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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Holsworthy Community College, Victoria Hill, Holsworthy
Received Not publishedNewnham Car Spares Ltd, Bottle Hill Quarry, Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 5BP
Received 1 Mar 2011Exeland, Bickleigh
Received Not publishedPart OS 2675, Halwill Junction, Halwill
Received Not publishedBabcombe Sands / Copse Sand & Gravel Quarry, Sandygate, Kingsteignton
Received 19 Apr 2001West Town Farm, Markham Cross, Ide, Devon
Received 17 Nov 2010Under Proposed A380, South Devon Link Road, Kingskerswell, TQ2 7
Received 26 Apr 2013Torridge Vale Administrative Building, Taddiport, Great Torrington
Received Not publishedChallonsleigh Farm, Lee Mill, Nr Ivybridge
Received Not publishedMarland School, Peters Marland, Near Torrington
Received Not publishedLand between, Exeter Airport and Clyst Honiton Village, Clyst Honiton,
Received 5 Jul 2005Playground to rear of Ide Primary School, High Street, Ide, Exeter
Received 25 Aug 2006Sandford School, Sandford, Crediton, EX17 4NE
Received 20 Jul 2007Near Kerswell Grange, Kennford, Exeter, EX6 7LR
Received 16 Jun 2010East the Water CP School, Mines Road, Bideford
Received Not publishedBraunton Community College, Barton Lane, Braunton, EX33 2BP
Received 15 Dec 2011Brannoc Fibres site, First Field Lane, Braunton
Received 18 Feb 2003Hill Barton Sewage Treatment Works, Brightley, Okehampton
Received Not publishedWestleigh Quarry, Burlescombe, Tiverton, EX16 7JB
Received 25 Oct 2013Venn Farm, Newton St Petrock
Received Not publishedTorridge View, New Street, Torrington
Received Not publishedHartland Forest Golf & Leisure Parc, Woolsery, Bideford, EX39 5RA
Received 31 Aug 2007Tarrants Farm, Payhembury
Received Not publishedTorr Quarry Industrial Estate, Buckland Tout Saints
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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Understanding planning · 13 min read
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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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