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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at Mullacott Industrial Estate, Mullacott
Received 15 Jun 1989Westcott Farm, Westleigh, Burlescombe
Received Not publishedGrenville Centre, Ringswell Avenue, Exeter, EX1 3EG
Received 23 Apr 2007Land adjacent to the River Clyst, Clyst Honiton, EX5 2NJ
Received 7 Feb 2014Junction of, Velator Way and Velator Road, Braunton
Received 30 Jul 2004Bideford Arts Centre, The Quay, Bideford, EX39 2EY
Received 19 Jan 2009Bolham Primary School, Tiverton
Received Not publishedOS2354, Summer Lane, Teigngrace
Received 10 May 2000Pathfield School, Abbey Road, Barnstaple, EX31 1JU
Received 16 Jul 2012County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 4QW
Received 31 Jan 2005Woolacombe Sewage Pumping Station, The Esplanade, Woolacombe
Received 7 Oct 2005Pine Park House, Pine Park Road, Honiton
Received 17 Dec 2007Land at Ashford, Ashford, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedLand to the north of the railway line adjacent to Summer Lane, Exeter
Received 8 Nov 2018Stoke Hill Landfill Site, Stoke Hill, Stoke Canon
Received Not publishedBishops Tawton County Primary School, School Lane, Bishops Tawton, Devon EX32 0AE
Received 5 May 2015Sutton Barton Civic Amenity and Recycling Centre,, Near Offwell
Received Not publishedSouth Arscott, Holsworthy, Devon, EX22 7BN
Received 11 Oct 2012Branscombe C of E Primary School, Branscombe
Received 30 Nov 2007Tavistock Primary School, Plymouth Road, Tavistock
Received Not publishedChallonsleigh Farm Transfer Station, Smithaleigh, Sparkwell
Received Not publishedSticklepath County Primary School, Woodville Estate, Barnstaple
Received Not publishedDoddiscombsleigh Community School, Doddiscombsleigh, Exeter, EX6 7PR
Received 27 Apr 2007North Tawton Primary School, Exeter Street, North Tawton, EX20 2HB
Received 9 Mar 2017Records 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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