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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ratcliffe Special School, John Nash Drive, Dawlish, EX7 9RZ
Received 20 Feb 2013Pilton Infants School, Abbey Road, Barnstaple
Received 27 Apr 2000Tidcombe Primary School, Tidcombe Lane, Tiverton
Received 17 May 2007Overcrockers Farm, Marwood, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedWest Exe Technology College, Hatherleigh Road, Exeter
Received Not publishedAxe Valley School and Community College, Chard Street, Axminster
Received Not publishedSouthdown Farm, Yarnscombe, Torrington
Received 1 Nov 2004Kenbury Wood Resource Recovery Facility, Old Dawlish Road, Kennford, Devon, EX6 7XD
Received 4 Jul 2019Land at, Hacche Lane, South Molton
Received Not publishedVenn Farm, A379 Chittleburn Hill To Red Lion Hill, Brixton, Devon, PL8 2AX
Received 28 Mar 2025Chulmleigh Community College, Chulmleigh
Received Not publishedLloyd Maunder Road, Willand, Cullompton, EX15 2PJ
Received 11 Dec 2014Puffing Billy, Great Torrington
Received Not publishedLangtree Community School, Great Torrington, EX38 8NF
Received 21 Mar 2006Deep Moor Landfill Site, High Bullen, St Giles-In-The-Wood
Received 20 Feb 2004Holsworthy Community College, Victoria Hill, Holsworthy, EX22 6JD
Received 23 Jul 2007Royal Aller Vale (Coleville), Coffinswell, Newton Abbot,
Received 18 Mar 1988Stowford Farm Meadows, Berry Down, Combe Martin, Ilfracombe
Received 24 Mar 2006Sandy Park Farm, Old Rydon Lane, Exeter
Received 31 Jul 2006Andigestion Ltd, Lane to Biogas Plant, Chilsworthy, EX22 7HH
Received 5 Oct 2018Ivybridge Council Depot, Ermington Road, Ivybridge, PL21 9ES
Received 11 Oct 2021Buckland Waste Water Treatment Works, Buckland, Newton Abbot
Received 19 Dec 2006Hele Bay, Beach Road, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedOld Mill House, New Park, Bovey Tracey
Received 7 Sept 2006Records 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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