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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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bishops Court Quarry, Sidmouth Road, Exeter
Received Not publishedLOWER KNAPP FARM SIDBURY DEVON
Received 19 Feb 1981Dungeons Farm, Cullompton, EX15 1RE
Received 4 Feb 2014Sidmouth College, Primley Road, Sidmouth, EX10 9LG
Received 11 Mar 2019Flexter Construction Ltd, Former Coal Concentration Yard, Exmouth Junction, Mount Pleasant Road, Exmouth
Received Not publishedLand west of Landkey junction with the A361
Received 14 Nov 2019Community Centre, High Street, Ilfracombe
Received 30 Apr 1991Dukes Way/Brunenburg Way, Axminster, EX13 5QP
Received 30 Apr 2013Kingswear Primary School, Lower Contour Road, Kingswear, Devon, TQ6 OBJ
Received 17 Jul 2008Monty's Yard, The Airfield, Winkleigh, EX19 8DW
Received 30 Nov 2007Langtree Primary School, Langtree
Received Not publishedKingsbridge Sewage Treatment Works, Gerston, West Alvington
Received Not publishedBishops Tawton C P School, School Lane, Bishops Tawton, Barnstaple, EX32 0AE
Received 2 Jul 2013Uffculme School, Uffculme
Received 20 Dec 2004Honiton Community College, School Lane, Honiton
Received 21 Jun 2006Tesco Store, Rose Lane, Barnstaple
Received 13 Feb 2007Land between, Shutterton Lane and Exeter Road, Shutterton Bridge, Dawlish
Received 14 Sept 2003Halwill Community Primary School, Halwill, Beaworthy, EX21 5UH
Received 7 Jun 2006WITHDRAWN - Little Pulworthy, Highampton, Beaworthy, EX21 5LH
Received 7 Jul 2011Ellen Tinkham School, Hollow Lane, Exeter, EX1 3RW
Received 10 Nov 2011Brynsworthy Transfer Station, Roundswell, Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 3NS
Received 29 Oct 2019West Charleton Sewage Treatment Works, West Charleton, Nr Kingsbridge
Received Not publishedMellway Stables, Uplowman, Tiverton, EX16 7DW
Received 13 Apr 2012Great Torrington Junior School, Borough Road, Torrington
Received 3 Aug 2007Records 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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