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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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Mayor's Avenue, Dartmouth
Received Not publishedStover School, Road From Stover Caravan Park To Forches Cross, Stover, Devon, TQ12 6QG
Received 20 Jun 2022Hill Barton Business Park, Clyst St Mary, EX5 1DR
Received 12 Mar 2012Fremington Community Primary and Nursery School, Beechfield Road, Fremington
Received 14 Dec 2005Blossom Corner, Elizabeth Avenue, Exeter, EX4 7EH
Received 28 Mar 2012Halberton Primary School, Church Path, Halberton, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 7AT
Received 27 Jan 2009The Mansion, 36 Fore Street, Totnes, TQ9 5RP
Received 16 Jul 2013No. 3 Well Park, Western Road, Holsworthy
Received Not publishedGreat Torrington Blue Coat Infants School, Whites Lane, Torrington
Received Not publishedShirwell Primary School, School Lane, Shirwell, Barnstaple, EX31 4JT
Received 14 Jan 2009Andigestion Ltd, Chilsworthy, Holsworthy, EX22 7HH
Received 22 Jan 2015Ashleigh C of E Primary School, Bevan Road, Barnstaple, EX32 8LJ
Received 26 Jul 2016Broadclyst Primary School, Broadclyst
Received Not publishedChulmleigh Community College, Beacon Rise, Chulmleigh, Devon, EX18 7BP
Received 7 Jul 2009Barnstaple Library, Tuly Street, Barnstaple, EX31 1DH
Received 27 Jul 2009Ilfracombe Infants School, Marlborough Road, Ilfracombe
Received 17 Mar 1998Deep Moor Landfill Site, High Bullen, Torrington, EX38 7JA
Received 2 Feb 2005Clyst St Mary CP School, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, EX5 1BG
Received 13 May 2010Aveton Gifford Causeway Bridge, Aveton Gifford
Received Not publishedDevon Drivers' Centre, GA House, Westpoint, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, EX5 1DJ
Received 30 Sept 2010Bearnes Primary School, Queen Street, Newton Abbot, TQ12 2AU
Received 19 May 2009Hatherleigh Community Primary School, South Street, Hatherleigh, EX20 3JB
Received 19 Oct 2010Tavistock College, Crowndale Road, Tavistock, Devon
Received 17 May 2007Kingsacre County Primary School, Greenacre, Braunton
Received 18 Nov 1991Records 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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