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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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Barnstaple Town Station, Castle Quay Court, Barnstaple
Received 13 Mar 2000Killacleave Civic Amenity Site, New Barnstaple Road, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedWoolsery Primary School, Woolsery, Bideford, EX39 5QS
Received 11 Jul 2008Hayedown Industrial Estate, Hayedown, Tavistock, PL19 0NN
Received 18 Mar 2014Langtree CP School, Fore Street, Langtree, EX38 8NF
Received 13 Feb 2017Hill Barton Business Park, Clyst St Mary, Devon, EX5 1DR
Received 12 Jun 2014Land north of New Farm Buildings, Little Bovey Farm, Bovey Tracey
Received 10 Aug 2006Land west of Brynsworthy Environment Centre, Brynsworthy, Roundswell, Barnstaple, EX31 3NS
Received 9 Feb 2017Croyde Sewage Pumping Station, Moor Lane, Croyde Bay
Received Not publishedNorth Tawton Community Primary School, Exeter Street, North Tawton, EX20 2HB
Received 8 Jan 2013Adjacent to Hynetown Road, Strete, TQ6 0RR
Received 24 Jan 2014Pollyfield Playing Field, Between Torridge Mount/Nutaberry Hill and Churchill Road, Bideford
Received Not publishedBrampford Speke C of E Primary School, Brampford Speke, Exeter, EX5 5HE
Received 28 Jun 2011Bidwell Barton, Upton Pyne, Devon, EX5 5HY
Received 16 Dec 2009Peters Marland Ball Clay Works, Peters Marland, Torrington, EX38 8QE
Received 25 Jan 2013Countess Wear Combined School, Glasshouse Lane, Exeter, EX2 7BS
Received 8 Jun 2012Wilcombe Primary School, Lazenby Road, Tiverton, EX16 4AL
Received 10 May 2011Land adjacent to proposed Cranbrook Railway Station, Broadclyst, EX5 3BA
Received 8 Apr 2013Challonsleigh Recycling Site, Smithaleigh, Lee Mill, Ivybridge
Received 16 Dec 2009Gatehouse Primary School, Secmaton Lane, Dawlish, EX7 0LW
Received 9 Nov 2009High Bickington VC Primary School, High Bickington
Received Not publishedLuscombe House, St Georges Road, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedLand adjacent (south of) St. Johns Church, Church Road, Bishopsteignton, TQ14 9QH (nearest post code) – NGR SX 91133 73450
Received 27 Mar 2026Land between, St John's Lane & Easton Avenue to Rock Park, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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