2008Heathfield Landfill, John Acres Lane, Kingsteignton
Received 23 Jul 2008County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 4QW
Received 31 Jan 2005Strashleigh Hams Inert Processing and Recycling Facility, On Slip To A38 Westbound, Lee Mill, Plymouth PL21 9JP 259996, 55292
Received 24 Apr 2023East Worlington Primary School, East Worlington, Crediton, EX17 4TS
Received 4 May 2011Fairlea Home for ther Elderly, Chope Road, Bideford
Received 21 Aug 1992Records 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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