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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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Exeter to Newton Abbot railway line, south of Clapperbrook Lane East, adjacent to the eastern edge of Marsh Barton Industrial Estate, Exeter
Received 2 Apr 2013Pinbrook Road Vehicle Maintenance Depot, Pinhoe Trading Estate, Exeter, Devon, EX4 8HU
Received 19 Aug 2008Opposite, No. 17 Lemon Road, Newton Abbot
Received 29 Sept 2004The Doyle Centre, Salterton Road, Exmouth
Received Not publishedNear South Lodge, Redhayes, Clyst Honiton, Exeter, EX5 2AN
Received 9 Apr 2010East Worlington Primary School, East Worlington
Received 13 Dec 2004Heathfield C P School, King Street, Tiverton
Received Not publishedSouthbrook School, Bishop Westall Road, Exeter
Received Not publishedThe Multi Use Games Area, Slewton Crescent, Whimple, EX5 2TS
Received 29 Nov 2010Cockwells Nursery, Bluepost to Hazard, Harberton, Devon, TQ9 7LP
Received 22 Oct 201530 - 37 Churchill Avenue, Dawlish
Received 18 Aug 2001Deep Moor Landfill Site, High Bullen, St Giles-in-the-Wood, Near Great Torrington
Received Not publishedQueen Elizabeth's Community College, Western Road, Crediton
Received 8 Jun 2009Tidcombe Primary School, Marina Way, Tiverton, EX16 4BP
Received 15 Aug 2005Buckland Brewer CP School, Buckland Brewer, Bideford, EX39 5LX
Received 3 Mar 2014Malborough Primary School, Higher Town, Malborough, TQ7 3RN
Received 25 Apr 2017Headon China Clay Works, Nr Cornwood, Ivybridge
Received 23 May 2006Kenton Primary School, Kenton, Exeter, EX6 8LX
Received 14 Aug 2009Old Quarry, Whitehills Plantation, Filleigh
Received Not publishedExeter St Luke's High School, Rigswell Avenue, Exeter
Received Not publishedHaywards Primary School, East Street, Crediton
Received Not publishedThe Mansion, 36 Fore Street, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5RP
Received 14 Nov 2008Buckland Brewer Community Primary School, Buckland Brewer, Bideford, Devon
Received 27 Nov 2007The Topsham School, Orchard Way, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0DN
Received 17 Oct 2011Records 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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