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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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Culmstock Primary School, Hunter's Hill, Culmstock, Cullompton, EX15 3JP
Received 18 Nov 2014Seaton Sewage Treatment Works, Hillymead, Seaton
Received Not publishedExbank, Mudbank Lane, Exmouth
Received 8 Sept 2004Rockbeare C of E Primary School, Parsons Lane, Rockbeare, Exeter, EX5 2EQ
Received 22 Apr 2010County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter
Received Not publishedChief Executive's Directorate, Devon County Council, County Hall Topsham Road, EXETER, EX2 4QD
Received 14 Jul 2025ABC and Siddalls Skip Hire, Unit 11B, Coventry Farm Estate, Newton Road, Kingskerswell
Received 16 Apr 2007Rock Solid Processing, Hill Barton IBA Site, Exeter, EX5 1DR
Received 9 Apr 2026Grenofen Cottages, Grenofen, Tavistock, PL19 9ER
Received 27 Sept 20130S8589 Tennacott, Near Newton Tracey
Received Not publishedSt Giles-on-the-Heath Community Primary School, St Giles-on-the-Heath, Devon, PL15 9SD
Received 1 Mar 2010Zeal Monachorum Sewage Treatment Works, Zeal Monachorum, Devon – NGR SS 72413 03845
Received 1 Nov 2022Swinesbridge, Lower Washfield, Tiverton, EX16 5NA
Received 29 May 2013Coberton Farm, Dartington
Received Not publishedCrowndale Waste Water Treatment Works, Crowndale, Tavistock, PL19 8DD
Received 11 Jun 2013Barnstaple Industrial Services, Riverside Road, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedGreat Torrington School, Calvesford Road, Torrington
Received Not publishedField adjacent to Northam St George's CofE (V A) Infant School, Jackets Lane, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1HT
Received 12 Apr 2010OS 8471, Henstridge, Berrynarbor
Received Not publishedExeter - Newton Abbot railway line, south of Clapperbrook Lane East, adjacent to the eastern edge of Marsh Barton Industrial Estate, Exeter
Received 21 Jan 2014Shaldon Primary School, Bridge Road, Shaldon, TQ14 0DD
Received 21 Mar 2011Chelsea Trading Centre, Heron Road, Sowton Industrial Estate, Exeter, EX2 7LL
Received 15 May 2009Shop Unit 3, The Candar, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedSandy Park Stadium, Sandy Park Way, Exeter, EX2 7NN
Received 17 Jul 2007Records 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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