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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Lower Skellies, Riddlecombe, Ashreigny
Received Not publishedLand between, Bodmin Street and Station Road, Holsworthy, EX22 6BD
Received 11 Mar 2005In the garden of, 121 Moreton Park Road, Bideford, EX39 3HA
Received 23 Dec 2005Exbourne C of E School, Blenheim Lane, Exbourne, Okehampton, EX20 3SQ
Received 25 May 2011Little Moor House, Falcon Road, Sowton Industrial Estate, Exeter
Received Not publishedLangdon Barton, Down Thomas, Plymouth, PL9 0DY
Received 28 Sept 2011Great Southdown Farm, Burlescombe, Tiverton, EX16 7LA
Received 15 Sept 2009West Seven Ash Farm, Kentisbury, Combe Martin
Received Not publishedBow Primary School, Station Road, Bow, Crediton, Devon, EX17 6HU
Received 1 Apr 2009Pynes County Infants School, Coronation Road, Bideford, EX39 3DD
Received Not publishedEast Worlington School, East Worlington, EX17 4TS
Received 29 Jul 2005Venn Quarry, Landkey, Barnstaple
Received 13 Mar 2000Parkham CP School, Road From Windabout Cross to the Bell Inn, Parkham, Devon, EX39 5PL
Received 30 Mar 2015Old Quarry, Trewyn, Holsworthy
Received Not publishedLand at Littlebrook & Greenacre, Broadway Road, Kingsteignton
Received 7 Sept 2007Challonsleigh Farm, Smithaleigh
Received Not publishedLand east and west of Industrial Relief Road, East the Water, Bideford
Received 14 Aug 2006Holmacott Landfill Site Instow, Holmacott, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedApplethorn Slade Farm, Voss Lane, Plympton, Devon, PL7 5AS
Received 30 Jun 2008Molly Owen Community Resource Centre, Westbridge Industrial Estate, Pixon Lane, Tavistock, PL19 8DE
Received 11 Mar 2005St Rumon's School, Dolvin Road, Tavistock
Received Not publishedWilminstone Quarry, Wilminstone, Tavistock, PL19 0JT
Received 29 Nov 2018Milton Abbot School, Milton Abbot, Tavistock, PL19 0PS
Received 27 Jun 2005West Croft County Junior School, Coronation Road, Bideford
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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