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 · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for East Devon District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
530 approved · 53 refused · 27 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 22 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land Adjacent Oak Cottage Behind Hayes Otterton
Received Not publishedLand South Of Windmill Lane West Hill
Received Not publishedLong Meadow Hand And Pen Lane Whimple EX5 2PX
Received Not published2 Stowford Court Stowford Sidmouth EX10 0NA
Received Not published2 Stowford Court Stowford Sidmouth EX10 0NA
Received Not publishedStraitgate Farm Exeter Road Ottery St Mary EX11 1LG
Received Not publishedLittle Gosford Farm Gosford Ottery St Mary EX11 1LY
Received Not publishedLittle Gosford Farm Gosford Ottery St Mary EX11 1LY
Received Not publishedLand North Of Old Tithebarn Lane Clyst Honiton
Received Not published5 Model Cottages Clyst St George Exeter EX3 0RD
Received Not published5 Knowle Road Budleigh Salterton EX9 6AS
Received Not published90 Lymebourne Park Sidmouth EX10 9HX
Received Not publishedLand South Of Mill Park Estate Greendale Business Park Woodbury Salterton
Received Not publishedMay Cottage Combpyne Road Musbury EX13 8AR
Received Not publishedMay Cottage Combpyne Road Musbury EX13 8AR
Received Not published8 Exmouth Road Budleigh Salterton EX9 6AQ
Received Not publishedMartins Of Exeter Ltd Sandygate Exeter EX2 7JL
Received Not publishedBearfields Farm Rawridge Honiton EX14 9PR
Received Not publishedLand At Metcombe Higher Metcombe Ottery St Mary
Received Not publishedOtter Rise Upottery Honiton EX14 9PA
Received Not publishedParcels Tc5a, Tc6 & Tc7a Tillhouse Road Cranbrook Town Centre
Received Not publishedLand West Of Bidwell Farm Upottery
Received Not publishedThe Linhay Dulcis Farm Kilmington Axminster EX13 7HD
Received Not publishedCourt Lodge Sowton Exeter EX5 2AE
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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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 East Devon District 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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