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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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Bakery Way, Landkey
Received Not publishedSection between, Exeleigh House Junction to Starcross
Received 13 Mar 2006Upottery Primary School, Upottery
Received 15 Nov 2005County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter
Received 7 Apr 2004Vyse Quarry, Spreacombe, Braunton, Barnstaple, EX33 1JA
Received 25 Aug 2017North Tawton Primary School, North Tawton, Okehampton, EX20 2HB
Received 19 Oct 2009Crediton Haywards Primary School, Dean Street, Crediton
Received Not publishedTwo Moors Primary School, Cowleymoor Road, Tiverton, EX16 6HH
Received 12 Apr 2012Central C of E First School, St Leonard's Road, Exeter
Received Not publishedBeam Quarry, Torrington, Devon, EX38 8JF
Received 2 Feb 2021Former Brannoc Fibres Site First Field Lane Braunton
Received 12 Sept 2006East Golds Marshes Quarry Offices Newton Abbot
Received 6 Sept 2018Winscott Barton, St Giles in the Wood, Torrington, EX38 7JP
Received 12 Nov 2009Langage Energy Centre, Holland Road, Plympton, PL7 5AW
Received 5 Jan 2007Burnt Pine Cottage, North Huish, South Brent, TQ10 9NH
Received 6 Apr 2010Teignmouth Community College, Exeter Road, Teignmouth, TQ14 9HZ
Received 12 Aug 2010Wood Yew Waste, Greendale Business Park, Woodbury Salterton, Exeter, EX5 1EW
Received 4 Jun 2014Lower Clovelly Sewage Treatment Works and Pumping Station, Lower Clovelly
Received 20 Dec 2004Devon County Council, County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 4QD
Received 30 Apr 2018St Nicholas C of E Junior School, 55 Woolbrook Road, Sidmouth, EX10 9XB
Received 2 Jul 2009Land to south of, Caddsdown Industrial Park, Clovelly Road, Bideford, EX39 3QT
Received 9 Aug 2005Land between Mosshayne Lane, Exeter and Shercroft Close, Broadclyst
Received 1 Mar 2023Part of Bakers Yard, Alphinbrook Road, Exeter
Received 26 Jun 2006Lanherne, Exeter Road, Dawlish, EX7 9JW
Received 7 Jan 2016Records 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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