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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Stoke Hill First School, Exeter
Received Not publishedStover Ball Clay Works, Teigngrace, Near Newton Abbot
Received 7 Oct 2001Deep Moor Landfill Site, St Giles in the Wood
Received Not publishedNorth side of Langford Railway Bridge, linking into Kingskerwell Road
Received 19 Oct 2017Pilton Park, Pilton Causeway, Barnstaple
Received 6 Jul 2006Straitgate Farm, Exeter Road, Ottery St Mary, EX11 1LG
Received 16 Jan 2017St Thomas First School, Union Street, St Thomas, Exeter
Received Not publishedLympstone Primary School, School Hill, Lympstone, Exmouth, EX8 5JY
Received 26 Jan 2012Forches Cross Crossroad, between Bovey Tracey and Newton Abbot
Received 30 Jan 2024Rushbrook House, Station Road, Totnes
Received Not publishedPayhembury C of E Primary School VC, Road from Payhembury Cross to Markers Park, Payhembury, Honiton, EX14 3HT
Received 9 Mar 2017The Mansion Courtyard, 36 Fore Street, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5RP
Received 12 Apr 2013Doddiscombsleigh Primary School, Road from Nobody Inn to Burnt Meadows, Doddiscombsleigh, EX6 7PR
Received 3 Mar 2017Haldon Quarry, Bullers Hill, Kennford, Exeter, EX6 7YR
Received 20 May 2011Winkleigh Primary School, Farmer Frank's Lane, Winkleigh, EX19 8JQ
Received 26 Oct 2009Hill Barton Business Park, Exeter, EX5 1SD
Received 10 Aug 2021Dartmouth Community College, Dartmouth, TQ6 9HW
Received 1 Mar 2006Silverton Primary School, Silverton, EX5 4JY
Received 10 Feb 2006Highlands Farm Ngr 266037, 48794, Oldhouse Lane, Kingston, TQ7 4HD
Received 3 Jun 2024Cornborough Waste Water Treatment Facility, Abbotsham, Bideford, EX39 5BE
Received 23 Aug 2012Whitecleaves Quarry, Gilpin Demolition, Hanson Depot, Plymouth Road, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0DQ
Received 3 Feb 2014Land at, Eastacombe, Abbotsham
Received Not publishedHighweek Primary and Nursery School, Coronation Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1TX
Received 20 Apr 2016Land between Hollow Lane and Harts Lane (St Luke's School), Hill Barton Road, Exeter
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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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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