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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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Spreacombe Bridge to Knowle, Off A361, Braunton, Devon EX33 1HZ
Received 13 May 2015Instow Community Primary School, Instow, EX39 4LU
Received 14 Sept 2010Units A, B & C, Robins Park Industrial Estate, South Brent Road, Loddiswell, Devon TQ7 4RU
Received 20 May 2015Cobbaton Sewage Treatment Works, Cobbaton
Received 16 Feb 2007Cleverdon Cross, Bradworthy
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Victoria Pleasure Grounds, The Promenade, Ilfracombe, EX34 9BZ
Received 22 Mar 2010Willow Creek, Old Barnstaple Road, Bideford, EX39 4NE
Received 10 May 2016Bridgerule Waste Water Pumping Station,, Land opposite Bridgerule Methodist Church, Chapel Corner, Bridgerule
Received 13 Jan 2004Caen School Children's Centre, Caen Street, Braunton
Received 21 Feb 2007Plots B & C, Okehampton East Business Park, Higher Stockley Mead, Okehampton, EX20 1GH
Received 31 Mar 2021Stokeinteignhead Primary School, Stokeinteignhead
Received Not publishedPark Hill Nursery, Wilcombe Primary School, Lazenby Road, Tiverton
Received 3 Jul 2007Withycombe Raleigh C of E Primary School, Exmouth
Received Not published1st and Ground Floors, County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter
Received Not publishedStowford Primary School, Exeter Road, Ivybridge
Received Not publishedNewport Community School, Landkey Road, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedBarton Close Farm, Georgeham, Devon, EX33 1HX
Received 8 Oct 2010The Mansion, 36 Fore Street, Totnes
Received Not publishedAdjacent to The Old Forge, Dulverton, Exebridge, TA22 9AY
Received 1 May 2014Brampford Speke School, Brampford Speke, Exeter, EX5 5HE
Received 26 Nov 2013Twelve Oaks Farm, Teigngrace, Newton Abbot
Received Not publishedThe Keystone Centre, Gammaton Road, Bideford, EX39 4DF
Received 2 Sept 2014Fishers or Clyst Bridge, Bridge Hill, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0QQ
Received 19 Oct 2010South Molton Waste Water Treatment Works, South Molton
Received 5 Jul 2007Records 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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