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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hemerdon Mine, Devon, PL7 5BS – Prior Notification Condition 3 – Permanent Front End Crushing Unit
Received 13 May 2026King Edward VI Community College, Ashburton Road, Totnes, TQ9 5JX
Received 24 Mar 2006Cheriton Fitzpaine Waste Water Treatment Works, Holly Water Road, Cheriton Fitzpaine
Received 16 Dec 2004Exeter-Exmouth railway line, on land off Liberty Way and south of existing housing accessed from Old Rydon Lane, Exeter
Received 2 Apr 2013Devon County Council, Marland School, Torrington, Peters Marland, EX38 8QQ
Received 24 Jul 2013Cremtor, Greycote Lane, Forches Cross, Newton Abbot
Received 18 Mar 2003Countess Wear Waste Water Treatment Works, Bridge Road, Countess Wear, Exeter, EX2 7AA
Received 4 Feb 2013Shirwell Community Primary School, Shirwell, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedPynes Infant School, Coronation Road, Bideford
Received Not publishedAce Tiverton Special School, Orchard Way, Tiverton, EX16 5HB
Received 27 Sept 2021Exmouth Community College, Gipsy Lane, Exmouth
Received Not publishedWestleigh Junction on the A39
Received 27 Oct 2017Whitchurch Primary School, School Road, Whitchurch, PL19 9SR
Received 21 Apr 2017The Paddocks, Clay Lane, Uffculme
Received 1 Feb 2000Halwill Primary School, Halwill
Received Not publishedWestleigh Quarry, Burlescombe, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 7JB
Received 6 Apr 2017Lapthorne Cross, Dittisham
Received 5 Jul 2004B G Pearce Ltd, Cheriton Bishop, EXETER, EX6 6HH
Received 24 Jul 1997Newbridge Quarry, Dolton
Received 14 Aug 1998D B Skips, Dittisham Landfill Site, Lapthorne Cross, Dartmouth
Received 11 Feb 2008Land between, Merley Road and Ennisfarne Road, Westward Ho!
Received Not publishedSt Mary's C of E Primary School, Chanters Road, Bideford
Received Not publishedThe Quarry, Yetsonais Park Farm, East Allington, TQ9 5NE
Received 8 Jun 2005The Moorings, Canal Hill, Tiverton, EX16 4HX
Received 7 Jul 2010Records 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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