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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Clyst St Mary Primary School, Clyst St Mary
Received Not publishedBraunton Caen CP School, Caen Street, Braunton
Received Not publishedWest Hill Primary School, Beech Park, West Hill, Ottery St Mary, EX11 1UQ
Received 11 Jan 20121 Exhibition Road, Crediton, EX17 1DF
Received 11 Nov 2014North Devon College, Old Sticklepath Hill, Barnstaple
Received 12 May 1992Ashford Waste Water Treatment Works, Braunton Road, Ashford, Barnstaple, EX31 4BR
Received 17 Oct 2013Coach Road, Newton Abbot
Received Not publishedDartmouth Community College, Dartmouth
Received 24 Jan 2000Sidbury Primary School, Cotford Road, Sidbury
Received Not publishedUplowman C of E Primary School, Uplowman, EX16 7DR
Received 21 Apr 2005Buckland Waste Water Treatment Works, Hackwood Combe, Newton Abbot, TQ12 4SA
Received 22 Feb 2011Summerleaze Ltd, Chilsworthy, Holsworthy, EX22 7HH
Received 23 Nov 2011Dartmouth Community College, Milton Lane, Dartmouth
Received Not publishedHolywell C.P School, Tawstock
Received 13 Sept 1991Hemyock Primary School, Hemyock
Received 24 Mar 2004East Allington Primary School, East Allington, Totnes, TQ9 7RE
Received 6 Jul 2009Broadpath Landfill Site, Road From Down Farm Cross to Hillhead Quarry, Burlescombe, EX15 3EP
Received 2 May 2017From Anvil Corner to Holsworthy
Received 14 Apr 2005Newbridge Ball Clay Works, Bovey Basin, Devon
Received 10 Nov 2006Lower Hare Farm, Lane from Higher Hare towards Alderbed Copse, Whitestone, EX4 2HW
Received 5 Dec 2018King Edward VI Community College, Ashburton Road, Totnes
Received Not publishedLinscombe Farm, New Buildings, Sandford, Crediton
Received 28 May 2004Windmill House, Ashburton Road, Totnes
Received Not publishedSilverton C of E Primary School, Silverton
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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