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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Drakelands Mine Plymouth PL7 5BS
Received 14 Aug 2018Langtree Primary School, Langtree
Received Not publishedFormer Calor Gas Site, Grace Road South, Marsh Barton Industrial Estate, Exeter
Received 18 Oct 2012Land at Greenway, Tiverton (formerly Tiverton Motocross Landfill Site)
Received 5 Dec 2022Babcombe Copse Quarry, Higher Sandygate, Kingsteignton
Received 30 Jan 2015Prixford Barton Farm, Marwood, Prixford
Received Not publishedThe Park Community School, Park Lane, Barnstaple, EX32 9AX
Received 24 Jan 2008Leigh Quarry, Combe Martin
Received 27 Oct 1988The Ice House, Road from Stover Caravan Park to Forches Cross, Stover, TQ12 6QG
Received 4 Apr 2016Former Yelland Power Station, Yelland, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Country West Trading Ltd, Northgate, Barnstaple Street, Bideford
Received 21 Sept 2004Land at NGR 299319 113107 (Hartnoll Farm), Halberton
Received 7 Sept 2007Venn Farm, East Allington, Totnes, TQ9 7RJ
Received 8 Feb 2013Recycling Centre, Seven Brethren Bank, Sticklepath, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedChilsworthy, Holsworthy
Received Not publishedViridor Waste Management Ltd, Deep Moor in-Vessel Composting Facility, High Bullen, Torridge, EX38 7JA
Received 10 Feb 2017Umberleigh Community Primary School, Umberleigh, EX37 9AD
Received 13 Feb 2015Western Road to Stanhope Close, Holsworthy
Received Not publishedJohnsland, Bow, Near Crediton
Received Not publishedBideford Youth Centre, The Pill, Kingsley Road, Bideford EX39 2PF
Received 21 Dec 2011Tiverton Road Bridge Car Park, Halberton
Received Not publishedBickleigh-on-Exe C E Primary School, Bell Meadow, Tiverton, EX16 8RE
Received 10 Jun 2009West Exe Technology College, Hatherleigh Road, Exeter
Received Not publishedBradworthy Primary School, Bradworthy
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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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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