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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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hayedown Waste Transfer Station, Hayedown Industrial Estate, Tavistock, PL19 0NN
Received 10 Jan 2011Pine Park House Respite Centre, Pine Park Road, Honiton, Devon, EX14 2HR
Received 20 Feb 2009Denbow Farm (Site 2), Farringdon, EX5 2HT
Received 31 Jan 2005Exmouth Community College, Green Close site, Exmouth
Received 28 Jan 2009Part Rousdon Estate
Received 17 Apr 2000Town Bridge, Totnes
Received 25 Jan 2006Former Bairdwear premises, Howard Avenue, Whiddon Valley Industrial Estate, Barnstaple
Received 22 Mar 2001County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 4QW
Received 31 Jan 2005Former Railway Line, Braunton
Received Not publishedTeign Skills Centre, Collett Way, Newton Abbot
Received 20 Dec 2011Land at south west of Penslade Cross, Hillhead Quarry Complex, Uffculme, Devon EX16 7LE
Received 6 Feb 2025Little Ash Farm, Fenny Bridges, near Honiton, EX14 3BR
Received 25 Apr 2006Newton Ferrers Primary School, The Dillons, Newton Ferrers, Plymouth, PL8 1AS
Received 26 Feb 2009The Cardew Tea Pottery, Newton Road, Bovey Tracey, TQ13 9DX
Received 10 May 2006Great Southdown Farm, Burlescombe
Received Not publishedBranscombe Primary School, Branscombe
Received Not publishedClyst Heath Nursery and Community Primary School, Kings Heath, Royal Crescent, Exeter
Received 21 Mar 20076 Atkinson Close, Beacon Lane, Exeter
Received Not publishedSouthcott Farm, road from Kigbeare to Southcott Cross, Southcott, EX20 4NL
Received 9 Sept 2021Clyst Vale Community College, Station Road,, Broadclyst
Received 12 Oct 2004Hedley Wood Caravan Park Bridgerule
Received 15 Dec 1995Ermington Primary School, School Road, Ermington, Ivybridge, PL21 9NH
Received 30 Aug 2010Markhams Farm, Markham Lane, Shillingford Abbot, Exeter
Received 22 Nov 2004Malborough with South Huish Primary School, Higher Town, Malborough, Kingsbridge, TQ7 3RN
Received 8 Mar 2011Records 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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