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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
C H Brannam Ltd, Oakwood Close, Roundswell Business Park, Barnstaple
Received 29 Jan 2003SE corner of school grounds, Dartington Primary School and Nursery Unit, Shinners Bridge, Dartington
Received Not publishedMapleton Community Care Centre, Ashburton Road, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 1RB
Received 5 May 2026Caen County Primary School, Caen Street, Braunton
Received Not publishedPilton Community College, Chadiford Lane, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedWithycombe Raleigh C of E Primary School, Withycombe Village Road, Exmouth, EX8 3BA
Received 12 Feb 2013Stover Country Park, Access To Stover Country Park, Stover, Devon, TQ12 6QG
Received 16 May 2022Former Yelland Power Station, Yelland
Received Not publishedHolbeton Primary School, Holbeton, Devon, PL8 1LT
Received 15 Nov 2010Land at former pond to the west of, Riverside Cottages and the Muddlebrook, Muddlebridge, Nr Fremington
Received Not publishedMouldens, Instaple, Bradworthy
Received Not publishedPilton Community College, Chaddiford Lane, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedPlymtree C of E Primary School, Plymtree
Received 18 Jul 2000Vyse Quarry, Smallacombe Bridge, Mortehoe
Received 15 Oct 1997Haldon Chalets and Mamhead Cross, Kennford
Received Not publishedWonton Farm, Diptford, Totnes
Received Not publishedAshleigh C P School, Bevan Road, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedCheriton Fitzpaine Primary School, Cheriton Fitzpaine, Crediton, EX17 4JD
Received 25 Jan 2007Clovelly Road Industrial Estate, Clovelly Road, Bideford
Received Not publishedBideford College, Abbotsham Road, Bideford
Received Not publishedWalter Daw First School, Exeter
Received Not publishedCounty Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter, Devon EX2 4QD
Received 14 May 2015South Molton Metals, Quicks Close, Hacche Lane, Pathfields Industrial Estate, South Molton
Received 4 Oct 2006Maddacombe Farm, Kingskerswell
Received 17 Jul 2000Records 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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