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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Wembury Primary School, Knighton Road, Wembury, Plymouth, PL9 0EB
Received 19 Dec 2008Rolle Street, Exmouth, Devon EX8 1HL
Received 23 Apr 2015Westcliff Primary School, Westcliff Road, Dawlish
Received Not publishedCivic Amenities and Recycling Centre, Salterton Road, Exmouth
Received Not publishedSummerleaze Ltd, Chilsworthy, Holsworthy, EX22 7HH
Received 24 Feb 2012Great Southdown Farm, Burlescombe
Received Not publishedSWM Waste Recycling Transfer Station, Hacche Lane, Pathfields Business Park, South Molton, EX36 3LH
Received 21 May 2014From Runnon Moor to Church Road, Highampton
Received 19 Sept 2005Lampard Vachell School, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedCombeinteignhead Village Hall, Combeinteignhead
Received Not publishedBroadhembury Primary School, Broadhembury, Honiton, EX14 3NF
Received 24 Apr 2012Portmore to Landkey Junction section of the A361 258271 132103
Received 30 Jun 2023Lower Thornton Farm [Hay Field], Kenn, Exeter, EX6 7XH
Received 23 Feb 2011Burn Rew Farm, Willand
Received Not publishedLand between, Passage Lane and Pathfields Industrial Estate, South Molton
Received Not publishedEastlake Wood, Thrushelford, Broadwoodwidger
Received Not publishedTedburn St Mary School, School Lane, Tedburn St Mary, EX6 6AA
Received 15 Jun 2005Luscombe House, St Georges Road, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedHalwill Community Primary School, Dreybury Lane, Halwill Junction, Beaworthy, EX21 5XU
Received 9 Jun 2009Greendale Business Park, Woodbury Salterton, Exeter, EX5 1EW
Received 18 Aug 2010New England Quarry
Received 24 Jan 1999Stony Bridge, Nethercott Lane, Knowle, Braunton
Received Not publishedTown Quay to Hackney Marsh, Newton Abbot, Devon
Received 9 Dec 2010Westcliff Primary School, First Avenue, Dawlish, EX7 9RA
Received 26 May 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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