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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Ilfracombe Church of England Junior School, Princess Avenue, Ilfracombe, EX34 9LW
Received 9 Jun 2017Part OS 8825, Donnacraft Fields, Hatchmoor Road, Great Torrington
Received Not publishedTrood Lane Landfill Site, Matford, Exeter
Received Not publishedUgborough Primary School, Near Ivybridge
Received Not publishedWoodlands Park Primary School, Abbot Road, Ivybridge, PL21 9TF
Received 4 Feb 2010The Skerries, Overseas Estate, Stoke Fleming
Received Not publishedBolham Primary School, Tiverton, EX16 7RA
Received 7 Oct 2005Open land to north-east of, Fremington Bridge, Fremington
Received Not publishedHolywell C of E Primary School, Tawstock, Barnstaple
Received 18 Jan 2001Land at, Winkleigh Airfield, Winkleigh
Received Not publishedLand between Hanson Park and Riverside Close,, Adjacent to the A39, Bideford/Northam
Received Not publishedClyst Honiton Depot, Clyst Honiton, EX5 2LL
Received 8 Feb 2005Anvil Corner Recycling Centre, Road from Anvil Corner to Beaconsfield Cross, Holsworthy, EX22 6NR
Received 29 Jul 2019Westcott Farm, Westleigh, Burlescombe
Received Not publishedCounty Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter
Received 6 Oct 2004Cornborough Waste Water Treatment Works, Abbotsham, Devon, EX39 5BE
Received 8 Jan 2013Ilfracombe Junior School, Princess Avenue, Ilfracombe, EX34 9LW
Received 15 Feb 2005Cullompton Waste Water Treatment Works, Exeter Road, Cullompton, Devon, EX15 1EA
Received 13 Feb 2019Land at the Nichols Centre, Polsloe Road, Exeter
Received 22 Nov 2004Honiton Littletown Primary School, Honiton Bottom Road, Honiton
Received Not publishedHemerdon Mine Sparkwell Plymouth PL7 5BS
Received 2 Jun 2021Beech Tree Farm, East Allington, Kingsbridge
Received 24 Jan 2007Great Potheridge Farm, Merton
Received Not publishedHemerdon Mine, Plympton, Plymouth
Received 1 Jul 2021Records 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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