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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Highweek Primary School, Coronation Road, Highweek, Newton Abbot
Received 13 Apr 2007Ten Oaks Farm, Road From Ten Oaks Farm To Newcombes Farm, Roborough, Devon, EX19 8TX
Received 27 Nov 2025Shebbear Community School, Road From the Square to Battledown Cross, Shebbear, EX21 5SG
Received 5 Dec 2016Georgeham Primary School, Georgeham, Braunton
Received Not publishedEast Catkill Farm, Rose Ash, South Molton
Received Not publishedWorthen Farm, Pyworthy
Received Not publishedErmington Primary School, School Road, Ermington
Received Not publishedLittle Silver Quarry, Marwood, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedAnvil Corner, Hollacombe, Near Holsworthy
Received Not publishedStowford Primary School, Exeter Road, Ivybridge, PL21 0BG
Received 25 Mar 2009B G Pearce Ltd, Cheriton Bishop, EXETER, EX6 6HH
Received 1 Feb 1991In agricultural field adjacent to the garden of Barra, Overseas Estate, Stoke Fleming
Received Not publishedPine Park House, Pine Park Road, Honiton
Received Not publishedLand north of Summer Lane, Exmouth
Received 6 Jan 2025A361 North Devon Link Road between Portmore Roundabout (Barnstaple) and Filleigh Cutting (Nr. South Molton)
Received 13 May 2022Lee Place, Victoria Gardens, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedLey Farm, Monkleigh, EX38 5JZ
Received 21 Apr 2006Devon Waste Management Ltd, Deep moor Landfill Site, High Bullen, Torrington, EX38 7JA
Received 6 Mar 2014East Banbury Farm, Broadwoodwidger
Received Not publishedLand opposite, River View, Whitehall, Bideford
Received 17 Jun 2005Springdale Farm, Bondhouse Lane, Whitestone, Devon, EX6 7SD
Received 4 May 2010Week Farm, Great Torrington, Devon, EX38 7HU (Site 2)
Received 18 Jun 2009Land adjacent to, Beech House Residential Home, North Road, South Molton
Received Not publishedSecond Floor, Cardinal Newman House, Wonford Road, Exeter
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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