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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Torr Quarry, Kingsbridge Road, East Allington /Buckland Tout Saints, Kingsbridge
Received Not publishedTempleton Quarry, Tawstock, Eastacombe
Received Not publishedBerry Pomeroy Parochial Primary School, Berry Pomeroy, Totnes
Received 4 Aug 2006ABC & Siddalls Skip Hire,, Unit 11B, Coventry Farm Estate, Newton Road, Torquay
Received 4 Aug 2004Woolacombe Primary School, Beach Road, Woolacombe
Received 26 Mar 2007Higher Brenton Farm, Shillingford Lane, Kennford, Exeter, EX6 7YL
Received 6 Nov 2013Feniton C of E Primary School, Station Road, Feniton, EX14 3EA
Received 21 Mar 2019Land Adj. Landscape Area, A399 Sandy Cove Diversion, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedNorth Tawton Community Primary School, Exeter Street, North Tawton, EX20 2HB
Received 21 Apr 2011Kenbury Wood Landfill Site, Old Dawlish Road, Kennford, Devon, EX6 7XD
Received 6 May 2016Stockland C of E Primary School, Stockland
Received Not publishedSt Michaels C of E Primary School, South Lawn Terrace, Heavitree, Exeter, EX1 2SN
Received 22 Jun 2009SWH Signs Barnstaple, Upcott Avenue, Pottington, Barnstaple
Received 21 Jan 2000Ashleigh C of E Primary School, Bevan Road, Barnstaple, EX32 8LJ
Received 27 Apr 2006Land formerly part of, Foxenhole Farm, Dittisham
Received Not publishedCoach Park, High Street, Combe Martin, EX34 0ET
Received 11 Jun 201456 Fore Street, Ilfracombe
Received 2 Oct 1990Lower Campscott Farm, Lee, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedSidmouth Infants School, Manstone Avenue, Sidmouth
Received 29 Sept 2004ZITHERIXON & RACKERHAYES AREA & BROADWAY ROAD
Received 15 Dec 1980Broadclyst Primary School, Broadclyst, Exeter, EX5 3JG
Received 26 May 2009Uplyme Quarry, Shapwick Grange, Uplyme, Devon
Received 12 Feb 2014Land west of Holsworthy Primary School, Great Oak Meadow, Sanders Lane, Holsworthy
Received 23 May 2007Johnsland, Bow, Crediton
Received 29 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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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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