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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Woods Farm Civic Amenity and Recycling Centre,, Bowd, Near Sidmouth
Received Not publishedWalter Daw Primary School, Woodwater Lane, Exeter, EX2 5AW
Received 4 Jun 2009Land between Lymebourne Park and Arcot Road, Sidmouth & land at Long Park, Sidmouth
Received 23 Dec 2014The King's School, Ottery St Mary
Received Not publishedHartland Forest Golf & Leisure Parc, Woolsery, Bideford, EX39 5RA
Received 31 Aug 2007White Bridge, Oxton House, Kenton
Received 4 Oct 2004Civic Amenities and Recycling Centre, Crowndale Road, Tavistock
Received Not publishedGreat Torrington Community School, Calvesford Road, Great Torrington
Received 26 Jan 2007Ashleigh C of E Primary School, Bevan Road, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 8LJ
Received 22 Oct 2013Woodhouse Farm, West Alvington, Kingsbridge, TQ7 3QQ
Received 1 Dec 2004Instaple, Bradworthy
Received Not publishedTorr Quarry Industrial Estate, East Allington, Totnes, TQ9 7QQ
Received 22 Feb 2005Axe Valley Community College, Chard Street, Axminster
Received Not publishedEast Nutcott Farm, Rackenford
Received 10 Apr 2025Sowton Maintenance Compound, Avocet Road, Sowton Industrial Estate, Exeter
Received 4 Jul 2006Unit 8 Hill Barton Business Park, Clyst St Mary, Devon, EX5 1DR
Received 6 Aug 2014Cullompton Community College, Exeter Road, Cullompton, Devon, EX15 1DX
Received 10 Oct 2022Ilfracombe Community College, Worth Road, Ilfracombe, EX34 9JB
Received 9 Jun 2005Killacleave Farm, Ilfracombe
Received 9 Jun 2005Ashleigh Primary School, Beven Road, Barnstaple
Received 27 Apr 2000Ash Moor, Meeth, near Hatherleigh
Received 29 Jun 2006Lympstone Primary School, School Hill, Lympstone, Exmouth, EX8 5JY
Received 9 Jan 2013Tip T2, Lee Moor China Clay Works, Lee Moor, PL7 5JP
Received 4 Jun 2019Social Services District Office, Butterpark, Brook Road, Ivybridge
Received Not publishedRecords 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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