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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lapford Community Primary School, Eastington Road, Lapford
Received Not publishedVillavin Farm, Pyworthy
Received Not publishedLampard Vachell School, St Johns Lane, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedIlfracombe C of E Junior School, Princess Avenue, Ilfracombe, EX34 9LH
Received 9 May 2005Little Silver Quarry, Muddiford, Marwood
Received Not publishedBroadpath Composting Facility, Clay Lane, Uffculme, EX15 3EP
Received 1 Mar 2006Exmouth Community College, Gipsy Lane, Exmouth
Received Not publishedUpper Lodge, Stanwell Hill, Northam
Received Not publishedChawleigh Primary School, Chawleigh
Received 19 Apr 2004Marpool Primary School, Moorfield Road, Exmouth
Received Not publishedAxe Valley School and Community College, Chard Street, Axminster
Received Not publishedChurchlands Farm, Warren Lane, Cadleigh Park, Ivybridge, PL21 9JP
Received 16 Mar 2017Yeo Valley Primary School, Vicarage Road, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedfrom Alverdiscott Substation to Brookham, Fremington, North Devon
Received 7 Sept 2006Lickey's Field, Farwood Barton, Colyton, EX24 6DZ
Received 5 Jul 20131 Beech Avenue, Exeter, EX4 6HE
Received 13 Apr 2010Pynes Community Infant & Nursery School, Coronation Road, Bideford, EX39 3DD
Received 31 Oct 2011Bradley Barton C P School, Ogwell Mill Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1PR
Received 15 Oct 2013Stoke Fleming Sewage Treatment Works, Redlap Cross, Stoke Fleming
Received Not publishedUffculme School, Chapel Hill, Uffculme, Devon, EX15 3AG
Received 2 Jan 2007Shaldon Primary School, Bridge Road, Shaldon, TQ14 0DD
Received 16 Jun 2005East the Water, Bideford
Received Not publishedNewton Abbot Library, Passmore Edwards Centre, Market Street, Newton Abbot, TQ12 2RJ
Received 30 Nov 2016Haywards County Primary School, East Street, Crediton, EX17 3AX
Received 3 Mar 2020Records 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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