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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wembworthy Sewage Treatment Works, Wembworthy
Received 9 Jun 2006Dartmouth Commmunity College, Milton Lane, Dartmouth
Received Not publishedTeignmouth Community College, Exeter Road, Teignmouth
Received Not publishedLinscombe Farm, New Buildings, Southdown Hill, Bow
Received 2 Dec 2003Bere Alston Primary School, Bere Alston, Yelverton, PL20 7AU
Received 24 Jun 2008Lampard Vachell School, St Johns Road, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedKing Edward VI College, Ashburton Road, Totnes
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Chambers Close, Sidmouth, Devon
Received 22 Jan 2009Higher Oxencombe Farm, Road to Higher Oxencombe Farm, Chudleigh, TQ13 0DY
Received 14 Oct 2016Bideford Cantilever Walkway, New Road, Bideford, EX39 5AA
Received 21 Jul 2010Oaklands Park School, John Nash Drive, Dawlish, EX7 9SF
Received 30 Jun 2009Knowle Hill Civic Amenities and Recycling Centre, Salterton Road, Exmouth
Received Not publishedNew Treetops Short Breaks, Nichols Way, Polsloe, Exeter, EX1 2AG
Received 26 Oct 2021In field to the west of minor road, South Knighton, Bickington, Newton Abbot
Received 16 May 2005Land at Eastercombe, Abbotsham
Received Not publishedOS 0024, Landcross, Bideford
Received Not publishedUmberleigh C P School, Umberleigh
Received Not publishedRedhill Sand & Gravel Pit, Whiteball, Holcombe Rogus/Burlescombe
Received 10 Mar 2000St Peter's Church of England High School, Quarry Lane, Exeter
Received Not publishedAshbridge Farm, Dunsford
Received 18 Feb 2004Hackpen Barton, Ashill, Cullompton, Devon, EX15 3LU
Received 15 Jan 2009Sowton Industrial Estate, Exeter
Received Not publishedButterfly Farmhouse, Two Pots, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedOsbourne Park, Osbourne Street, Newton Abbot
Received 6 Oct 2003Records 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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