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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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Near Wilminstone Quarry, Near Tavistock
Received 24 Jan 2000Braunton School And Community College, Barton Lane, Braunton, Devon, EX33 2BP
Received 26 Mar 2023ABC Siddals Skip Hire, Coventry Farm, Torquay Road, Kingskerswell, Devon TQ2 7HX Units 6,7,10,11
Received 22 Jul 2015Hill Barton Farm, Exeter
Received 14 Sept 2000Orchard House Family Centre, 21 Ashburton Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1NH
Received 30 Nov 2021Honiton Community College, School Lane, Honiton
Received Not publishedAt jetty and adjoining land, Yelland, East Yelland, Barnstaple
Received 15 May 2006Great Torrington Junior School, Borough Road, Torrington
Received Not publishedClaypits Covert, Tews Lane, Bickington, Fremington
Received Not publishedHeathfield Waste Water Treatment Works, Haytor View, Heathfield, Newton Abbot
Received 21 Jul 2009East Anstey Primary School, East Anstey
Received 1 Oct 2004Park School, Bishops Tawton Road, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedHigher Slade Farm, Higher Slade, Ilfracombe, Devon, EX34 8LJ
Received 23 Nov 2007Site adjacent to Woodlands Close, Knowle, Braunton, EX33 2EJ
Received 30 Sept 2010Kenbury Wood Resource Recovery Facility, Old Dawlish Road, Kennford, Devon, EX6 7XD
Received 1 Mar 2019Ottery St Mary Primary School, Longdogs Lane, Ottery St Mary, EX11 1HY
Received 23 Feb 2010Land adjacent to Core Hill Road, Sidmouth
Received 1 Dec 2008Field near Kerswell Grange, Kennford, Exeter, EX6 7LR
Received 9 Sept 2011Diptford Parochial Primary School, Diptford, Totnes, TQ9 7NY
Received 10 Jun 2005Combe Martin CP School, Hangman Path, Combe Martin
Received Not publishedAxminster Community Primary School, Stoney Lane, Axminster
Received 24 Mar 2004Harts Lane, Whipton, Exeter
Received Not publishedIlford Park, Newton Abbot
Received 8 Dec 2000Doddiscombsleigh School, Doddiscombsleigh, Exeter, EX6 7PR
Received 10 Jul 2007Records 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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