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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Dawlish Community College, Elm Grove Road, Dawlish, Devon, EX7 OBY
Received 14 Jul 2008Ipplepen Primary School, Biltor Road, Ipplepen
Received Not publishedSchool Play Field, Park View Road, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 7HB
Received 21 Dec 2011Ipplepen County Primary School, Ipplepen
Received Not publishedStoke Hill former landfill site, Stoke Hill Road, Near Stoke Canon
Received Not publishedBideford Old Railway Station, Station Hill, East the Water, Bideford
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Alverdiscott Road and Industrial Link Road, East the Water Bideford
Received 13 Oct 2006Ditch End Cross, Mockham Down, Bratton Fleming
Received Not publishedDalwood Primary School, Dalwood, Axminster
Received 18 Jul 2007Channer Wood Plantation, Marley Head, South Brent, TQ10 9LW
Received 9 Aug 2010St Peter's C of E High School, Quarry Lane, Exeter
Received 29 Sept 2004Trusham Quarry, Trusham
Received Not publishedLittle Pulworthy, Highampton, Beaworthy, EX21 5LH
Received 13 Dec 2011Quicks Close, Hacche Lane, Pathfields Industrial Estate, South Molton, EX36 3EH
Received 2 Sept 2021Bideford College, Abbotsham Road, Bideford
Received Not publishedCrediton Haywards Primary School, East Street, Crediton, EX17 3AX
Received 15 Jun 2016Railway Level Crossing, Powderham, Exeter
Received 15 Nov 2012The Park Community School, Park Lane, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedBritish Telecom Depot, Old Station Road, Barnstaple
Received 17 Mar 2000Isaacs Yard, Adjacent to Braunton School and Community College, Barton Lane, Braunton, EX33 2BP
Received 2 May 2006Seaton Primary School, Valley View, Seaton
Received Not publishedWestleigh Quarry, Westleigh, Tiverton, EX16 7JB
Received 27 Nov 2013Bicton College, East Budleigh, Budleigh Salterton, EX9 7BY
Received 13 Aug 2013Land adjoining, Heathcoat Way and River Lowman, Tiverton
Received 7 Dec 2000Records 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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