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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Doddiscombsleigh Primary School, Doddiscombsleigh, EX6 7PR
Received 26 May 2009Lee Moor China Clay Works, Lee Moor, Shaugh Prior, Plympton, PL7 5JU
Received 6 Jun 2016Newtown Primary School, Sandford Walk, Exeter, EX1 2ES
Received 20 Feb 2012Land between, Fosketh Terrace and Kipling Terrace, Westward Ho!
Received Not publishedA379, Between Slapton and Strete
Received Not publishedWhipton Barton First School, Hill Lane, Exeter
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent to Deep Moor Landfill Site
Received 18 May 198120 and 21 St Georges Road, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 7AU
Received 13 Mar 2024Witheridge C of E School, Witheridge
Received 9 May 2003Knowle Hill Recycling Centre, Salterton Road, Exmouth, EX8 5BP
Received 1 Dec 2009Land at junction of A39 and B3232, Roundswell Roundabout, Roundswell, Barnstaple
Received 5 Feb 2003Dartmouth Community College, Milton Lane, Dartmouth, TQ6 9HW
Received 4 Aug 2010Spreacombe Quarry, Barton Close Farm, Georgeham
Received Not publishedKenbury Wood Landfill Site, Old Dawlish Road, Kennford, EX6 7XD
Received 16 Dec 2021Lower Challonsleigh Farm, Smithaleigh, Plymouth, PL7 5AZ
Received 14 Jan 2011Willand Primary School, Gables Road, Willand
Received Not publishedAppledore CP School, Kingsley Road, Appledore
Received Not publishedExeter Road Industrial Estate, Exeter Road, Okehampton
Received Not publishedBarley Lane School, Barley Lane, St Thomas, Exeter, EX4 1TA
Received 21 Nov 2008Land South West of Hangmans Stone, NGR SY 20199 90865
Received 9 Apr 2025Ashford WWTW, Ashford, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedColesmill Viaduct, Colesmill, Holsworthy, EX22 6AX
Received 17 Jan 2011Devon County Council, Sidmouth Library, Blackmore Drive, Sidmouth, EX10 8LA
Received 2 Jul 2013Totnes Waste Water Treatment Works, Newton Road, Totnes, TQ9 6LS
Received 9 Jun 2011Records 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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