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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Site is immediately adjacent to the A3079 at the Northcombe Plantation in the parish of Bratton Clovelly in West Devon, immediately opposite the lane to Beamsworthy
Received 15 Dec 2011National Grid, off Watermouth Road, Ilfracombe, Devon, EX34 9RA
Received 20 Mar 2013Yeo Valley Primary School, Derby Road, Barnstaple
Received 7 Mar 2007Cockwood Marsh, Near Dawlish
Received 10 Sept 2001Tavistock Primary School, Plymouth Road, Tavistock, PL19 8BX
Received 15 Oct 2018Priory High School, Earl Richards Road South, Exeter
Received Not publishedWilland AD Plant, Station Road, Tiverton Junction, Willand, Devon, EX15 2QE
Received 23 Oct 2019Dawlish Community College, Elm Grove Road, Dawlish
Received Not publishedSt Mary's C of E Primary School, Chanters Road, Bideford, EX39 2QN
Received 5 Jul 2013Axe Valley Community College, Chard Street, Axminster, EX13 5EA
Received 20 Mar 2013Stoke Hill Junior School, Stoke Hill, Exeter, Devon, EX4 7DP
Received 15 Jun 2015Cullompton Community College, Exeter Road, Cullompton
Received Not publishedSt John's C of E Primary School, Pathfields, Bridgetown, Totnes, TQ9 5TZ
Received 12 Jun 2006Poppy's Field, Winkleigh Airfield, Winkleigh, EX19 8DW
Received 29 Oct 2020Deep Moor Landfill Site, High Bullen, Torrington, EX38 7JA
Received 17 Feb 2017Uffculme Concrete Products Factory, The Downs, Uffculme, EX15 3EP
Received 25 Apr 2013Danby House, Mudbank Lane, Exmouth
Received Not publishedBrampford Speke Primary School, Brampford Speke
Received 13 Jul 2004The Axe Valley Community College, Axminster
Received Not publishedHayedown Industrial Estate, Tavistock
Received Not publishedLand at Cross Road, Old Barnstaple Road, Westleigh
Received Not publishedSt Peter's C of E Primary School, Moor Lane, Budleigh Salterton
Received Not publishedDartmouth Community College, Milton Lane, Dartmouth, TQ6 9HW
Received 21 Dec 2005Bickley Ball, Coombesend Road East, Newton Abbot
Received 19 Oct 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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