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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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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: 10 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Staddon Road, Holsworthy
Received Not publishedExeter Transfer Station (former Incinerator site), Grace Road, Marsh Barton, Exeter
Received 17 Apr 2000Field near Cleave Wood, Old Dawlish Road, Kennford, Exeter, EX6 7LR
Received 9 Sept 2011Field no. 9000, Cofford Farm, Starcross, EX6 8RR
Received 20 Feb 2006Montgomery Primary School, Redvers Road, Exeter, EX4 1BS
Received 1 Feb 2010Whipton Barton Infants and Nursery School, Hill Lane, Exeter, EX1 3JP
Received 1 Jun 2017Shirwell Community Primary School, Shirwell, Barnstaple, EX31 4JT
Received 19 Dec 2011Copplestone Primary School, Copplestone, Crediton, EX17 5NX
Received 24 Feb 2010Stoke Hill Junior School, Stoke Hill, Exeter, EX4 7DP
Received 15 Mar 2013Land adjacent to, Tiverton School and East Devon College, Tiverton
Received 15 May 2000B3184 Clyst Honiton to Exeter Airport, Exeter
Received 19 Sept 2011Entrance to Bettysmead Playing Field from Beacon Lane, Exeter
Received 8 Nov 2018Braunton School and Community College, Wrafton Road, Braunton
Received Not publishedAppledore CP School, Richmond Road, Appledore, EX39 1PF
Received 1 Oct 2007Okehampton Community College, Mill Road, Okehampton, EX20 1PW
Received 17 Mar 2011Queen Elizabeth's Community College, Western Road, Crediton, EX17 3LU
Received 8 Sept 2009Pathfields Special School, Abbey Road, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedNew England Quarry, Yealmpton
Received Not publishedBearnes Voluntary Primary School, Queen Stret, Newton Abbot, TQ12 2AU
Received 21 Apr 2006Exeter Waste Transfer Station, Grace Road, Marsh Barton, Exeter
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Burnt Pine Cottage, North Huish, South Brent, TQ10 9NH
Received 4 Oct 2010Landfill site at Pillhead Copse, Old Barnstaple Road, Bideford
Received Not publishedPayhembury C of E (VC) Primary School, Payhembury, Honiton, EX14 3HT
Received 24 Apr 2013Okehampton Community College, Okehampton
Received Not publishedRecords 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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