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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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ladysmith Infants School, Ladysmith Road, Exeter, EX1 2PS
Received 4 Apr 2007Bideford School and Community College, Bideford
Received Not publishedBetween the Longbridge and the entrance to the Barnstaple Leisure Centre car park
Received Not publishedPt OS 7368, Chiddlecombe Farm, Alwington
Received Not publishedThe Square Car Park, Queen Street, Barnstaple
Received 5 Mar 1998Tavistock Community College, Crowndale Road, Tavistock, PL19 8DD
Received 5 Apr 2006Shute Community Primary School, Haddon Road, Shute, Axminster, Devon, EX13 7QR
Received 13 May 2009Clay Lane and Chudleigh Knighton Ball clay sites, near Chudleigh Knighton, Hennock Parish, Devon TQ12 3PR
Received 30 Jun 2015Deep Moor Landfill Site, High Bullen, St Giles in the Wood
Received Not publishedParkhayne Farm, Watchcombe, Shute, Axminster, EX13 7QN
Received 14 Jun 2005Elms Block, Oaklands Park School, John Nash Drive, Dawlish, EX7 9SF
Received 19 Feb 2007Westcroft Junior School, Coronation Road, Bideford
Received Not publishedThe Ockment Centre, North Road, Okehampton
Received Not publishedDenbury Primary School, West Street, Denbury, TQ12 6DP
Received 7 Jun 2019Lower Cobberton Farm, Dartington, Totnes, TQ9 6DS
Received 17 Oct 2011Ugborough Primary School, Ugborough, Ivybridge, PL21 0NJ
Received 24 Aug 2012Ilfracombe C of E Junior School, Princess Avenue, Ilfracombe, Devon, EX34 9LW
Received 7 Apr 2010Langage Energy Park, Yealmpton/Sparkwell
Received 6 Nov 2003Park Quarry, Combe Martin
Received Not publishedSt James High School, Summer Lane, Exeter
Received Not publishedSherford Housing Development Site, Brixton
Received 1 Aug 2007Marist Convent Hall, Broad Street, Ottery St Mary, Devon, EX11 1BZ
Received 15 May 2009Between the boundary of, 46 Church Street and Farmhouse Cottage, Church Street, Sidford
Received 11 Mar 2005Unit 6, Warren Farm, Kentisbeare, EX15 2BR
Received 3 May 2006Records 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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