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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
North Devon Meat Ltd, Great Torrington
Received 18 Jan 2000Sutton Barton former landfill, Offwell
Received 23 Mar 2000Teignmouth Railway Station Car Park, Exeter Road, Teignmouth, TQ14 8PG
Received 23 Jun 2014Kentisbury Primary School, Kentisbury, Barnstaple, EX31 4NG
Received 20 Jul 2012All Saints C of E Primary School, Vicarage Road, Sidmouth
Received Not publishedJohn Stocker Middle School, Buddle Lane, Exeter
Received Not publishedHigher Gorse Claypits, Bickington, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedBishops Court Quarry, Sidmouth Road, Exeter
Received 26 Jan 2004Land at, Seven Brethren Bank, Barnstaple
Received 28 Feb 2000Okehampton College, Mill Road, Okehampton, EX20 1PW
Received 24 Nov 2009Warleigh Barton, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, PL5 4LG
Received 18 Aug 2011Exton South Pumping Station, Land opposite Nurseries House, Station Road,, Exton
Received Not publishedSoutherly to Station Road, Bridestowe, Okehampton, EX20 4HE
Received 19 Oct 2010A361 North Devon Link Road, between Portmore Roundabout (Barnstaple) and Filleigh Cutting (South Molton)
Received 14 Apr 2020Wilcombe Primary School, Lazenby Road, Tiverton EX16 4AL
Received 17 Apr 2007Land to the east of, A382 Bovey Tracey Road, Newton Abbot
Received 29 Sept 2005Gang Maintenance Centre, Dolton Beacon
Received Not publishedUplowman Primary School, Uplowman
Received 4 Sept 2006From Hole to Highampton, Near Hatherleigh
Received Not publishedMusbury Primary School, Church Hill, Musbury, EX13 8BB
Received 23 May 2005Stokeinteignhead School, School Road, Stokeinteignhead
Received Not publishedKingskerswell Playing Fields, Daccabridge Road, Kingskerswell, TQ12 5JX
Received 19 Apr 2013Vyse Quarry, Spreacombe, Braunton, Devon, EX33 1JA
Received 12 Dec 2018Westcliff Primary School, Dawlish
Received Not publishedRecords 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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