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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Memorial Grounds, Beer
Received Not publishedHayne Farm, Codden Hill, Bishops Tawton
Received Not publishedMilton Abbot School, Milton Abbot, Tavistock, PL19 0PS
Received 27 Jun 2005Jetty and adjoining land at Yelland, East Yelland, Fremington
Received Not publishedParkers Barn District Offices, Parkers Way, Totnes, TQ9 5UF
Received 16 Jan 2006Holbeton Primary School, Holbeton, Plymouth, PL8 1LT
Received 22 Jun 2009East Catkill Farm, Rose Ash
Received Not publishedHolsworthy Biogas Plant, Holsworthy
Received 5 Dec 2007Civic Amenities and Recycling Centre, Exton Road, Marsh Barton, Exeter
Received Not publishedKing Edward VI College, Ashburton Road, Totnes, TQ9 5JX
Received 11 Mar 2019Dunkeswell Business Park, Dunkeswell
Received Not publishedBeech House O P H, North Road, South Molton
Received Not publishedThorverton School, School Lane, Thorverton
Received Not publishedLandkey C.P School, Landkey
Received 8 Jul 1988The Lawn, Dawlish
Received 10 May 2000Bray Valley Quarries, Brayford, South Molton
Received 14 Feb 2007Chulmleigh Primary School, Beacon Road, Chulmleigh
Received 19 Mar 2007Beaford Community Primary & Nursery School, Beaford, Winkleigh, Devon
Received 7 May 2008Former Railway Bridge, Callington Road, Tavistock, PL19 8EU
Received 21 Jan 2013Peamore Farm, Shillingford Abbot, Exeter
Received 16 Sept 2009Higher Bradaford Bungalow, Road From Bradaford Cross to Middlecott Cross, Ashwater, EX21 5DX
Received 16 Feb 2015Land to the north of Bidwell Brook School, Dartington, Totnes
Received 15 Dec 2006Seale Hayne Farm, Newton Abbot, TQ12 6NN
Received 27 Nov 2013Cycle and pedestrian path running along the northern side of the railway line, south of the Exeter Arena Car Park and Exhibition Fields, Exeter
Received 8 Nov 2018Records 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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