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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Exeter Road Commmunity Primary School, Exeter Road, Exmouth
Received Not publishedLand to rear of Halwill C P School, Halwill, Beaworthy
Received Not publishedLand at, Burrow Cross, East Worlington
Received 9 Jan 1998Ashwater Primary School, Ashwater
Received Not publishedSt Leonards Primary School, St Leonards Road, Exeter, EX2 4NQ
Received 18 Jan 2013Kenton Primary School, Mamhead Road, Kenton, Exeter, EX6 8LX
Received 29 Jun 2012Gang Maintenance Centre, Woolsery, Bideford
Received Not publishedCrablake Farm, Exminster Hill, Exminster, Exeter, EX6 8DW
Received 16 Dec 2010Montgomery Combined School, Manor Road, Exeter
Received 2 Sept 2004Honiton Youth Centre, Honiton
Received Not publishedClaypit Coverts, Fremington, Barnstaple, EX31 3UT
Received 21 Nov 2012Chanters Road, Bideford
Received Not publishedEast the Water Primary School, Mines Road, Bideford, EX39 4BZ
Received 24 Nov 2017Chapelton Sawmills, Satterleigh & Warkleigh
Received Not publishedLand between, Torrs Park and Wilder Road, Ilfracombe
Received 15 Nov 2005Wear Barton Road, Exeter, EX2 7EH
Received 18 May 2015The Grove Primary School, The Grove, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5ED
Received 14 May 2012The Donkey Sanctuary, Trow Farm, Sidmouth, EX10 0NU
Received 20 Oct 2004Pt OS 1800, Hacche Lane, South Molton
Received 26 Aug 1998Northam Burrows, Northam
Received Not publishedWhimple Primary School, Whimple
Received Not publishedLittle Moor House, Falcon Road, Exeter, EX2 7PL
Received 21 Sept 2009Maclins Quarry, Station Road, South Molton
Received Not publishedBere Alston Primary School, Bere Alston
Received 19 Mar 2004Records 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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