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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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Leaderflush and Shapland Arc Site, Raleigh Works, Taw Wharf, Sticklepath, Barnstaple
Received 27 Jun 2003Holmacott Landfill Site, Old Bideford Road, Instow
Received 15 Feb 2002Land south-east of Glebe Cottages, Denbow Farm, Farringdon, Exeter (Site 2)
Received 7 Mar 2011Beech Farm, Westward Inn To Beech Road, Lee Mill Bridge, PL21 9EE
Received 8 Jul 2022Site 1, Hollacombe Farm, Crediton, EX17 5BW
Received 28 Jul 2005Highampton Primary School, Highampton
Received Not publishedEttiford Farm, Berrynarbor, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedBlackhill Quarry, Woodbury, Exeter, EX5 1HD
Received 18 Feb 2010Loddiswell Waste Water Treatment Works, Loddiswell, Devon, TQ7 4DB
Received 1 Nov 2022Membury Primary School, Membury, Axminster, Devon
Received 4 Jun 2007Torridgeside Link Resource Centre, Higher Gunstone, Bideford, EX39 2DG
Received 23 Dec 2021Deep Moor Landfill Site, High Bullen, St Giles in the Wood, Torrington
Received Not publishedThe Erme County Primary School, Station Road, Ivybridge
Received Not publishedEast the Water CP School, Mines Road, Bideford
Received Not publishedPottington Pumping Station, Pottington Industrial Estate, Barnstaple
Received 11 Mar 2005Winkleigh Waste Water Treatment Works, Exeter Road, Winkleigh, Ex19 8JL
Received 24 Apr 2006Higher Muddiford Farm, Marwood, Barnstaple
Received 1 Jan 1992Upottery Primary School, Upottery, Honiton, Devon, EX14 9QT
Received 22 May 2008Heathfield Landfill Site, John Acres Lane, Kingsteignton
Received 7 Oct 2004Woods Farm, The Bowd, Sidmouth
Received 7 Nov 2007Axe Valley Community College,, Chard Street, Axminster
Received Not publishedGreat Torrington Bluecoat Church Of England Primary School, Borough Road, Torrington, EX38 7NU
Received 16 Jun 2021Steer Point Quarry, Steer Point Road, Brixton, PL8 2DQ
Received 8 Dec 2021Uplowman Road, Uplowman
Received 15 Jul 2008Records 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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