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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tarrants Farm, Higher Tate, Payhembury
Received Not publishedTrusham Quarry, Crockham Bridge, near Chudleigh, Newton Abbot, TQ13 0NX
Received 19 Aug 2026Hill Barton Business Park, Clyst St Mary
Received Not publishedQueen Elizabeth's Community College, Upper School, Western Road, Crediton
Received Not publishedWest Alvington Primary School, West Alvington
Received Not publishedSticklepath Community School, Woodville, Sticklepath, EX31 2HH
Received 6 Dec 2016Gullaford Farm, Landscove, Ashburton, TQ13 7NQ
Received 3 Oct 2017Tavistock Community College, Crowndale Road, Tavistock
Received Not publishedStover Country Park, Access To Stover Country Park, Stover, Devon, TQ12 6QG
Received 21 Jun 2022Rose Lane, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedClyst Heath Nursery and Community Primary School, Royal Crescent, Clyst Heath, Exeter, EX2 7QT
Received 18 May 2011Bicton College, Budleigh Salterton, East Budleigh, EX9 7BY
Received 10 Mar 2014WITHDRAWN - The Grove School, The Grove, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5ED
Received Not publishedThe Kings School, Ottery St Mary
Received Not publishedCounty Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent to the Existing Abattoir, Lloyd Maunder Road, Willand, Cullompton, EX15 2PJ
Received 7 Aug 2018Fluxton Waste Water Treatment Works, Tipton Vale, Fluxton, Ottery St Mary, Devon. EX11 1RL
Received 12 Aug 2022Battle Road, Heathfield Industrial Estate
Received 6 Dec 2004Pt 4061 & 2861, North Molton
Received Not publishedQueen Elizabeth's Community College, Western Road, Crediton, Devon, EX17 3LU
Received 21 Mar 2007Templeton Quarry, Tawstock, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedBulleigh Elms Farm, Ipplepen, Newton Abbot, TQ12 5UA
Received 22 Mar 2011To the rear of Moors Garage, South Street, South Molton
Received Not publishedformer Dainton Quarry, Wrigwell Estate, Ipplepen, Newton Abbot, TQ12 5UA
Received 4 Mar 2012Records 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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