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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Uffculme School, Chapel Hill, Uffculme, Devon, EX15 3AG
Received 27 Feb 2009Uffculme Primary School, Ashley Road, Uffculme, Cullompton, EX15 3AY
Received 13 Nov 2007Hamlin Lane Playing Fields, Linking George's Close and Hamlin Lane, Exeter
Received Not publishedAlphington Combined School, Wheatsheaf Way, Alphington, Exeter
Received Not publishedWitheridge Primary School, Fore Street, Witheridge, Tiverton, EX16 8AH
Received 10 May 2010Pts OS 0276,8465,9575 & 9863, Fremington Bickington Claypits, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedland between Station Road, Exton and Lympstone Railway Station car park directly along the eastern side of the railway
Received 7 Mar 2007The Park School, Park Lane, Barnstaple, EX32 9AX
Received 4 Jan 2010Whitecleaves Quarry, Buckfastleigh
Received 11 Jul 2011Uplowman Primary School, Valley View, Uplowman
Received 19 Mar 2004Higher Slade Farm, Slade, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedSouthcott Farm, Okehampton
Received Not publishedEast Golds Works, Teigngrace
Received Not publishedClyst Hydon Primary School, Clyst Hydon
Received Not publishedUpottery Primary School, Upottery
Received Not published13 Marsh Barton Road, Marsh Barton Trading Estate, Exeter, EX2 8NU
Received 16 Oct 2012Hemerdon Mine, Devon, PL7 5BS
Received 27 Jan 2021Exeter Campus Centre, Hill Lane, Whipton, Exeter
Received Not publishedRatcliffe School, John Nash Drive, Dawlish, EX7 9RL
Received 2 Feb 2005Pynes County Infant School, Coronation Road, Bideford
Received Not publishedMonkleigh Primary School, Monkleigh, EX39 5JY
Received 1 Aug 2005Newholme Volunteer Centre, Northcote Lane, Honiton, EX14 1NH
Received 23 Jun 2010Pinhoe Pre-School, Pinhoe Primary School, Harrington Lane, Pinhoe, Exeter, EX4 8PE
Received 16 Jan 2008WITHDRAWN - Imerys Minerals Ltd, Lee Moor China Clay Works, Lee Moor, Shaugh Prior, Plympton, PL7 5JU
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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