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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Barnstaple Town Station, Castle Quay Court, Barnstaple
Received 13 Mar 2000Land adjacent to, Tower Farm, Filleigh
Received Not publishedCombe Martin Community Centre, Church Street, Combe Martin
Received Not publishedGang Maintenance Depot, Copstone, Parkham
Received Not publishedBideford College, Geneva Site, Abbotsham Road, Bideford
Received 3 May 2007The Doyle Centre, Salterton Road, Exmouth, EX8 2NS
Received 28 Mar 2008A382, West of Newton Abbot between Drumbridges roundabout on the A38 and West Golds Way, Newton Abbot
Received 21 Mar 2016Willowbank Primary School, Cullompton
Received 19 Mar 2004South Molton Community College, Old Alswear Rd, South Molton
Received 24 May 2010Yealmpton Sewage Treatment Works, Yealmpton
Received Not publishedSouth Molton STW, Poltimore Road, South Molton
Received Not publishedTotnes Sewage Treatment Works, Newton Road, Totnes
Received Not publishedStowford Primary School, Exeter Road, Ivybridge, PL21 0BG
Received 9 Feb 2006Week Farm, Great Torrington, Devon, EX38 7HU (Site 3)
Received 18 Jun 2009Blossom Corner, Elizabeth Avenue, Exeter, Devon, EX4 7EH
Received 14 Dec 2015Kentisbury CP School, Bayclose Lane, Kentisbury
Received Not publishedWembury Primary School, Knighton Road, Wembury, Plymouth, PL9 0EB
Received 30 Nov 2009Heathfield Landfill Site, John Acres Lane, Kingsteignton
Received 16 Jan 2003Imerys Minerals Ltd., Lee Moor China Clay Works, Lee Moor, Shaugh Prior, Plympton, PL7 5JU
Received 12 Jun 2012King Edward VI College, Ashburton Road, Totnes
Received Not publishedBurlescombe C of E School, Burlescombe, Tiverton, EX16 7JH
Received 13 Dec 2011Zig Zag Quarry, Kingskerswell
Received 29 Jun 2000Withycombe Raleigh C of E Primary School, Withycombe Village Road, Exmouth
Received Not publishedSt Marychurch Road, Newton Abbot
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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