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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hillhead Quarry, Uffculme, Cullompton, Devon, EX15 3EP
Received 1 Jun 2023Withycombe Raleigh C of E Primary School, Withycombe Village Road, Exmouth, EX8 3BA
Received 16 Dec 2004Babeleigh Wood Quarry, Parkham, Bideford
Received 24 Nov 2015Broadhempston Village Primary School, Broadhempston, Totnes, TQ9 6BL
Received 29 Jan 2008Green Close Residential Care Home, Drakes Avenue, Sidford, Sidmouth, Devon, EX10 9JU
Received 28 Feb 2007Woolacombe School, Woolacombe
Received Not publishedIvybridge Community College, Harford Road, Ivybridge, PL21 0JA
Received 15 Jun 2010Trusham Quarry, Trusham
Received Not publishedLittle Ash Farm, Fenny Bridges, Honiton
Received Not publishedFishers Bridge, Bridge Hill, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0QQ
Received 19 Oct 2010The King's School, Ottery St Mary, EX11 1RA
Received 13 Feb 2009Luscombe House, St Georges Road, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedTwo Moors School, Cowleymoor Road, Tiverton, EX16 6HH
Received 13 Feb 2009Land adjacent to public toilets, Seaton Hole, Seaton
Received Not publishedDawlish Community College, Elm Grove Road, Dawlish, EX7 0BY
Received 14 Aug 2013Deep Moor Landfill Site, High Bullen, St Giles in the Wood, Nr Torrington
Received Not publishedClovelly Primary School, Higher Clovelly, Bideford, EX39 5SU
Received 7 Feb 2005Uplowman Primary School, Valley View, Uplowman
Received 19 Mar 2004Part OS 2913, Near Littlebridge Farm, Bridgerule
Received Not publishedStowford Primary School, Exeter Road, Ivybridge, PL21 0BG
Received 10 Mar 2010Rixey Park, Preston Manor Works, Chudleigh Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 3PR
Received 8 Nov 2008Ide First School, High Street, Ide, Exeter, EX2 9RN
Received 24 Dec 2012Land at Roundswell, Barnstaple
Received 2 Oct 1990British Ceramic Tile Ltd., Millennium Works, Bovey Tracey
Received 24 Nov 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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