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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Denbury Primary School, Denbury, Newton Abbot
Received Not publishedHayedown Industrial Estate, Tavistock, PL19 0NN
Received 18 Nov 2008Opposite, 14 Wain Lane, Newton Abbot
Received Not publishedWest Croft Junior School, Coronation Road, Bideford
Received Not publishedWithycombe Raleigh C of E Primary School, Withycombe Village Road, Exmouth, EX8 3BA
Received 26 Mar 2015Lower Northchurch Farm, Yarnscombe
Received Not publishedLand at Pitts Plantation, Ilford Park, Newton Abbot
Received 18 Aug 2006At depot opposite Units 1-5 Zealley Estate,, Greenhill Way, Kingsteignton
Received Not publishedPilton Community School, Chaddiford Lane, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedSt Swithin's Gardens, Sandford
Received 13 Sept 2012C H Brannam Ltd, Roundswell Industrial Estate, Barnstaple
Received 28 Sept 2004Old Quarry Site to the south of Mortehoe overlooking Combesgate Valley
Received 15 Aug 2013A361 North Devon Link Road, Between Portmore Roundabout (Barnstaple) and Filleigh Cutting (South Molton)
Received 25 Oct 2018Waste Transfer Station, Former Yelland Power Station Site, East Yelland, Barnstaple, EX31 3EZ
Received 17 Sept 2009Land adjacent to Uni Food Plc Building, Collett Way, Newton Abbot
Received Not publishedExmouth Community College, Lower School Site, Green Close, Exmouth
Received 15 Mar 2005Lampard Vachell School, St John's Lane, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedOrchard Farm, Holmacott, Instow
Received Not publishedNorth Devon College, Old Sticklepath Hill, Barnstaple
Received 3 Nov 1989Moorview, Lane End, Halwill
Received Not publishedKCB Dismantlers, Stoney Bridge, Knowle, Braunton
Received Not publishedGipsy Lane, Exeter, EX1 3RN and Blackhorse Lane, Exeter
Received 3 Sept 2009Barton Wood Quarry, Brayford
Received 10 Apr 1997Lundy Island, Bideford
Received 12 Jul 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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