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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.
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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Redworth House, Ashburton Road, Totnes
Received Not publishedPinhoe Quarry, Land North of Harrington Lane, Pinhoe, Exeter
Received 21 Dec 2010Area Education Office, Bradninch Hall, Castle Street, Exeter
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to former quarry building,, Nicholas Rowell Haulage Site, Torr Quarry, Buckland Tout Saints
Received Not publishedWiseburrow Farm, Holcombe Rogus
Received 13 Feb 2008Knowles Hill School, Exeter Road, Newton Abbot
Received Not publishedMalborough with South Huish C of E Primary School, Higher Town, Malborough, Kingsbridge, TQ7 3RN
Received 16 May 2018Milestone at NGR 283194 74880, Road from Drumbridges Roundabout to Trago Mills Roundabout, Heathfield, TQ12 6QG
Received 4 Apr 2016Park School, Park Lane, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedPilton School and Community College, Barnstaple, EX31 1RB
Received 22 May 2006Bickley Ball, Coombesend Road, Kingsteignton, TQ12 3DZ
Received 9 Feb 2015Hatherleigh Primary School, Hatherleigh
Received Not publishedIvybridge Community College, Hartford Road, Ivybridge, PL21 0JA
Received 16 Oct 2009Landkey Primary School, Bakery Way, Landkey, Barnstaple, EX32 0LJ
Received 12 Jan 2006Land between Hollow Lane and Harts Lane, Hill Barton Road, Whipton, Exeter
Received Not publishedWillowbrook School, Summer Lane, Exeter, EX4 8NN
Received 30 Jan 2013Molly Owen Community Resource Centre, Westbridge Industrial Estate, Tavistock
Received 7 Jun 2007Brixington Infants School, Brixington Lane, Exmouth
Received Not publishedBaulk Bridge (Ref. 2529), Road From Exeter Road To Clan Farm, Cullompton, Devon, EX15 1RX
Received 6 Oct 2023Stoneycombe Quarry, Kingskerswell
Received Not publishedMenchine Farm, Nomansland, Tiverton, EX16 8NP
Received 11 Jun 2010Dainton Quarry, Road From Bulleigh Elms Cross to Windthorn Cross, Ipplepen, Devon TQ12 5UA
Received 22 Jul 2015The YMCA Hall, Old Road, Brixton
Received Not publishedKingsbridge Community College, Kingsbridge
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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