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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Forde House, Brunel Road, Newton Abbot
Received 20 Feb 2001St Peter's High School, Quarry Lane, Exeter
Received Not publishedCrediton Sewage Treatment Works, Lords Meadow Business Park, Crediton
Received Not publishedGreat Moor House, Bittern Road, Sowton, Exeter
Received Not publishedAshwater CP School, School House, Ashwater
Received Not publishedTrimplants, Combe Raleigh, Honiton, EX14 4UL
Received 3 Oct 2005Land at Westacott, Whiddon Valley, Landkey, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedAshbury Court, Ashbury, Okehampton, EX20 3BH
Received 17 Nov 2014Land off, Tremlett Grove, Ipplepen
Received 10 Jan 2003Wardhayes, Annex to Okehampton College, Simmons Way, Okehampton, EX20 1PY
Received 15 Feb 2018West Fishleigh Farm, Hatherleigh, Okehampton, EX20 3QA
Received 26 Jun 2014Bishop's Court Quarry, Sidmouth Road, Exeter
Received Not publishedNewtown First School, Clifton Road, Newtown, Exeter
Received Not publishedStover Ball Clay Works, Teigngrace, Newton Abbot
Received 29 May 2018St Mary's C of E Primary School, Chanters Road, Bideford
Received 13 Mar 2000Ilfracombe Arts College, Worth Road, Ilfracombe EX34 9JB
Received 18 Jun 2007Donnacroft Fields, Great Torrington
Received Not publishedThe old Devon County Council Landfill Site, Winkleigh Airfield, Winkleigh
Received 15 Jan 2004Lower Hare Farm, Whitestone
Received 4 Jun 2018Southmead School, Wrafton Road, Braunton
Received 11 Oct 2004Dittisham Waste Water Pumping Station, Land on Foreshaw off Lower Street, Dittisham
Received 20 Feb 2004North Ground Farm, Milton Abbot, Near Tavistock
Received Not publishedBovey Basin
Received 26 Jun 1998Kenn Church of England Primary School, Kennford, Exeter, EX6 7TX
Received 3 Mar 2017Records 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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