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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Priory High School, Earl Richards Road South, Exeter
Received Not publishedAlphin House, Mill Lane, Alphington, Exeter
Received Not publishedNorth-east of the junction of the A379 with Chudleigh Road
Received 12 Apr 2019Bradley Barton Primary School, Ogwell Mill Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1PR
Received 15 Nov 2005Land at, Cross Street, Combe Martin
Received Not publishedBehind, 37A Courtenay Street, Newton Abbot, TQ12 2QL
Received 28 Jun 2005Norwood Farm, Torrington
Received Not publishedStoke Hill First School, Stoke Hill, Exeter, EX4 7DB
Received 19 Nov 2013Colyton Primary School, The Butts, Colyton
Received Not publishedGreystone Quarries, Launceston
Received 19 Oct 2000Monkleigh County Primary School, Monkleigh
Received Not publishedTeignmouth Community College, Exeter Road, Teignmouth, TQ14 9LZ
Received 2 Jun 2005Instow C.P. School, Instow, Bideford
Received Not publishedAppledore CP School, Kingsley Road, Appledore
Received Not publishedDevon Waste Management, Exeter Transfer Station, Grace Road South, Exeter, EX2 8QE
Received 27 Nov 2006Manor Primary School, Manor Way, Ivybridge, PL21 9BF
Received 23 Dec 2008At corner of, Courtenay Street and Bank Street, Newton Abbot
Received Not publishedNewport Community School, Landkey Road, Barnstaple, EX32 9BW
Received 4 Nov 2008Little Moor House, Falcon Road, Sowton Industrial Estate, Exeter
Received Not publishedCyprus Terrace Infants School, Cyprus Terrace, Barnstaple
Received 28 Aug 1990St Luke's Campus, Ringswell Avenue, Exeter, EX1 3EG
Received 8 Dec 2006Land at, Cyprus Terrace, Barnstaple
Received 5 Dec 1989Land adjacent to, Abscott Farm, Youslton Park, Shirwell
Received 1 Mar 2000St Johns Chapel, Tawstock, Barnstaple
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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