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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Railway Cutting, Hollacombe, Holsworthy
Received Not publishedStover Bridge - Bridge over Liverton Brook, Road from Stover Caravan Park to Forches Cross, TQ12 6QQ
Received 7 Mar 2024STARCROSS CP SCHOOL KENTON PARISH
Received 26 Apr 1989Axe Skip Hire Limited, Gammons Hill Yard, Gammons Hill, Axminster, Devon, EX13 7RA
Received 19 Apr 2022Hillhead Quarry, near Uffculme, Cullompton, EX15 3EP
Received 16 Jan 2017East Lake Farm, Winkleigh Airfield
Received 21 Apr 2006BROADWAY BALL CLAY WORKS EXETER ROAD KINGSTEIGNTON
Received 12 Aug 1980Babeleigh Wood Quarry, Parkham, EX39 5PN
Received 1 Apr 2020Hill Barton WWTW, Hook Lane to Bridge Road, Hill Barton, Okehampton, EX20 2RW
Received 22 Mar 2023O S Ref 7975, Beacon Road, Chulmleigh
Received Not publishedSeaton Primary School, Valley View, Seaton, EX12 2HF
Received 6 Jan 2012Woolacombe C.P. School, Woolacombe
Received Not publishedBarnlea, Lower Lovacott, Newton Tracey, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedBolham Primary School, Bolham, Tiverton
Received Not publishedAggregate Industries Ltd, Rockbeare Hill Quarry, Rockbeare, EXETER, EX5 2HB
Received Not publishedNewtown First School, Newtown, Exeter
Received Not publishedHigher Oxencombe Farm, Chudleigh, Newton Abbot, TQ13 0DY
Received 7 Aug 2014Stokenham Primary School, Near Kingsbridge
Received Not publishedHartland Forest Golf & Leisure Parc, Woolsery, Bideford, EX39 5RA
Received 31 Aug 2007Lampard Community School, St John's Lane, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 9DD
Received 17 Feb 2011Land At The Offwell Waste Water Treatment Works, Offwell, Devon, EX14 9SL
Received 4 Oct 2023South Huish C of E Primary School, Malborough, Near Salcombe, TQ7 3RN
Received 28 Nov 2005Tavistock Waste Water Treatment Works, Crowndale, Tavistock PL19 8DD
Received 22 Jan 2007Umberleigh Primary School, Umberleigh
Received 3 Jul 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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