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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land at Mullacott Farm, Mullacott Cross, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedHolywell Primary School, Tawstock, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedLapthorne Cross, Dittisham, TQ6 0HP
Received 15 Dec 2005The Park Community School, Park Lane, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedGreat Western House, Old Station Road, Barnstaple
Received 3 Jul 2006Venn Quarry, Landkey, Barnstaple
Received 27 Jun 1995Lifton Primary School, North Road, Lifton, PL16 0EH
Received 11 Jan 2010Former Foxhayes School site, Gloucester Road, Exeter, EX4 2EE
Received 23 Feb 2010Crediton Haywards Primary Shool, Dean Street, Crediton
Received Not publishedWestcroft County Junior School, Coronation Road, Bideford
Received Not publishedNewport CE School, Newport, Barnstaple
Received 29 Mar 1989The Park School, Park Lane, Barnstaple, EX32 9AX
Received 17 Apr 2018Clay Lane Quarry, Clay Lane, Nr Chudleigh Knighton, Hennock Parish, Devon
Received 30 Jun 2015Land at, Penn Inn and between Moor Park Road and School Road, Kingskerswell
Received Not publishedBroadhembury C of E Primary School, Broadhembury
Received Not publishedThe Mansion, 36 Fore Street, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5RP
Received 11 Oct 2012Exmouth Littleham C of E Primary School, Littledown Close, Exmouth
Received Not publishedWildwoods Farm, Wildwoods Lane, Marldon, Paignton, TQ3 1RS
Received 27 Sept 2011Land next to the passenger ferry footbridge, Adjacent to Spithead Junction, Dartmouth
Received Not publishedBroad Path Landfill Site, Composting Facility, Road From Down Farm Cross To Hillhead Quarry, Burlescombe, EX15 3EP
Received 11 Jun 2024Lower Northchurch Farm, Yarnscombe
Received Not publishedHeathfield Landfill Site, John Acres Lane, Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot
Received 23 Nov 2007Bideford School and Community College, Bideford
Received Not publishedOtterton Bridge, Otterton, Devon, EX9 7HQ
Received 3 Mar 2010Records 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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