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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Twelve Oaks Farm Caravan Site, Newton Abbot
Received 2 May 2000Kingsbridge Community College, Balkwill Road, Kingsbridge, TQ7 1PL
Received 4 May 2010Greendale Barton Industrial Estate, Woodbury Salterton
Received 4 Apr 2007Kingsbridge Community College, Balkwill Road, Kingsbridge
Received Not publishedWoolston Sewage Treatment Works, Woolston
Received Not publishedRull House Farm, Ashill, Near Uffculme
Received 17 Mar 2008Creekside, Warfleet, Dartmouth, TQ6 9BZ
Received 16 Dec 2005Watchford Farm, Yarcombe, Devon, EX14 9LZ
Received 24 Apr 2012Playing Field, Milton Abbot School, Milton Abbot, Tavistock, PL19 0PS
Received 3 Jul 2007North Devon College, Old Sticklepath Hill, Barnstaple
Received 24 Oct 1990Kentisbury CP School, Kentisbury, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedWoodlands Park Primary School, Abbot Road, Ivybridge, Devon, PL21 9TF
Received 3 Oct 2008Manor Primary School, Manor Way, Ivybridge, PL21 9BG
Received 12 Apr 2006Coombeshead College, Coombeshead Road, Newton Abbot
Received Not publishedDyrons Leisure Centre, Highweek Road, Newton Abbot.
Received 24 Aug 2001Kenbury Wood, Old Dawlish Road, Kennford, Exeter, EX6 7XD
Received 6 Sept 2010Whiteball Quarry (Town Farm), Burlescombe
Received 17 Oct 2007Pine Park House, Pine Park Road, Honiton
Received 12 Sept 2008Ilfracombe School & Community College, Worth Road, Ilfracombe
Received 3 Jan 1991Killacleave Recycling Centre, Old Barnstaple Road, Ilfracombe
Received 20 Aug 1990Barton Hill Cross, Staverton, Totnes
Received 12 Apr 2006Instow
Received 3 Oct 1988Pilton Community College, Chaddiford Lane, Barnstaple, EX31 1RB
Received 14 Apr 2009Little Ball Copse, John Acres Lane, Kingsteignton
Received 7 Jan 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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