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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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Pathfield Special School, Abbey Road, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedStraitgate Farm, Exeter Road, Ottery St Mary, EX11 1LG
Received 1 May 2015Brixington Infant School, Brixington Lane, Exmouth, EX8 4JQ
Received 19 Apr 2013Upottery Primary School, Upottery, Honiton, EX14 9QT
Received 16 Jan 2018Seaton Primary School, Valley View, Seaton, EX12 2HF
Received 8 Dec 2005Land in grounds of Myrtle Lodge, Myrtle Road, Sidmouth
Received Not publishedSt David's Church of England Primary School, Dinham Road, St David's, Exeter, EX4 4EE
Received 10 Aug 2007Appledore Fish Dock, Hubbastone Road, Appledore
Received 1 Oct 2007Bideford College, Abbotsham Road, Bideford.
Received 21 Jun 2001Dittisham Landfill Site, Lapthorne Cross, Dittisham
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to, White Cross Lane, Cheriton Fitzpaine
Received 19 Nov 2004Punchbowl Landfill Site, Crediton, EX17 5BP
Received 23 Feb 2011Chillington Sewage Treatment Works, Chillington
Received Not publishedRuby Farm, Abbotskerswell
Received 30 Jun 2006Bishops Nympton Primary School, Bishops Nympton, EX36 4PU
Received 11 Mar 2010Greendale Barton Industrial Estate, Honey Lane, Woodbury Salterton
Received 13 Sept 2004Land to the east of the A379, south of Ellacott Road and adjacent to the new Matford Brook Academy, EX2 0AQ
Received 4 Mar 2024Cookworthy/Halwill Moor
Received 18 Sept 2008St Rumons C of E Primary School, Dolvin Road, Tavistock
Received 3 Jan 2007The Bridge Learning Centre, Shinners Bridge, Dartington, Totnes, TQ9 6JD
Received 16 Jul 2013Torr Quarry Landfill, East Allington, Nr Kingsbridge
Received Not publishedLand to south of B3233, adjacent to Venn, Instow
Received 25 Oct 2007Pynes Infant School and Nursery, Coronation Road, Bideford
Received Not publishedPilton Bluecoat School, Abbey Road, Barnstaple
Received 23 Mar 2007Records 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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