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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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Broadhempston Village Primary School, Broadhempston, TQ9 6BL
Received 18 Jul 2005Dawlish Community College, Elm Grove Road, Dawlish, EX7 0BY
Received 11 Jun 2010Great Torrington Community School, Calvesford Road, Torrington
Received Not publishedRushbrook, Station Road, Totnes, TQ9 5HW
Received 8 Jul 2013Beam Quarry, Torrington, EX38 8JF
Received 25 Feb 1994St Andrew's Primary School, St Andrew's Road, Cullompton
Received Not publishedAndigestion Ltd, Holsworthy Biogas Plant, Chilsworthy, Holsworthy, EX22 7HH
Received 30 Aug 2012King Edward VI Community College, Ashburton Road, Totnes, TQ9 5JX
Received 23 Aug 2010Aveton Gifford Primary School, Fore Street, Aveton Gifford
Received Not publishedShebbear Community School, Shebbear
Received Not publishedFeatherdown, Chilsworthy, Holsworthy Hamlets
Received 12 Apr 2000Willowbrook School, Summer Lane, Beacon Heath, Exeter, EX4 8NN
Received 9 Jun 2010Unit 42, Road to Greendale Business Park, Greendale Business Park, Woodbury Salterton, EX5 1EW
Received 10 May 2019Umberleigh Primary School, Umberleigh, EX37 9AD
Received 26 May 2005Colpit Quarry Hartland
Received 17 Sept 1997Hawkchurch Church of England Primary School, Hawkchurch
Received Not publishedLarkbeare House, Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 4NG
Received 12 Mar 2013Cove Road, Larkstone Lane, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedTrusham Quarry, Hennock
Received Not publishedBrunswick House, Highweek Road, Newton Abbot
Received Not publishedCombe Martin County Primary School, Combe Martin, EX34 0DF
Received 9 Jun 2006Queen Elizabeth's Community College, Western Road, Crediton, EX17 3LU
Received 20 Mar 2007Burlescombe C of E Primary School, Burlescombe, Tiverton, EX16 7JH
Received 22 Jan 2014Monkleigh Primary School, Monkleigh, Bideford EX39 5JY
Received 16 Jan 2009Records 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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