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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Instow Community Primary School, Instow
Received Not publishedAshwater Primary School, Ashwater, Devon, EX21 5EW
Received 22 Mar 2010Unit 6, King Charles Business Park, Old Newton Road, Heathfield, Newton Abbot, TQ12 6UT
Received 28 May 2014Fremington Primary School, Beechfield Road, Fremington
Received Not publishedBideford Skip Hire, Willow Creek, Old Barnstaple Road, Bideford, EX39 4NE
Received 28 Sept 2005Denistone and Broadway Ball Clay Quarries
Received 5 Aug 2016Rockbeare Quarry, Rockbeare Hill, Exeter, EX5 2HB
Received 4 Jul 2005CDT Department Block, Great Torrington Community School, Calvesford Road, Torrington, EX38 7DJ
Received 23 Mar 2005Great Torrington Community School, Calvesford Road, Great Torrington, Devon EX38 7DJ
Received 11 Apr 2008Broadhembury Primary School, Broadhembury, Honiton, EX14 3NF
Received 5 Oct 2011Instow Community Primary School, Instow, EX39 4LU
Received 18 Feb 2009Land adjacent to, Central Car Park, Beer
Received Not publishedField No. 6100, Cofford Farm, Starcross, Exminster
Received 30 Jun 2006Bicton College Campus, East Budleigh, Budleigh Salterton, EX9 7BY
Received 15 Nov 2012Withycombe Raleigh C of E Primary School, Withycombe Village Road, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 3BA
Received 25 Sept 2012Agricultural land adjacent to Mill Lane, West Clyst, Exeter
Received 5 May 2010Bratton Fleming Primary School, Bratton Fleming
Received Not publishedBetween, Nos. 16 & 18 / 11 & 13 Courtenay Street, Newton Abbot, TQ12 2QH
Received 1 Nov 2004South West Highways, Rockbeare Hill, Lane past Rockbeare Hill Quarry, Rockbeare, EX5 2HB
Received 21 Dec 2015Bideford St Mary's C of E School, Chanters Lane, Bideford
Received Not publishedLand off Tremlett Grove, Ipplepen
Received 14 Nov 2008Ley Farm, Yarnscombe
Received Not publishedKnowle Quarry, Fremington, Holmacott, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedLower Alminstone Farm, Road From Captain Brooks Cross to Alminstone Cross, Woolfardisworthy, Devon EX39 5PX
Received 7 Apr 2015Records 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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