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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Burrow House, Oak Tree Garden, Ilfracombe
Received 18 May 2000Imerys Minerals Ltd, Lee Moor China Clay Works, Lee Moor, Shaugh Prior, Plympton, PL7 5JU
Received 8 Apr 2011Hillside, Field 8622 (SX7647), East Allington, South Devon
Received 6 Dec 2011Sticklepath Primary School, Woodville, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedNos. 1, 3, 4 & 5 Porch Cottages and Melrose, Church Street, Sidford
Received 11 Mar 2005Langtree County Primary School, Langtree, Great Torrington
Received Not publishedAbbotskerswell Primary School, Abbotskerswell
Received Not publishedPilton Park Footbridge, Barnstaple, EX31 1GZ
Received 13 May 2010Copplestone Primary School, Copplestone, Crediton, EX17 5NX
Received 8 Mar 2006Kingswear Primary School, Lower Contour Road, Kingswear
Received 13 Jun 2006Bideford Arts Centre, The Quay, Bideford
Received Not publishedShebbear CP School, Shebbear
Received Not publishedWilminstone Quarry, Wilminstone, Tavistock, PL19 0JT
Received 13 Mar 2024Land at Matford Home Farm, South of A379, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8XT
Received 19 Jan 2022West Down Primary School, West Down, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedLower Thornton Farm [Berber Hill], Kenn, Exeter, EX6 7XH
Received 23 Feb 2011Venn Quarry, Landkey, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedLatch Lane, Langtree, Devon, EX38 8NG
Received 28 Jul 2014East The Water Primary School, Mines Road, Bideford
Received Not publishedKings Nympton Primary School, Kings Nympton, Umberleigh, Devon, EX37 9SP
Received 12 Jan 2009Between Kilmington sewage works and Alder Carr, Axminster
Received 16 Dec 2010Land to the east of, Larkstone Lane, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedOld Quarry, Whitehills Plantation, Filleigh
Received 10 Nov 1997Bicton College, road past Bicton Home Farm, East Budleigh, Budleigh Salterton, EX9 7BY
Received 6 Mar 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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