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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Orcombe Point, Exmouth
Received Not publishedNutcombe Farm, Rose Ash
Received Not publishedYeo Valley Primary School, Vicarage Street, Barnstaple
Received 25 May 1999Coombe Farm, Torrington
Received Not publishedLand South of, Mullacott Cross Industrial Estate, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedCrowndale HWRC, Crowndale Road, Tavistock, Devon, PL19 8JR
Received 20 Jun 2022Devon County Hall, Room 168/170 - Main Building, County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 4QQ
Received 18 Apr 2007SWM Exeter, Grace Road, Marsh Barton Industrial Estate, Exeter
Received 3 Oct 2008Disused Railway between, Ilfracombe & Lee Bridge, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedKnowle Quarry North Road Okehampton EX20 1RQ
Received 11 Feb 1998Whitecleave Quarry
Received 29 Oct 2015Belle Hill Playing Field, Belle Hill, Kingsbridge
Received 19 Nov 2007Abbey Rise, Whitchurch Road, Tavistock, PL19 9AS
Received 1 May 2014off Fishleigh Road, Roundswell
Received 4 Jan 2016Shaugh Lake Quarry, Plympton, Plymouth
Received 26 Jan 2010Whiteball Quarry, Whiteball, Nr Wellington, TA21 0LY
Received 10 Mar 2010Hemerdon Mine, Devon, PL7 5BS
Received 6 Jan 2021Hartland Forest Golf & Leisure Parc, Woolsery, Bideford, EX39 5RA
Received 31 Aug 2007Willand Primary School, Gables Road, Cullompton, EX15 2QL
Received 16 Apr 2009Brunenburg Way/Morton Way, Axminster, EX13 5RD
Received 9 Feb 2012Clyst Hydon Primary School, Clyst Hydon
Received 24 May 2000St Mary's Primary School, Chanters Road, Bideford, EX39 2QN
Received 6 Feb 2014Chulmleigh Community College, Chulmleigh
Received 5 Nov 2004Whitchurch County Primary School, School Road, Whitchurch, Tavistock, PL19 9SR
Received 2 May 2013Records 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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