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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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land adjacent to Whimple Primary School, Great Mead, Whimple
Received Not publishedShop Unit 3, The Candar, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedMaddacombe Farm, Maddacombe Road, Kingskerswell, TQ12 5LF
Received 24 Mar 2006Fremington Community Primary School, Beechfield Road, Fremington, EX31 3DD
Received 21 Mar 2006Rolle Street, Exmouth, EX8 1HL
Received 1 Oct 2014Inch's Cider Factory, Hatherleigh Road, Winkleigh
Received Not publishedLand off Hall Lane, Hall Lane, Dawlish, EX7 0JP
Received 3 Feb 2017Kilmington Waste Water Treatment Works, Kilmington, Axminster, Devon, EX13 7RG
Received 29 May 2007Under railway at land to the west of Torquay Road, Milber, Newton Abbot
Received 19 Feb 2009Cockwood Primary School, Cofton Hill, Cockwood, Exeter, EX6 8RB
Received 14 Aug 2007E & J W Glendinning Ltd, The Stores, Linhay Hill Quarry, Ashburton, NEWTON ABBOT, TQ13 7ES
Received 11 Jan 2017Deep Moor Landfill Site, Road From Belle View Cross to High Bullen, HIGH BULLEN, EX38 7JA
Received 25 Aug 2016Bideford Station, East the Water, Bideford
Received Not publishedKing Edward VI Community College, Elmhirst Site, Ashburton Road, Totnes, TQ9 5JX
Received 27 Jul 2010151 High Street, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedCentral School, St Leonard's Road, Exeter, EX2 4NQ
Received 16 Feb 2005Between Old and New Barnstaple Roads, Killacleave Farm, New Barnstaple Road, Ilfracombe
Received 4 Dec 2001Ladysmith Infant School, Ladysmith Road, Exeter, EX1 2PS
Received 19 Jan 2012Unit 9, Hill Barton Business Park, Sidmouth Road, Clyst St Mary, Devon
Received 10 Aug 2007Witheridge CofE Primary School, Fore Street, Witheridge, Devon, EX16 8AH
Received 11 May 2010Decoy Primary School, Deer Park Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1DH
Received 28 Sept 2011South Hayne Quarry, Newtown, Bishops Nympton, South Molton
Received Not publishedThe Upper Former Rail Yard, land at Eggesford Rail Station, Eggesford
Received 27 Jul 2009South Huish Primary School, Marlborough, Near Kingsbridge
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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