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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
land adjacent to 1 Ruxfield, Ruxhill Lane, Kentisbury
Received 15 Aug 2007Stokeinteignhead Primary School, School Road, Stokeinteignhead, Newton Abbot, TQ12 4QE
Received 25 Mar 2010Blackhill Quarry, Woodbury, Exeter, EX5 1HD
Received 1 May 2015Leonards Cove Holiday Park, New Road, Stoke Fleming
Received Not publishedOld Quarry, Castle Lane, Knowle, Braunton
Received Not publishedUmberleigh County Primary School, Chittelhampton, Umberleigh
Received Not publishedIvybridge Community College, Harford Road, Ivybridge, PL21 0JA
Received 14 Mar 2005Hill Farm, Portmore, Barnstaple
Received 16 Apr 1992Penfold Car Breakers, Blacklands Bungalow, Wilmington, Nr Honiton
Received 13 Jan 2004Bratton Fleming, Barnstaple
Received 24 Aug 1990Land at Dunsland Cross, Holsworhty
Received 27 Feb 2006Slapton Sewage Treatment Works, Slapton
Received Not publishedWestcott Farm, Westleigh, Near Tiverton
Received Not publishedOkehampton College, Mill Road, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 1PW
Received 26 Aug 2009South Molton Community College, Alswear Old Road, South Molton, EX36 4LA
Received 2 Apr 2019Portworthy Dams 2 and 3, Lee Moor China Clay Works, Lee Moor, PL7 5JP
Received 6 Aug 2014Haywards Primary School, East Street, Crediton, EX17 3AX
Received 23 Sept 2011Land adjacent to, Kilmington Sewage Treatment Works, Kilmington
Received Not publishedRecycling Yard, Hacche Lane, South Molton
Received 13 Sept 2005Deep Moor Landfill Site, High Bullen, Torrington
Received 9 Jun 2008Brian Ford's, Seven Brethren, Barnstaple
Received 17 Jun 2004Part Perry Farm, Cheriton Fitzpaine
Received 6 Nov 2001East Worlington CP School, East Worlington, Witheridge
Received 27 Apr 2000Babcombe Copse Heathfield Kingsteignton
Received 2 Jun 1989Records 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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