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3,332 approved · 120 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received Not publishedColpit Quarry, Rosedown Mill, Hartland
Received 31 Jul 1997Holsworthy Beacon, Holsworthy
Received Not publishedTip T2, Lee Moor China Clay Works
Received 21 May 2018Stoneycombe Quarry, Near Kingskerswell
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Malborough Waste Water Treatment Works, Malborough, Kingsbridge, TQ7 3DD
Received 4 Sept 2023St Mary's Primary School, Chanters Road, Bideford, EX39 2QN
Received 14 May 2013Embankment Pumping Station, Embankment Road, Southville, Kingsbridge
Received 3 Nov 2005Teignmouth Community College, Exeter Road, Teignmouth, TQ14 9HZ
Received 2 Dec 2011Newport Community School, Landkey Road, Barnstaple, EX32 9BW
Received 5 May 2006Unit 42, Greendale Business Park, Woodbury Salterton, EX5 1EW
Received 5 Sept 2016County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 4QQ
Received 10 Aug 2010Marland School, Peters Marland
Received 12 Dec 2008Georgeham Primary School, Putsborough Road, Georgeham, EX33 1JT
Received 10 May 2010Week Farm (Site 2), Great Torrington
Received 28 May 2004Hemerdon Mine, Devon, PL7 5BS – Prior Notification Condition 3 – Temporary Front End Crushing Unit
Received 13 May 2026Brimhay Nursey,, Dartington, Near Totnes
Received Not publishedHome Barton, Berrynarbor
Received Not publishedWhitecleave Quarry, Plymouth Road, Buckfastleigh, Devon, TQ11 0DQ
Received 14 Sept 2017Southmead CP School, Wrafton Road, Braunton, EX33 2BU
Received 13 Dec 2012Eastern verge of the private road between the B3233 and the Estuary Business Park, Yelland, Barnstaple
Received 27 Jan 2009Bickley Ball Tp, Kingsteignton
Received 14 Jun 1989Marlands Park, Newton Road, Totnes, TQ9 6LS
Received 1 Sept 2021Axe Valley School and Commmunity College, Chard Street, Axminster
Received 12 Jan 2000Records 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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