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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.
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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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Kenton Primary School, Mamhead Road, Kenton, EX6 8LX
Received 22 Jul 2005Stokeinteignhead Primary School, School Road, Stokeinteignhead, Newton Abbot, TQ12 4QE
Received 21 May 2007Land near Station Road, Exton
Received 17 Oct 2007South Molton Infants' School, North Road, South Molton, EX36 3BA
Received 10 Dec 2008Knockworthy Farm, Huntshaw, Torrington, EX38 7HJ
Received 18 Apr 2005Landscore Primary School, Threshers, Crediton, EX17 3JH
Received 1 Feb 20106 Atkinson Close, Beacon Lane, Exeter
Received Not publishedWinkleigh Community Centre, Castle Street, Winkleigh
Received Not publishedInstow County Primary School, Instow, Bideford
Received Not publishedFarmed agricultural land, approximately 4km to the west of Seaton town centre, and 10km to the south of Honiton in East Devon. The site is situated adjacent to the A3052 to the west of Stafford Cross. The nearest postcode is EX12 3BT and the approximate centre of the site is at grid reference SY 20...
Received 18 Dec 2024Sowton Maintenance Compound, Avocet Road, Sowton Industrial Estate, Exeter
Received 5 Oct 2006Old Dawlish Road, Exeter, Devon, EX6 8ET
Received 18 Mar 2015East the Water CP School, Mines Road, Bideford
Received 19 Nov 1992Pathfield Special School, Abbey Road, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedLibbaton Golf and Holiday Comp, High Bickington
Received Not publishedKingsbridge Community College, West Alvington Hill, Kingsbridge
Received Not publishedRiverside Cottage, Glasshouse Lane, Exeter
Received Not publishedLand to east of, Punch Bowl redundant landfill site, Hollacombe, Crediton Hamlets
Received Not publishedRatcliffe School, John Nash Drive, Dawlish, EX7 9RZ
Received 4 Mar 2010Land north of the C491 Friars Hele to Petrockstowe Lane, Friars Hele Cross, Meeth, Okehampton, EX20 3QN
Received 15 Sept 2016Hollocombe, Near Holsworthy
Received Not publishedIpplepen Primary School, Ipplepen
Received Not publishedDartington Primary School, Shinners Bridge, Dartington, TQ9 6JU
Received 18 Jul 2016Kingsbridge Community College, Balkwill Road, Kingsbridge, TQ7 1PL
Received 24 May 2005Records 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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