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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cockwood Primary School, Cofton Hill, Cockwood
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to, 1 Allerbrake Road, Newton Abbot
Received Not publishedKnowle Quarry, North Road Industrial Estate, Okehampton, EX20 1RQ
Received 16 Jan 2014New County Primary School, Bakery Way, Landkey, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedNewcourt Barton Farm, Sheepwash, Beaworthy
Received Not publishedOkehampton College, Mill Road, Okehampton
Received 8 Jun 2007Chestnut Avenue Nursery, Magnolia Avenue, Exeter
Received Not publishedHolsworthy Community College, Victoria Hill, Holsworthy
Received Not publishedSands Copse/Babcombe Copse, Sandygate, Kingsteignton
Received 13 Dec 2013Appledore Library, The Quay, Appledore, Bideford, EX39 1QS
Received 19 Oct 2011Local Service Group premises, Cornwood Road, Ivybridge
Received Not publishedExmouth Community College, Green Close Site, Exmouth, EX8 3AF
Received 14 Apr 2009Barton Wood Quarry, Bray Valley Quarries, Brayford, South Molton
Received 30 Oct 2007Okehampton Primary School, Glendale Road, Okehampton, EX20 1JB
Received 1 Oct 2009Howood Primary School, Lovacott, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedHole Station, Road From Windmilland Cross to Dismantled Railway, HIGHAMPTON, EX21 5JH
Received 22 Jun 2016Payhembury C of E School (VC), Road From Payhembury Cross To Markers Park, Payhembury, EX14 3HT
Received 18 May 2021Luscombe House, Barnstaple
Received 10 Nov 1989The mouth of the River Sid, Sidmouth, Devon, near Alma Footbridge, OSGR SY 312887, 87370 (Centre of span)
Received 30 Aug 2017Heywood Road Roundabout on the A39
Received 27 Oct 2017Monkton Sewage Treatment Works, Monkton
Received 7 Sept 2005The Park Community School, Park Lane, Barnstaple
Received 20 Feb 2007St Thomas First School, Union Street, Exeter
Received Not published2 Glebe Cottage, Exbourne C of E Primary School, Exbourne
Received Not publishedRecords 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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