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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land adjacent to, 16 John Smale Road, Fremington
Received Not publishedAXE SKIP HIRE GAMMONS HILL KILMINGTON
Received 11 Jan 2001Budleigh Salterton Library, Station Road, Budleigh Salterton, EX9 6RH
Received 24 Nov 2005Brampford Speke Primary School,, Brampford Speke
Received Not publishedLand at Bishop's Tawton Roundabout, Barnstaple
Received 16 Jul 2019The School Field, Parkelands, Bovey Tracey
Received 13 Sept 2006Greencrop Ltd, Mounts Quarry Plantation, East Allington, Totnes, TQ9 7QJ
Received 9 Jun 2010West and East Putford Primary and Nursery School, West Putford, Devon, EX22 7UT
Received 3 May 2011Stoke Gabriel Primary School, Stoke Hill, Stoke Gabriel
Received Not publishedDartington Primary School, Field adjacent to Bidwell Brook School and A348, Dartington
Received 3 Dec 2009Marshbroadmoor, North of Rockbeare Quarry, EX5 2HB
Received 3 Jun 2019Barberry Water Bridge, Cornworthy
Received Not publishedWest Exe Nursery School, Cowick Street, Exeter, EX4 1HL
Received 20 Jul 2021Pilton Causeway, Barnstaple
Received 15 Dec 1989Rock Solid Processing Ltd, Unit 12, Stuart Way, Hill Barton, EX5 1DR
Received 4 Jun 2026Land adjacent to, St Peter's Church, Uplowman
Received Not publishedAdjacent to The Ostler Inn, The Square, Uffculme
Received Not publishedSt Rumon's School, Dolvin Road, Tavistock
Received 6 Apr 2004Rosalind House, Tiverton Day Services, Brewin Road, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 5DL
Received 1 Dec 2021Bishops Court Quarry, Sidmouth Road, Exeter
Received 26 Jan 2004Brampford Speke Church of England Primary School, Brampford Speke, Exeter, EX5 5HE
Received 15 Jun 2007Ilfracombe Community College, Worth Road, Ilfracombe
Received 26 Jul 2007Dawlish Community College, Elm Grove Road, Dawlish
Received 14 Jul 2006Ilfracombe C of E Junior School, Princess Avenue, Ilfracombe, EX34 9LW
Received 12 Jun 2006Records 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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