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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Firsdon Farm, Ashreigny
Received Not publishedThorverton C of E Primary School, School Lane, Thorverton, Exeter
Received 10 Oct 2007Coombeshead College, Coombeshead Road, Newton Abbot
Received Not publishedBabbage Road SHDC Depot, Totnes Industrial Estate, Totnes
Received Not publishedTempleton Quarry, Tawstock, Eastacombe, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedQuarry at Muddiford Plantation, Muddiford Woods, Muddiford, Barnstaple
Received 3 Dec 2024Battishorne Farm Railway Bridge, A375 Sidmouth Road, Honiton
Received Not publishedFairlea Residential Home, Chope Road, Northam, EX39 3PP
Received 12 Nov 2004Dawlish Community College, Elm Grove Road, Dawlish, EX7 OBY
Received 21 Nov 2008Rixey Park, Preston Manor Works, Chudleigh Road, Kingsteignton
Received 13 Feb 2006Southbrook School, Bishop Westall Road, Exeter, EX2 6JB
Received 12 Jan 2012Pilton Community College, Chaddiford Lane, Barnstaple, EX31 1RB
Received 14 Dec 2005Stoke Hill Junior School, Stoke Hill, Exeter, EX4 7DP
Received 6 Jun 2014Kingsbridge Community College, Balkwill Road, Kingsbridge
Received Not publishedHill Barton Business Park, Clyst St Mary, Near Exeter
Received 2 Jan 2008Southacott Farm, Meshaw, South Molton, EX36 4NR
Received 23 Nov 2007Whimple Primary School, Whimple
Received 10 Apr 2000West Charleton Sewage Treatment Works, West Charleton, Nr Kingsbridge
Received Not publishedLand between Cloakham Lawn Sports Centre and Weycroft Mill on the north-east side of Axminster town centre
Received 6 May 2010Land at, Halsinger, Braunton
Received 24 Mar 2005Nunford Farm, Colyford
Received 24 Jan 2000Kingswear Primary School, Lower Contour Road, Kingswear, TQ6 0BJ
Received 5 Jul 2005Applethorn Slade Farm, Voss Lane, Plympton, Devon, PL7 5AS
Received 20 Nov 2008Kingsbridge Community College, Balkwill Road, Kingsbridge
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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