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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Health Centre, Marlborough Road, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedNorth Tawton Community Primary School, Exeter Street, North Tawton, EX20 2HB
Received 2 Dec 2011Whitecleave Quarry, Plymouth Road, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0DQ
Received 6 Nov 2017Decoy Primary School, Deer Park Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1DH
Received 22 Aug 2013Cobberton Farm, Dartington, Near Totnes
Received Not publishedRatcliffe School, John Nash Drive, Dawlish
Received Not publishedParks Farm, Crediton
Received Not publishedThe Old Health Centre, Western Road, Holsworthy
Received 11 Oct 2004Pippins, Lyme Road, Axminster, EX13 5AZ
Received 5 Jul 2011Maclins Quarry, Station Road, South Molton
Received Not publishedSt Mary's C of E School, Chanters Lane, Bideford
Received Not publishedMarshbroadmoor, North of Rockbeare Quarry, EX5 2HB
Received 27 Aug 2020Yeoford Primary School, Station Road, Crediton, EX17 5HZ
Received 6 May 2009Exmouth Community College, Green Close Site, Exmouth
Received 28 Aug 2008Westcroft Junior School Coronation Road Bideford
Received 28 Oct 2003Bidwell Brook School, Shinners Bridge, Dartington, Totnes, TQ9 6JU
Received 23 Sept 2009Land adjacent to Modbury Health Centre, Poundwell Green, Modbury, Devon
Received 22 Oct 2008Knowle Quarry, Holmacott, Newton Tracey, Barnstaple
Received 24 Aug 1998Hayes Farm, Clyst Honiton
Received 18 Jul 2000Ide First School, High Street, Ide, Exeter, EX2 9RN
Received 21 Aug 2013Milber Infants School, Sandringham Road, Newton Abbot
Received Not publishedScalwell Lane, Seaton, EX12 2HF
Received 26 May 2010Inch's Cider Works, Hatherleigh Road, Winkleigh
Received Not publishedLand south of, Mullacott Cross Industrial Estate, Ilfracombe
Received 1 Aug 1991Records 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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