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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Ivybridge Highways Depot, Ermington Road, Ivybridge
Received Not publishedBrian Fords Discount Store Ltd, 6-7 Seven Brethren Bank, Sticklepath, Barnstaple
Received 20 Jun 2006Chiverstone Farm, Kenton
Received Not publishedAxe Valley Youth and Community Office, Pippins, Lyme Road, Axminster
Received Not publishedFishleigh Rock Farm, Umberleigh
Received 28 Jan 1991WITHDRAWN - Cycle Route 9 (Teign Estuary Cycleway/Walkway Section 1) the route to run between Greenhill Way, Kingsteignton and Town Quay, Newton Abbot, with links to Passage House Inn and Woodmere Way
Received 4 Jun 2010Middle Southcott Farm,, Okehampton
Received 27 Apr 2000Shute Primary School, Shute, Axminster, Devon, EX13 7QR
Received 3 Jul 2007Mill Marsh Park, Bovey Tracey, Devon, TQ13 9FF
Received 31 May 2012East Yarde, Petersmarsland
Received Not publishedClovelly Road Industrial Estate, Clovelly Road, Bideford
Received Not publishedLand at 304445 114510, Sampford Peverell, Ayshford, Mid Devon
Received 1 Mar 2017Stoke Fleming County Primary School, Stoke Fleming
Received Not publishedBeacon Heath First School (Willowbrook Combined School), Beacon Heath, Exeter
Received Not publishedHighlands Farm, Kingston, Kingsbridge, TQ7 4HD
Received 23 Feb 2011South West Highways Ltd, Ermington Road, Ivybridge, PL21 9ES
Received 2 Dec 2011Marland School, Peters Marland, Torrington, Devon, EX38 8QQ
Received 8 Jul 2008Horwood & Newton Tracey School, Lovacott, Newton Tracey, Barnstaple, EX31 3PU
Received 17 May 2010Combe Martin Community Centre, Church Street, Combe Martin, EX34 8HA
Received 16 Nov 2004Okehampton Primary School, Glendale Road, Okehampton, EX20 1JB
Received 25 Jan 2016Land off Aller Road opposite the Barn Owl Pub, Kingskerswell
Received 22 Feb 2016Seven Brethren Recycling Centre, Seven Brethren Bank, Sticklepath, Barnstaple, EX31 2AS
Received 9 Oct 2006Redhills Combined School, Landhayes Road, Exeter, Devon EX4 2BY
Received 17 Jun 2015Bishopsteignton Primary School, Cockhaven Close, Bishopsteignton, TQ14 9RJ
Received 29 Jan 2016Records 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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