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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at Zitherixon, Kingsteignton
Received 16 Jun 2023Holbeton Primary School, Holbeton
Received Not publishedLand east of Ermington Road, Ivybridge, Devon
Received 19 Sept 2014Shute Primary School, Road From War Memorial to Haddon Corner, Shute, EX13 7QR
Received 15 Aug 2017Dittisham Recycling, Lapthorne Cross, Dittisham, Nr Dartmouth, Devon, TQ6 0HP
Received 31 Oct 2012Kenbury Wood Landfill Site, Old Dawlish Road, Kennford, EX6 7XD
Received 27 Mar 2020Junction of, Pilton Quay and Reform Street, Barnstaple
Received 30 Jul 2004Sampford Peverell C of E Primary School, Sampford Peverell, EX16 7BR
Received 12 Oct 2005Hedley Wood Caravan Park Bridgerule
Received 18 Mar 1993Waterford Farm, Musbury
Received Not publishedPinhoe Railway Station, Station Road, Exeter, EX1 3SE
Received 27 Jul 2020School Field, Between Exeter Road & East Town Lane, Kenton, Devon
Received 30 Apr 2007Smallbrook Farm, Newton St Cyres, Exeter, Devon, EX5 5AZ
Received 30 Aug 2012North Ground Farm, Milton Abbot
Received 29 Mar 2000Newport Community School, Landkey Road, Barnstaple, EX32 9DW
Received 5 Jun 2006Cardew Pottery, Newton Road, Bovey Tracey
Received 9 Oct 2006Withycombe Raleigh C of E Primary School, Withycombe Village Road, Exmouth, EX8 3BA
Received 15 Jul 2016Venn Quarry, Bishop's Tawton, Barnstaple
Received 20 Sept 1999Headon Works, Tolchmoor Gate To Quick Bridge, Cornwood, Devon, PL21 9PW
Received 25 Jan 2024Crablake Farm, Exminster, Exeter, EX6 8GA
Received 2 Mar 2021Chulmleigh Community College, Chulmleigh
Received Not publishedWilcombe Primary School, Lazenby Road, Tiverton
Received 20 Apr 2004Witheridge C of E (VC) Primary School, Witheridge
Received Not publishedColyton Primary School, The Butts, Colyton, EX24 6NU
Received 21 Dec 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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