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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Central C of E First School, St Leonard's Road, Exeter
Received Not publishedEllen Tinkham School, Hollow Lane, Pinhoe, Exeter
Received 4 Apr 2000Axe Valley Community College, Chard Street, Axminster
Received Not publishedIvybridge Waste Water Treatment Works, Ermington Road, Ivybridge, PL21 9ES
Received 6 Feb 2014Woolfardisworthy Primary School, Bideford, EX39 2QG
Received 3 Oct 2005Glebe Farm, West Putford
Received Not publishedLand at Mile End, Ashburton Road, Newton Abbot
Received 6 Jun 2007Kenbury Wood Resource Recovery Facility, Old Dawlish Road, Kennford, Devon, EX6 7XD
Received 31 Mar 2025The landward side of the existing A379 between the Sands Road junction and Strete Gate
Received 11 Jun 2018Sidmouth Community College, Primley Road, Sidmouth
Received Not publishedHoniton Primary School, Clapper Lane, Honiton
Received 17 Apr 2000Venn Quarry, Landkey
Received Not publishedLittle Stowford Waste Transfer Station and Recycling Centre, West Down
Received 12 Jun 2006Development between, Ambassador Drive and Pinhoe Road, Exeter
Received 24 Aug 2004Barton Wood Quarry, Brayford, Near Barnstaple
Received 1 Jan 1993Silverton Primary School, Coach Road, Silverton, Devon, EX5 4JY
Received 15 Oct 2008Torr Quarry, Buckland Tout Saints
Received Not publishedThe Axe Valley Community College, Chard Street, Axminster, EX13 5EA
Received 6 Sept 2013Torrington Road Depot, Gas Lane, Torrington
Received Not publishedCounty Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 4QW
Received 31 Jan 2005Devon Waste Management Ltd, Deep Moor Landfill Site, High Bullen, Torrington, EX38 7JA
Received 9 May 2014Countess Wear Primary School, Glasshouse Lane, Exeter, EX2 7BS
Received 5 Jun 2009Suez – Challonsleigh Farm Transfer Station, Challonsleigh Farm, Smithaleigh, Plympton, PL7 5AZ
Received 9 Feb 2017Bideford Family Centre, Pill Road, Bideford
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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