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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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Smeatharpe Stadium, Lanford Road, Smeatharpe, near Honiton, EX15 3QA
Received 7 Sept 2011Torr Quarry, East Allington, Totnes
Received Not publishedHighweek Community Primary School, Coronation Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1TX
Received 8 Sept 2005Kingsbridge Community College, Kingsley Road, Kingsbridge
Received Not publishedSt Rumons Infant School, Dolvin Road, Tavistock, Devon, PL19 9EA
Received 4 May 2012Fluxton Waste Water Treatment Works, Tipton Vale, Fluxton, Ottery St Mary, EX11 1RL
Received 20 Jun 2016Witheridge VC Primary School, Fore Street, Witheridge, Tiverton
Received Not publishedBradninch Hall, Castle Street, Exeter
Received Not publishedBishops Court Quarry, Sidmouth Road, Exeter
Received 14 Mar 2000Units A & B, 36 Bittern Road, Sowton Industrial Estate, Exeter, EX2 7LW
Received 28 Oct 2004Lundy Island, Bideford
Received 13 Jul 1988Otterton Waste Water Treatment Works, Stantyway Road, Otterton
Received Not publishedUmberleigh Primary School, Umberleigh
Received Not publishedBraunton Fire Station, Chaloners Road, Braunton
Received Not publishedBrixington Junior School, Brixington Lane, Exmouth
Received Not publishedEast Langdon Farm (Cornborough), Abbotsham
Received Not publishedKenton Primary School, Mamhead Road, Kenton, Exeter, EX6 8LX
Received 7 Oct 2011Stokeinteignhead Primary School, School Road, Stokeineteignhead, TQ12 4QE
Received 26 May 2005Stoke Canon Primary School, Road From Westfield to Stoke Canon Bridge, Stoke Canon, EX5 4AS
Received 26 Apr 2017Land between Back Street, Barrack Road, Champernowne and Brownston Street, Modbury
Received 15 Mar 2017Lee Moor China Clay Works, Lee Moor, Shaugh Prior, near Plymouth
Received 13 Nov 2008Cycle and pedestrian path adjacent to the railway line to the south of Bettysmead Playing Fields, Exeter
Received 8 Nov 2018St Mary's Primary School, Chanters Road, Bideford, EX39 2QN
Received 13 Jun 2014Langage Farm, Higher Challonsleigh, Smithaleigh, Plymouth, PL7 5AY
Received 7 Feb 2012Records 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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