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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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Hill Barton Business Park, Sidmouth Road, Exeter
Received 12 Apr 2000Southacre, Whitepit and John Acres Lane Quarries
Received 16 Jul 2007Broadhayes Farm, Stockland, Honiton, EX14 9EL
Received 12 Oct 2010Withycombe Raleigh C of E Primary School, Withycombe Village Road, Exmouth, EX8 3BA
Received 11 Feb 2009County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter
Received Not publishedOffwell C Of E Primary School, Road From Offwell Barton To Offwell Cross, Offwell, Devon, EX14 9SA
Received 5 Aug 2025Disused Railway between, Lee Bridge & Mortehoe Station Bridge, Mortehoe/Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedVenn Farm, Brixton, Plymouth, PL8 2AX
Received 18 Jan 2010Hazeldown Primary School, Maudlin Drive, Higher Exeter Road, Teignmouth
Received Not publishedHigher Artiscombe Farm, Road From Three Oaks Cross to Gulworthy Cross, Gulworthy, PL19 8JB
Received 27 Apr 2015Fremington Community Primary School, Beechfield Road, Fremington, EX31 3DD
Received 16 Mar 2018Land to the rear of, Beech House, North Road, South Molton
Received Not publishedLand at rear of Beech House OPH, North Road, South Molton
Received 7 Feb 2000Land between Combe Bridge and Steer Point Road, Brixton, Nr Plymouth
Received 4 Aug 2006Teignbridge Skills Centre, Collett Way, Newton Abbot
Received 22 Jan 2010Field near Mill Hill, Chiverstone Farm, Kenton, EX6 8JR
Received 4 Nov 2010Broadwell Farm, Tavistock, PL19 8JW
Received 15 May 2013Okehampton Primary School, Glendale Road, Okehampton, EX20 1JB
Received 30 Jul 2013Great Torrington School, Calvesford Road, Great Torrington
Received Not publishedHolywell C of E Primary School, Tawstock, Barnstaple
Received 6 Jul 2006Hayne Farm, Summer Moor, Swimbridge
Received Not publishedBurrow House, Oaktree Gardens, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedGreendale Business Park, Woodbury Salterton, Exeter, EX5 1EW
Received 7 Oct 2009Land adjacent to car park within grounds of, Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
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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