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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Middle Winsham Farm, Braunton
Received 20 May 2003The Parish Rooms, Silver Street, Berrynarbor
Received 3 Jun 2008Land west of the A380 Torquay Road, Milber, Newton Abbot
Received 12 Jun 2012Land at Cranford Park, St Giles in the Wood, Torrington
Received Not publishedPilton Community College, Chaddiford Lane, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedHigher Artiscombe Farm, Gulworthy, Tavistock, Devon PL19 8JB
Received 9 Jun 2015Nethercleave Farm, Umberleigh
Received 30 Jan 1992Westcroft Junior School, Coronation Road, Bideford
Received 4 Apr 2008Babcombe Copse, Higher Sandygate, Kingsteignton
Received 10 Jan 2006Torridge View, New Street, Torrington
Received Not publishedTrusham Quarry, near Chudleigh, Newton Abbot, TQ13 0NX
Received 8 Jan 2016Newport Community School, Landkey Road, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedCivic Centre, North Walk, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedBerry Pomeroy Parochial C of E Primary School, Berry Pomeroy, Totnes, TQ9 6LH
Received 29 Apr 2005Rushbrook House, Totnes, TQ9 5HW
Received 2 Dec 2005Killacleave Civic Amenity Site, New Barnstaple Road, Ilfracombe
Received Not publishedPlot 4, Thorverton Road, Matford, Marsh Barton, Exeter, EX2 8FS
Received 16 Oct 201221 Ashburton Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1NH
Received 30 Mar 2012Land at, Westacott Road, Landkey, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedGang Maintenance Centre, Woolsery
Received Not publishedOffwell C of E Primary School, Offwell, Honiton, EX14 9SA
Received 24 Aug 2011Two Moors Primary School, Cowley Moor Road, Tiverton, EX16 6HH
Received 13 Apr 2007Bickley Ball, Combesend Road East, Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot, TQ12 3DZ
Received 3 Sept 2013Bray Valley Quarries Brayford, Braunton, Barnstaple
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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