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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
A boundary map is not available for this authority yet. Use council conservation-area and Article 4 guidance above where linked.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Gulworthy Primary School, Gulworthy
Received Not publishedFormer Sussman Factory Site, Riverside Road, Pottington Business Park, Barnstaple
Received 4 Jan 2007Sticklepath Primary School, Woodville Estate, Barnstaple
Received 22 Jan 2007Bickleigh On Exe Church of England School, Bickleigh
Received 19 Mar 2004Higher Manworthy, Holsworthy
Received Not publishedGreat Potheridge Farm, Merton
Received Not publishedAlma Footbridge, Sidmouth
Received 20 Mar 20195/7 Westerhope Farm, Long Lane, Dunkeswell, Honiton, Devon, EX14 4QN
Received 10 Sept 2008Chulmleigh Community College,, Chulmleigh
Received Not publishedHighlands Farm, Kingston, Near Kingsbridge
Received Not publishedVacant land adjacent to Deer Valley Road, Holsworthy, EX22 6DA
Received 1 May 2012St Johns RC Primary School, Melbourne Street, Tiverton
Received Not publishedFairlea Old People's Home, Chope Road, Northam
Received Not publishedBassetts Farm Primary School, St John's Road, Exmouth
Received 2 Jun 2000Lee Moor Block Works, Lee Moor, Plymouth, PL7 5JP
Received 14 Aug 2018Tree Tops and Fair Acres, Exeter Road, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6PP
Received 10 Jan 2007High Bickington CP School, High Bickington
Received Not publishedWest Down CP School, West Down, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedNew England Quarry, Lee Mill, Plymouth, Devon, PL7 5BA
Received 18 Aug 2014East Yarde, Near Peters Marland, Torrington
Received 1 Dec 2004Trusham Quarry, Crockham Bridge, Chudleigh, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ13 0NX
Received 12 Mar 2024Butterpark Residential Home, Brook Road, Ivybridge
Received Not publishedShop Unit 1/2, The Candar, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedDartington Primary School, Shinners Bridge, DARTINGTON, TQ9 6JU
Received 21 Jul 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
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.
Check collection coverage