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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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fremington County Primary School, Beechfields Road, Fremington
Received Not publishedSt Michael's C of E Primary School, Church Street, Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot, TQ12 3BQ
Received 11 Dec 2012Garden of Cliff Cottage, Lower Cleave, Northam
Received Not publishedOn footpath next to, 12 Laurel Lane, Shaldon
Received 10 Mar 2004Hunters Moon Country Estate, Hawkchurch, Axminster
Received 3 Dec 2008St Catherines C of E Primary School, Musket Road, Heathfield, Devon, TQ12 6SB
Received 25 Jun 2007Braunton Community College, Wrafton Road, Braunton, Devon EX32 9AX
Received 8 Oct 2007Countryside Centre, Caen Street, Braunton
Received 3 Mar 2000Hanson Aggregates, Trusham Quarry, Trusham
Received Not publishedLee Moor Quarry, Lee Moor
Received 16 Sept 2020Ilfracombe Arts College, Worth Road, Ilfracombe
Received 17 Oct 2007The Park Community School, South Street, Barnstaple, EX32 9AX
Received 28 Sept 2005Venn Quarry, Landkey / Bishops Tawton
Received Not publishedTeignmouth Road, Teignmouth, TQ14 8UR
Received 10 Aug 2016Pilton Infants School, Abbey Road, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedAxminster CP School, Stoney Lane, Axminster, Devon, EX13 5BU
Received 26 Jul 2022Doddiscombsleigh Community Primary School, Doddiscombsleigh
Received Not publishedIvybridge Community College, Hartford Road, Ivybridge
Received Not publishedNorth Molton Primary School, Fore Street, North Molton, EX36 3HL
Received 12 Jul 2011Rockbeare Quarry, Rockbeare
Received 23 May 2007Stonehill Quarry, Tipton St John, Ottery St Mary, EX10 0JX
Received 20 Oct 2004Woolsery Waste Water Treatment Works, Woolsery, Bideford, Devon EX39 5QE
Received 27 May 2015Dovers Linhay, Cheriton Fitzpaine, Crediton, EX17 4BQ
Received 28 Jul 2010Higher Goodacre Farm, Roadford Lake,Broadwoodwidger
Received 17 Sept 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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