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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
WITHDRAWN - Oaklands Park School, John Nash Drive, Dawlish, EX7 9SF
Received Not publishedMarwood County Primary School, Whiddon, Muddiford
Received Not publishedHoniton Community College, School Lane, Honiton
Received Not publishedHoniton Community College, School Lane, Honiton
Received 6 Mar 2000Brannams Pottery, Oakwood Close, Roundswell Business Park, Barnstaple
Received 5 Feb 2003On footpath at, Pitt Hill Road, Highweek, Newton Abbot
Received Not publishedFremington Community Primary School, Beechfield Road, Fremington, EX31 3DD
Received 25 May 2006Ilfracombe Community College, Worth Road, Ilfracombe, EX34 9JB
Received 30 Sept 2005Dalwood Primary School, Dalwood, Axminster
Received Not publishedNew England Quarry, New England Hill, Lee Mill, Devon
Received 19 Jan 2010East The Water Primary School, Mines Road, Bideford, EX39 4BZ
Received 6 Nov 2013Broadpath Landfill Site, Road From Down Farm Cross To Hillhead Quarry, Burlescombe, EX15 3EP
Received 19 Aug 2019Kingsbridge Community College, Balkwill Road, Kingsbridge
Received Not publishedGreendale Barton Business Park, Woodbury Salterton
Received 7 Apr 2009Hartland Fire Station, North Street, Hartland
Received Not publishedShop Unit 5, The Candar, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedTiverton High School, Bolham Road, Tiverton, EX16 9SQ
Received 23 Jul 2010Charlista Farm, Black Hat Lane, Longdown
Received Not published2 Heywood Cottages, Wembworthy, Chulmleigh, EX18 7QR
Received 18 Jun 2008Brayford Quarry, Brayford, Barnstaple, EX32 7QD
Received 12 Feb 2016Shirwell Community Primary School, Shirwell, Barnstaple, EX31 4JT
Received 19 Dec 2011Berry Pomeroy Primary School, Berry Pomeroy
Received Not publishedCivic Centre, North Walk, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedNewbridge Quarry Dolton
Received 4 Jan 1999Records 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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