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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bishops Tawton Roundabout, South of Barnstaple at the intersection of the A361 & A377
Received 16 Jan 2018Brampford Speke School, Brampford Speke, Exeter, EX5 5HE
Received 26 Nov 2013Chulmleigh Community College, Beacon Road, Chulmleigh
Received Not publishedWarfleet Creek Slipway, Dartmouth
Received Not publishedHorswell Farm, Bishops Tawton, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedSilverdown Office Park, Fair Oak Close, Exeter Airport, Clyst Honiton, EX5 2UX
Received 28 Feb 2020Hayedown Waste Transfer Station, Hayedown Industrial Estate, Tavistock, PL19 0NN
Received 24 Dec 2010Kerswell Farm, Diptford, Totnes, TQ9 7PF
Received 10 Mar 2011Sparkwell Primary School, Sparkwell, Plymouth, PL7 5DB
Received 18 Jan 2008Kingsbridge Community College, Westville Campus, Kingsley Road, Kingsbridge
Received Not publishedBrynsworthy Waste Transfer Station, Brynsworthy, Roundswell, Barnstaple, EX31 3NS
Received 17 Sept 2021Civic Amenities and Recycling Centre, Punchbowl, Near Crediton
Received Not publishedStoke Hill School, Stoke Hill, Exeter, EX4 7DB
Received 9 Mar 2006Leonards Cove Holiday Park, New Road, Stoke Fleming
Received Not publishedNewbridge Ball Clay Works, Clay Lane, Teigngrace
Received Not publishedBroadpath, Uffculme, Devon, EX15 3EP
Received 13 Jul 2020Future Industrial Services, Durham Way, Honiton, EX14 1SQ
Received 9 Jul 2020Georgeham C of E School, Putsborough Road, Georgeham
Received Not publishedAxminster Community Primary School, Stoney Lane, Axminster, EX13 5BU
Received 27 Mar 2009Lamerton Primary School, Lamerton
Received Not publishedFeniton Sewage Treatment Works, Near Buckerell Cross, Feniton
Received Not publishedUplyme Quarry (Shapwick Quarry), Shapwick Grange, Uplyme, DT7 3SP
Received 8 Aug 2019Tavistock Community College, Crowndale Road, Tavistock
Received Not publishedWilland School, Gables Road, Willand, Cullompton, EX15 2QL
Received 28 Jun 2013Records 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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