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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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Ratcliffe Special School, John Nash Drive, DAWLISH, EX7 9RZ
Received 20 Jun 2016St John's Chapel on the B3232, Approx 4km south of Barnstaple
Received 6 Feb 1990Sticklepath Primary School, Fremington Woodville, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedDenbow Farm (Site 1), Farringdon, EX5 2HT
Received 31 Jan 2005Dawlish Community College, Elm Grove Road, Dawlish, Devon, EX7 OBY
Received 21 Nov 2008Bray Valley Quarry
Received 5 Mar 1992Uffculme Primary School, Ashley Road, Uffculme, Cullompton, EX15 3AY
Received 12 Feb 2008King Edward VI Community College, Ashburton Road, Totnes
Received Not publishedHigher Muddiford Farm, Marwood, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedUnit 7, Millennium Place, Lowman Way, Tiverton
Received 7 Sept 2005Seaton Primary School, Valley View, Seaton
Received Not publishedUnit 50, Road to Greendale Business Park, Greendale Business Park, Woodbury Salterton, EX5 1EW
Received 25 Jan 2016Southbrook College, Bishop Westall Road, Exeter
Received 23 Sept 2008Umberleigh CP School, Chittlehampton, Umberleigh
Received Not publishedSt Luke's High School, Ringswell Avenue, Exeter, EX1 3EG
Received 17 Aug 2005Upottery Primary School, Upottery, Honiton, EX14 9QT
Received 14 Apr 2016South Molton C.E Junior School, North Road, South Molton
Received Not publishedMarwood County Primary School, Whiddon, Muddiford, Barnstaple, EX31 4HF
Received 4 Mar 2010Bearnes Primary School, Queen Street, Newton Abbot
Received 7 Jul 2006Pottles Farm, Days-Pottles Lane [Pottles Wood], Exminster, Exeter, EX6 8BB
Received 23 Feb 2011Herreschoff No. 2 Calciner and Refinery, Lee Moor Refinery, Lee Moor Quarry, Shaugh Prior, Devon, PL7 5JN
Received 19 Jul 2011Ide First School, High Street, Ide
Received Not publishedTavistock College, Crowndale Road, Tavisitock, PL19 8DD
Received 15 Jul 2009Highampton C P School, Highampton, Beaworthy, EX21 5LE
Received 7 Jun 2005Records 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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