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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Woolsery Primary School, Woolsery, Bideford, EX39 5QS
Received 15 Mar 2010Pynes CP School, Coronation Road, Bideford
Received Not publishedSilverton Mills, Hele, Broadclyst
Received Not publishedCulmstock Bridge, Culmstock
Received 12 Apr 2006Peagham Barton Farm (site 4), Moortown, Great Torrington (Site 4)
Received 3 Jun 2004Land between, Shutterton Lane and Exeter Road, Shutterton Bridge, Dawlish
Received 11 Mar 2005Brixington Primary School, Brixington Lane, Exmouth, EX8 4JQ
Received 18 Feb 2005County Hall, Devon County Council, Matford Offices, Topsham Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 4QD
Received 18 Jan 2023Stowford Primary School, Exeter Road, Ivybridge
Received 31 Mar 2004Beaford County Primary School, Beaford
Received Not publishedHolywell School, Tawstock
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Shortlands Lane, Cullompton
Received 2 Jan 2008Ide First School, High Street, Ide
Received Not publishedSilverton Primary School, Coach Road, Silverton
Received 10 Jul 2007Babeleigh Wood Quarry, Parkham, Bideford
Received 15 Feb 2007The Square Car Park, Queen Street, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedGoodleigh Primary School, Goodleigh, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedBideford College, Abbotsham Road, Bideford, EX39 3AR
Received 12 Oct 2006Daisy Play Centre, Pathfields, Totnes, TQ9 5TZ
Received 28 May 2010Puffing Billy, Station Road, Torrington
Received Not publishedDittisham Recycling, Bosomzeal Cross to Downton Cross, Dittisham, TQ6 0HP
Received 22 Nov 2016Horwood and Newton Tracey Community Primary School, Lovacott
Received Not publishedFORMER CLAY PIT HOLCOMBE LANE OTTERY ST MARY
Received 2 Sept 1986Phase 4a Babcombe Copse Kingsteignton
Received 3 Apr 1997Records 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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