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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Doyle Centre, Salterton Road, Exmouth, EX8 2NS
Received 20 Apr 2010Deep Moor Landfill Site, High Bullen, Little Torrington
Received 10 Sept 1992The Mansion, Fore Street, Totnes
Received Not publishedSt. Johns Chapel, Tawstock, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedHillhead Quarry, Uffculme, Cullompton, EX15 3EP
Received 6 Jul 2023Ashford STW, Ashford
Received Not publishedWITHDRAWN - North Tawton Primary School, Exeter Street, North Tawton, Devon, EX20 2HB
Received 9 Jul 2009Lifton County Primary School, North Road, Lifton
Received Not publishedLand at, A399/ Larkstone Lane, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedB3193 Chudleigh Road, Between Denistone Quarry and John Acres Lane Quarry, Preston Manor Ball Clay Works, Chudleigh Road, Kingsteignton
Received 14 Oct 2004Instow Community Primary School, Instow, EX39 4LU
Received 21 Feb 2011The A379 Dawlish Road, Exminster
Received Not publishedHolsworthy School, Victoria Hill, Holsworthy
Received Not publishedHaytor View Primary School, Sandringham Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 4HD
Received 15 Jan 2010Horwood & Newton Tracey School, Lovacott, Barnstaple, EX31 3PU
Received 20 May 2009Coombeshead College, Coombeshead Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1PT
Received 30 Nov 2005Tucks Plot, A379, Dawlish, EX7 9PX
Received 10 Oct 2016Whitchurch CP School, Whitchurch Road, Tavistock, PL19 9SR
Received 14 Feb 2006Strashleigh Hams Inert Processing and Recycling Facility, Lee Mill, Ivybridge, Plymouth, PL21 9JP
Received 19 Nov 2012Orchard House Family Resources Centre, 21, Ashburton Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1NH
Received 16 Oct 2006Pathfield Special School, Abbey Rd, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedBlakewell Farm, Chittlehampton, Umberleigh
Received 30 Nov 1998West Exe Technology College, Exeter
Received Not publishedLand to the south of the A379 East of the village of Strete
Received 29 Oct 1993Records 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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