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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Holbeton Primary School, Holbeton
Received Not publishedThe King's School, Cadhay Lane, Ottery St Mary
Received 4 Jul 2007Land at The Old Race Course, Bratton Fleming
Received 4 Aug 2000Stoneybridge Car Dismantlers, Knowle, Braunton
Received Not publishedNew Park, Off Pottery Road, Bovey Tracey
Received 3 Sept 2004Holsworthy C of E School, Holsworthy
Received Not publishedWhitchurch County Primary School, Whitchurch, Near Tavistock
Received Not publishedLand adjoining Harbour Road, Seaton
Received 20 Dec 2006WITHDRAWN - Challonsleigh Farm Recycling Centre, Smithaleigh, Plympton, Devon
Received 19 Dec 2012Mouldens, Instaple, Bradworthy
Received Not publishedLeisureline House, Oakwood Close, Roundswell Business Park, Barnstaple, EX31 3NJ
Received 7 Nov 2011Bridestowe Primary School, Fore Street, Bridestowe, Okehampton, EX20 4EL
Received 28 Mar 2011Offwell Primary School, Offwell, Honiton, Devon, EX14 9SA
Received 22 Oct 2008Chulmleigh Community College, Chulmleigh, EX18 7AA
Received 10 May 2006Rockbeare Quarry, Rockbeare
Received 6 May 2016Littletown Primary School, Bottom Road, Honiton
Received Not publishedGreat Blakewell Farm, Umberleigh, Devon, EX37 9AJ
Received 25 Sept 2009Tennis Courts, Mill Street, South Molton, EX36 4AS
Received 3 Mar 2010Beech House, North Road, South Molton
Received Not publishedCopplestone Primary School, Bewsley Hill, Copplestone, EX17 5NX
Received 25 Apr 2016Bishopsteignton Primary School, Bishopsteignton, TQ14 9RJ
Received 23 Apr 2010Section between, Lympstone to Exmouth
Received 13 Mar 2006Exeter Road Primary School, Exeter Road, Exmouth, EX8 1PU
Received 8 Sept 2009St Luke's C of E High School, Ringswell Avenue, Exeter, EX1 3EG
Received 26 Aug 2005Records 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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