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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
West Down County Primary School, West Down, Near Ilfracombe
Received 16 Mar 2000Babcombe Copse Heathfield Kingsteignton
Received 9 Feb 1996Land off Langford Roundabout, Aller Interchange, A380 South Devon Link Road, Kingskerswell
Received 22 Feb 2016Ladysmith First School, Ladysmith Road, Exeter, EX1 2PS
Received 22 Nov 2005Tavistock College, Crowndale Road, Tavistock, PL19 8DD
Received 8 Jun 2017Newton Abbot Library, Market Street, Newton Abbot, TQ12 2RJ
Received 2 Dec 2011Devon Green Power Anaerobic Digestion (AD) Plant, Lloyd Maunder Road, Willand, EX152PJ, at National Grid Reference E303073, N111228
Received 8 Jul 2026Langtree C P School, Langtree
Received Not publishedStover School, Road From Stover Caravan Park to Forches Cross, STOVER, TQ12 6QG
Received 23 Jun 2016South Molton Junior School, North Road, South Molton
Received Not publishedOaklands Park School, John Nash Drive, Dawlish, EX7 9SF
Received 30 Jun 2009Warleigh Barton, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, PL5 4LG
Received 18 Aug 2011Blackpool C of E Primary School, Liverton, Ilsington
Received Not publishedPathfield Special School, Abbey Road, Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 1JU
Received 15 Oct 2009Land east of North Lendon, Tedburn St Mary, Exeter, EX6 6AW
Received 26 Apr 2012Peters Marland Ball Clay Works, Peters Marland, Torrington, EX38 8QE
Received 25 Jan 2013Little Stone Farm, South Molton
Received Not publishedHoniton Community College, School Lane, Honiton
Received Not publishedRecycling Yard, Hacche Lane, South Molton
Received Not publishedAshford WWTW, Ashford, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to the former Dainton Quarry, Ipplepen, TQ12 5UA
Received 10 Mar 2006Land adj A361, Exeter Road, Braunton
Received Not publishedLand between, Torrs Park and Wilder Road, Ilfracombe, EX34 8AY
Received 9 Mar 200623 Queen Street, Seaton
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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