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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Crealy Farm, Clyst St Mary
Received Not publishedHigh Bickington Church of England Primary School, High Street, High Bickington, EX37 9AY
Received 6 Dec 2016Tarrants Farm, Payhembury, Honiton, EX14 3HJ
Received 8 Sept 2010Newbridge Tip, Higher Brocks Plantation, Old Newton Road, Teigngrace, TQ12 6QZ
Received 18 Dec 2015Summerleaze Ltd, Chilsworthy, Holsworthy, EX22 7HH
Received 4 Nov 2011Lower Washbourne Farm, Washbourne, Cornworthy
Received Not publishedOld Tip Site, Butland Plantation, Greycoat Lane, Forches Cross, Newton Abbot
Received 21 Sept 2006Aveton Gifford Sewage Treatment Works, Tidal Road, Aveton Gifford
Received Not publishedViridor Waste Management, Uffculme, CULLOMPTON, EX15 3EP Broadpath Hillhead
Received 1 Jan 1991Silverton Primary School, Coach Road, Silverton
Received 19 Apr 2007Great Parks Farm, Crediton, Devon, EX17 3PR
Received 12 Oct 2011Town Farm Quarry, Burlescombe, Devon
Received 20 Jan 2009Landkey Primary School, Bakery Way, Landkey, Devon, EX32 0JR
Received 8 Oct 2008Buckland Brewer County Primary School, Buckland Brewer, Bideford, Devon, EX39 5LX
Received 9 Feb 2011Deep Moor Landfill, High Bullen, St Giles in the Wood, Nr Torrington
Received Not publishedSticklepath Community School, Woodville Estate, Barnstaple, EX31 2HH
Received 11 Jan 2006Channer Wood Plantation, Marley Head, South Brent, TQ10 9LW
Received 5 Jan 2010Highweek Community Primary & Nursery School, Coronation Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1TX
Received 10 Oct 2014Culmstock Primary School, Culmstock
Received 24 Mar 2004Cookbury Mill Quarry, Cookbury
Received 1 Jan 1988Knowle Quarry, Copplestone
Received 25 Apr 2018Land adjoining Victoria Pleasure Gardens, The Promenade, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedValley View, Five Mile Hill, Whitestone
Received 12 Jun 2000Exeter Central Library, Castle Street, Exeter, EX4 3PQ
Received 21 Oct 2013Records 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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