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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Kenbury Wood Waste Transfer Station, Road To Westfield, Kennford, Devon, EX6 7XD
Received 20 Sept 2024Torridge View Elderly Persons Home, New Street, Torrington
Received Not publishedPriory High School, Earl Richards Road South, Topsham, Exeter
Received Not publishedLand east of Burns Lane and Ayleston Park, Modbury
Received 15 Mar 2017E M S Waste Services Ltd, Stuart Way, Hill Barton Business Park, Clyst St Mary, Devon, EX5 1DR
Received 9 Jun 2026Chulmleigh Community College, Chulmleigh
Received 5 Oct 2004Bradley Barton C P School, Ogwell Mill Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1PR
Received 7 Mar 2013Hatherleigh Primary School, Hatherleigh
Received Not publishedLower Parks Farm, Lane from Scrap Yard to Great Parks Farm, Crediton, EX17 3PR
Received 2 Feb 2021Rockbeare Hill Quarry, Rockbeare
Received Not publishedLower Brenton Farm, Brenton Road, Kennford, EX6 7YL
Received 8 Mar 2023Ermington Primary School, School Road, Ermington, Ivybridge, PL21 9NH
Received 18 Oct 2005Byter Mill Lane, Stoke Gabriel
Received 10 Nov 2015Lindley aggregate storage and silt lagoon area at Whiteball Quarry near Burlescombe, Wellington
Received 23 Jun 2022Deep Moor Landfill, High Bullen, St Giles in the Wood, Nr Great Torrington
Received 16 Jun 2003On land at, Exeter Road Industrial Estate, Okehampton
Received Not publishedLuscombe Bungalow, St. Georges Road, Barnstaple, EX32 7AU
Received 27 Apr 2012Kenbury Wood Resource Recovery Facility, Kennford, EX6 7XD
Received 28 Oct 2015within the grounds of Axe Valley Community College, Stony Lane, Axminster
Received 28 May 2012Bideford College, Moreton Park Road, Bideford
Received 25 Apr 2007Land east of Denbow Farm, Farringdon, Exeter, EX5 2HT (Site 1)
Received 7 Mar 2011Tip T2, Lee Moor China Clay Works
Received 23 Sept 2016Gang Maintenance Depot, Dolton Beacon, Dolton
Received 1 Jan 1989Sir Walter Trevelyan Building, Fore Street, Seaton, EX12 2AN
Received 6 Jun 2025Records 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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