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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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hemerdon Mine, Drakelands, Plympton, Devon, PL7 5BS
Received 16 Sept 2021Ilfracombe Community College, Worth Road, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedOld Tellam's Yard, Cheriton Bishop, Exeter, EX6 6HH (B.G. Pearce Ltd, Woodlands, Cheriton Bishop, Exeter, Devon, EX6 6HH)
Received 30 Nov 2009M Way & Son Transport Ltd, Southley Road, South Molton, Devon, EX36 4BL
Received 29 Jan 2013Dartington C of E Primary School, Shinners Bridge, Forder Lane, Dartington
Received Not publishedGreat Torrington Junior School, Borough Road, Great Torrington, EX38 7NU
Received 5 Apr 2005B G Pearce Ltd, Cheriton Bishop, EXETER, EX6 6HH
Received 19 Jul 2001In front of, 121 Moreton Park Road, Bideford, EX39 3BB
Received 19 Sept 2005Baker's Farm, Moortown, Torrington
Received 5 May 2004Galmpton Sewage Works, Galmpton
Received Not publishedWest and East Putford Primary School, West Putford, Holsworthy, EX31 1EB
Received 31 May 2005Markadon Farm, Bideford
Received 2 Nov 1992Marlands Recycling Centre, Newton Road, Totnes TQ9 6LS
Received 27 Jul 2007Steer Point Quarry, Steer Point Road, Brixton, PL8 2DQ
Received 10 Feb 2014Deep Moor Landfill Site, High Bullen, Torrington, Devon, EX38 7JA
Received 12 Feb 2009Land between, Bell Cottage and Beechcroft, Southtown, Dartmouth, TQ6 9BU
Received 27 Jan 2006Devon County Council, Teignmouth Library, Fore Street, Teignmouth, TQ14 8DY
Received 29 Mar 2012Exeter Road Community Primary School, Exeter Road, Exmouth
Received Not publishedLower Clovelly Sewage Treatment Works and Pumping Station, Lower Clovelly
Received 11 May 2005Kingsacre CP School, Kingsacre, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedBrayford Quarry, Brayford, near Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 7QD
Received 14 Jan 2022Ashford Sewage Treatment Works, Ashford, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedBridge Road, Countess Wear, Exeter
Received 11 Sept 2000Southmead C.P. School, Wrafton, Braunton
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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