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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Axe Valley Community College, Chard Street, Axminster
Received Not publishedWest Alvington C of E Primary School, West Alvington, Kingsbridge, TQ7 3PP
Received 5 Dec 2008Deep Moor Landfill Site, High Bullen, Torrington, EX38 7JA
Received 26 Feb 2016The Boiler House, County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 4QQ
Received 14 May 2007Higher Henland Farm, Kentisbeare
Received 19 May 2005Venn Quarry, Bishops Tawton
Received Not publishedOkehampton College, Mill Road, Okehampton
Received 28 Nov 2008Russell Street, Exeter, EX1 1JN
Received 24 Jan 2006Honiton Primary School, Clapper Lane, Honiton, EX14 1QF
Received 12 Mar 2008Newport Community Primary School, Landkey Road, Barnstaple
Received 1 Aug 2008Trood Lane Landfill Site, Matford, Exeter
Received 12 Mar 2004WITHDRAWN - Djangos Rest, Dungeons Cross, Cullompton, Devon, EX15 1RE
Received 18 Feb 2015Chulmleigh Community College, Chulmleigh
Received Not publishedSt. James High School, Summer Lane, Exeter, EX4 8NN
Received 8 Jul 2009Barton Wood Quarry, Brayford, South Molton
Received Not publishedThorndon Cross, Okehampton, EX20 4NE
Received 8 Jan 2010Great Torrington Bluecoat C of E Primary School, Borough Road, Great Torrington, EX38 7NU
Received 2 Dec 20149 Victoria Road, Exmouth, EX8 1DL
Received 20 Mar 2006Donnacroft Fields, OS8825, Torrington
Received Not publishedIlfracombe Arts College, Worth Road, Ilfracombe, EX34 9JB
Received 18 Jun 2007In front of, Nos. 10 and 11 Horns Park, Bishopsteignton
Received 10 Mar 2004Holbeton Sewage Works, Holbeton
Received Not publishedWaste Water Treatment Plant, to rear of former 'Richmond Frozen Confectionary', Central Avenue, Lee Mill Industrial Estate, Nr Ivybridge
Received 17 Oct 2006Ide First Primary School, High Street, Ide, Exeter, EX2 9RN
Received 9 Jul 2009Records 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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