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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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
New Bridge (Bowcombe Creek), A379, Kingsbridge, TQ7 2DH
Received 30 Jun 2008Seven Brethren Bank, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedKingsbridge Community College, Balkwill Road, Kingsbridge
Received 23 Mar 2002WITHDRAWN - Bere Alston Primary School, Station Road, Bere Alston, Yelverton, PL20 7AU
Received 7 Aug 2012Twelve Oaks Farm, Teigngrace, Newton Abbot
Received 1 Jul 2009Uplowman Primary School, Valley View, Uplowman, EX16 7DR
Received 26 Sept 2005Land east and west of Industrial Relief Road, East the Water, Bideford
Received 14 Aug 2006Ide First School, High Street, Ide
Received Not publishedChudleigh Road, Exeter, EX2 9SQ
Received 30 Sept 2020Kenbury Wood Landfill Site, Old Dawlish Road, Kennford, Exeter, EX6 7XD
Received 30 Sept 2013Land adjacent to Alverdiscott Road and Industrial Link Road, East the Water
Received 13 Oct 2006Pilton County Infants School, Abbey Road, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedTeigngrace Causeway, Higher Sandygate, Newton Abbot, TQ12 3QJ
Received 17 Jul 2012Higher Challonsleigh, Grazalders Farm to New Park Road, Lee Mill, PL7 5AY
Received 9 Oct 2015Two Lanes Community Resource Centre, Belvedere Road, Ilfracombe
Received 19 Mar 2004Marlands, Newton Road, Totnes
Received 20 Jun 2006St Giles on the Heath Community School, St Giles on the Heath, Devon, PL15 9SD
Received 13 Apr 2012Barton Wood Quarry, Brayford, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedBeaford County Primary School, Beaford, Torrington
Received Not publishedSticklepath C.P. School, Woodville, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedBassetts Farm School, St Johns Road, Exmouth, EX8 4GB
Received 26 Apr 2016Exeter Central Library and Records Office, Castle Street, Exeter, EX4 3PQ
Received 19 Oct 2005Kingsbridge Community College, Balkwill Road, Kingsbridge
Received 11 Apr 2006Countess Wear Community Primary School, Glasshouse Lane, EX3 7BS
Received 27 Mar 2018Records 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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