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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
North Ground Farm, Chillaton, Nr Milton Abbot
Received Not publishedFootpath adjacent to Regency Court, Church Street, Ilfracombe
Received 3 May 2007Hemerdon Mine, Devon, PL7 5BS
Received 24 Aug 20231 Small Acre Cottage, Station Road, Woolacombe
Received 10 May 2005Matford Home Farm, Matford Mews, Matford, Devon, EX2 8XT
Received 5 Dec 2022Braunton Youth Centre, Station Yard, Braunton
Received Not publishedSchool Site, Elizabeth Drive, Tawstock
Received 30 Jul 1990Land adjacent to Cleve House, Exwick Lane, Exeter
Received Not publishedBarton Farm, Shillingford Abbot, near Exeter, EX2 9QQ
Received 2 Jun 2009Hemyock Primary School, Parklands, Hemyock, Cullompton, EX15 3RY
Received 14 Feb 2008Langtree Primary School, Latch Lane, Langtree
Received 2 Nov 2009Bideford St Mary's C of E Primary School, Chanters Road, Bideford, EX39 2QN
Received 29 Apr 2009Halwill C P School, Halwill
Received Not publishedWoolston Sewage Treatment Works, Woolston
Received Not publishedWITHDRAWN - Castle Primary School, Barrington Street, Tiverton, EX16 6QR
Received 10 Sept 2009Lashingcott, Newton Tracey, Barnstaple
Received 1 Jan 1992Land at, Sanders Lane, Holsworthy
Received Not publishedChilsworthy Sewage Treatment Works, Holsworthy Hamlets, Holsworthy
Received Not publishedChiverstone Farm, Kenton, Exeter
Received 19 Nov 2004Linking Sheiling Road and Tews Lane, Bickington, Barnstaple
Received 2 May 2006Yelland WWTW, Fremington
Received Not publishedChallonsleigh Farm, Lane To Challonsleigh, Smithaleigh, PL7 5AX
Received 16 Aug 2021Crowndale Recycling Centre, Crowndale Road, Tavistock, PL19 8JR
Received 10 Oct 2005Umberleigh Primary School, Umberleigh
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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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