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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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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South Molton Community College, Alswear Old Road, South Molton, EX36 4LA
Received 21 Feb 2006St Luke's High School, Ringswell Avenue, Exeter
Received Not publishedField no. 3852/76, Cofford Farm, Starcross, EX6 8RR
Received 20 Feb 2006Pilton Community College, Chaddiford Lane, Pilton, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedBideford Community College, Abbotsham Road, Bideford
Received Not publishedCivic Centre, North Walk, Barnstaple, EX31 1EA
Received 20 Oct 2015Sutton Barton Recycling Centre, Offwell, Nr Honiton, EX14 9SP
Received 14 Jan 2010Bray Valley Quarry, Brayford
Received Not publishedWoolacombe C.P School, Woolacombe
Received Not publishedAlexander Centre, Plymouth Road, Tavistock, PL19 8BU
Received 17 Jan 2006Ilfracombe Day Centre, Belvedere Road, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedBridestowe Primary School, Fore Street, Bridestowe, EX20 4EL
Received 3 Mar 2017St Thomas First School, Union Street, Exeter
Received 1 Nov 2006Exmouth, Devon
Received 11 Jul 2011South Ley Farm, Kentisbury, Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 4NT
Received 26 Aug 2009Okehampton Community College, Mill Road, Okehampton
Received Not publishedRound Field, A30/A377 Interchange, Ide, Exeter, EX2 9RY
Received 25 Feb 2016Land between Sid Park Road at the Byes and the A3052 Road at Sidford, following approximate route of Byes (path) from the South to Byes Lane in the North
Received 2 Apr 2007The Mansion, Fore Street, Totnes, TQ9 5RP
Received 23 Feb 2006Coombe Wood Quarry, Drayford, Witheridge
Received Not publishedWoolacombe Primary School, Beach Road, Woolacombe, EX34 7BT
Received 11 Nov 2013Venn Farm, Brixton, Plymouth, Devon, PL8 2AX
Received 16 Jul 2012Wolf Minerals (UK) Ltd, Lee Moor Road, near Crownhill Down, Plymouth, PL7 5BS
Received 6 Feb 2015St Georges Field (Hamlin Lane Playing Fields), Georges Close, Exeter, EX1 3LA
Received 7 Nov 2019Records 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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