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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hill Barton Business Park, Clyst St Mary, Exeter
Received 1 Jul 2020North Hele Farm, Buckland Brewer
Received Not publishedLand adjcaent to Deep Moor Landfill Site, High Bullen, Torrington
Received 17 May 2007Land adjacent to Broadview, Hayedown Industrial Estate, Tavistock
Received 3 Nov 2006Adjacent to, Exe View Cottages, Canal Bank, Exeter
Received 30 Jul 2002Winston Lane, Brixton
Received Not publishedWells Park, Holsworthy
Received Not publishedBideford Medical Centre, Abbotsham Road, Bideford
Received 7 Apr 2000Agricultural land to the north of, Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
Received Not publishedHeathfield Landfill, John Acres Lane, Fosterville, Sandygate, TQ12 3GP
Received 26 Jan 2018Luscombe House (South Wing), St Georges Road, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedPoundwell Meadow Car Park, Poundwell Street, Modbury, PL21 0QL
Received 10 Jul 2014108 Torquay Road, Newton Abbot
Received 11 Feb 2004Land at Pall, Station Road, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedBoasley Cross Primary School, Bratton Clovelly
Received Not publishedNorth Molton Primary School, North Molton
Received Not published2 Sisters Food Group, Lloyd Maunder Road, Willand, Cullompton, Willand, EX15 2PJ
Received 6 Jul 2015Camperdown Terrace, Lavis's Boatyard, Exmouth, EX8 1EJ
Received 3 Nov 2014Whitwell Farm, Whitwell Lane, Colyford, EX24 6HS
Received 28 Jun 2017South Street/Velator Road, Braunton
Received Not publishedSidmouth Infants School, Manstone Avenue, Sidmouth, Devon EX10 9TJ
Received 14 Jul 2009Old Zoo Site, Bideford
Received Not publishedLampard Community School, St Johns Lane, Barnstaple, EX32 9DD
Received 9 Mar 2021Markhams Farm,, Alphington, 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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