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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Kingsbridge Community College, Kingsley Road, Kingsbridge
Received Not publishedMarpool Primary School, Moorfield Road, Exmouth
Received Not publishedBratton Fleming Primary School, Bratton Fleming, Barnstaple, EX31 4ES
Received 1 Oct 2008Kilmington Primary School, Whitford Road, Kilmington, Devon, EX13 7RG
Received 31 Jan 2024Mount Pleasant, Westleigh, Bideford
Received Not publishedChulmleigh CP School, Chulmleigh
Received Not publishedSutton Farm, Zeal Monachorum
Received 3 Dec 2003Heathfield Landfill Site
Received 11 Oct 2022Copplestone Primary School, Bewsley Hill, Copplestone, EX17 5NX
Received 17 Dec 2015Torr Quarry, Kingsbridge Road, East Allington, Totnes, Devon
Received 21 Aug 2006Willowbank Primary School, Manitoba Gardens, Cullompton, EX15 1EZ
Received 29 Sept 2008Braunton Community College, Barton Lane, Braunton
Received Not publishedLand at Harvey's Field, at the end of Beechwood Park Road, adjacent to the new housing estate, Loddiswell, Kingsbridge
Received 16 Nov 2016Land to south of Exeter Road, Wellparks, Crediton
Received 15 Jan 2007Uffculme Primary School, Uffculme
Received 19 Mar 2004Deep Moor Landfill Site, High Bullen, St Giles in the Wood, Torrington, Devon
Received 12 Mar 2007Devon Contract Waste, Marsh Barton Road, Exeter, EX2 8NU
Received 29 Jan 2018Tavistock Community Primary School, Plymouth Road, Tavistock
Received Not publishedOkehampton Community College, Mill Road, Okehampton, EX20 1PW
Received 28 Jan 2011The Grade II Listed Newton Abbot Library, Market Street, Newton Abbot, TQ12 2RJ
Received 13 Jan 2011Land at Hayedown Industrial Estate, Tavistock
Received 10 Aug 2009Land between Clay Lane and Broad Path, Uffculme, EX15 3EP
Received 9 Mar 2015Bidwell Barton, Upton Pyne, EX5 5HY
Received 21 Sept 2009Cheyne Beach Car Park, Ilfracombe
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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