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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tiverton LSG Offices, Broad Lane, Tiverton
Received Not publishedHolsworthy Biogas Plant, Holsworthy
Received 5 Dec 2007Shute Garage, Shute, Near Axminster
Received Not publishedSt Thomas First School, Union Street, Exeter, EX2 9BB
Received 11 Aug 2011Aller Vale Quarry (Colesville), Coffinswell, Nr Newton Abbot
Received 31 Mar 1999Site to rear of the Winsford Centre, South-east of Halwill Junction, Halwill
Received 16 Nov 200421 St George's Road, Barnstaple, EX32 7AU
Received 16 Nov 2005Kingsbridge Library, Ilbert Road, Kingsbridge, Devon, TQ7 1ED
Received 7 Feb 2007Land adjacent to Winsford Centre, Halwill Junction, Halwill
Received Not publishedCentral Area of the Bovey Basin Clay Workings, Lower Preston, Newton Abbot, Kingsteignton, Devon, TQ12 3PR, SX 85708 75481
Received 4 Apr 2023Branscombe Primary School, School Lane, Branscombe
Received 14 Apr 2000B3181 to Station Road, Broadclyst, Exeter, EX5 3AB
Received 29 Aug 2014Okehampton Community College, Okehampton
Received Not publishedKerswell Gardens, Newton Road, Torquay
Received 15 Jan 2004A382, Stover School Junction, TQ12 6QG
Received 30 Jan 2024Pillhead Copse and Old Barnstaple Road, Bideford
Received 12 Jan 2000South Molton Metals, Quicks Close, Hacche Lane, Pathfields Industrial Estate, South Molton
Received 4 Oct 2006Redhills Combined School, Landhayes Road, Exeter
Received Not publishedMarlands Park, Newton Road, Totnes, TQ9 6LS.
Received 8 Feb 2024Furze Barton, Ashreigney, Chulmleigh, EX18 7PW
Received 10 Oct 2011Land at OS GR 255923 / 134794 Westaway Reach, Westaway Plain, Pilton
Received 27 Jan 2017On pavement in front of, 11 Kingsteignton Road, Newton Abbot
Received 16 Feb 2004Braunton Community College, Barton Lane, Braunton
Received 21 Apr 2004Sparkwell C of E Primary School, Sparkwell
Received Not publishedRecords 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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