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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Parkhouse Landfill Site, Station Road, South Molton
Received Not publishedMeeth Halt, Station Road, Meeth, Hatherleigh
Received 25 Jun 2007Exmouth Community College, Green Close, Exmouth
Received Not publishedLand to the East of Crediton
Received 12 Sept 2011Home Farm, Porter's Lane, Woodbury, EX3 0PU (GR 299699 086219)
Received 30 Aug 2019Kingsbridge Primary School, Belle Cross Road, Kingsbridge
Received Not publishedNewton St Cyres Primary School, Newton St Cyres, Exeter, EX5 5DD
Received 24 Mar 2010Bideford Longbridge, Bideford, Devon, EX39 4AE
Received 3 Jul 2008Tredown Farm, Milton Abbot, Tavistock, PL15 9GL
Received 22 Feb 2006West Brook, Whitford Road, Kilmington, AXMINSTER, EX13 7RG
Received 18 Sept 2025Willand School, Gables Road, Willand, Devon, EX15 2QL
Received 19 Sept 2007Westcroft Junior School, Coronation Road, Bideford
Received Not publishedSampford Peverell C of E Primary School, Sampford Peverell
Received Not publishedMalborough Waste Water Treatment Works, Malborough, Kingsbridge, TQ7 3DD (nearest post code) – NGR SX712388 (271220, 38819) (the ‘Site’).
Received 11 Nov 2024Caen Primary School, Caen Street, Braunton
Received Not publishedShop Unit 5, The Candar, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedChanner Wood, Marley Head, South Brent, Devon, TQ10 9LW
Received 4 Oct 2018Stoney Bridge Recycling Centre, Knowle, Braunton
Received Not publishedCountess Wear Waste Water Treatment Works, Bridge Road, Exeter, EX2 7AA
Received 17 Mar 2017Bishopsteignton School, Cockhaven Rise, Bishopsteignton
Received Not publishedFormer Herreshoff Kiln (No. 2) Site, Torycombe Road, Lee Moor, PL7 5JU
Received 5 Oct 2015Pt. OS 2534, South Indicott, East Down, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedSouthmead CP School, Wrafton Road, Braunton
Received Not publishedSt James High School, Summer Lane, Exeter
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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