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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
B3233 Sticklepath Hill/Tarka Trail, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedCivic Centre, New Walk, Barnstaple
Received 22 Aug 1988Beaford Primary School, Beaford
Received Not publishedHigher Cotley Farm, Ottery St Mary, EX11 1RJ
Received 15 Jun 2009Inverteign Primary School, Mill Lane, Teignmouth
Received Not publishedWest Down School, West Down
Received Not publishedSandringham Park, Sandringham Road, Newton Abbot
Received Not publishedHolsworthy Community College, Bude Road, Holsworthy
Received Not publishedK J Howard Civil Engineering, King Charles Business Park, Old Newton Road, Heathfield, TQ12 6UT
Received 2 Aug 2019Land South East Of Lower Hare Farm Ngr 285490 93343, Lane From Higher Hare Towards Alderbed Copse, Whitestone, Devon, EX4 2HW
Received 8 Feb 2022Exmouth Marpool Primary School, Moorfield Road, Withycombe Raleigh, Exmouth, EX8 3QW
Received 18 Jan 2007Exeter Central Library, Castle Street, Exeter, EX4 3PQ
Received 17 Jan 2013Adjoining Stockmeadow House, Church Road, Bishopsteignton
Received Not publishedBideford College, Abbotsham Road, Bideford
Received Not publishedExeter Road Industrial Estate, Okehampton
Received Not publishedKingsbridge Community College, Balkwill Road, Kingsbridge, TQ7 1PL
Received 10 Jun 2009Cheyne Beach, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedHoniton Community College, School Lane, Honiton, EX14 1QT
Received 7 Mar 2005The Old Bakery, 44 West Exe South, Tiverton
Received 13 Sept 2004Acorn Lodge, Lampard Vachel School, St John's Lane, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedVictory Centre, 52 Magdalen Road, Exeter, EX2 4TL
Received 11 Aug 2009Goodleigh CP School, Goodleigh, Barnstaple
Received 3 Dec 1992Land at, Odam's Wharf, Ebford
Received Not publishedLand at Chudleigh Sewage Treatment Works (STW), Oldway, Chudleigh, Devon, TQ13 0JD (nearest post code) – NGR SX 85888, 79233
Received 15 Feb 2024Records 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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