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530 approved · 53 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 To The South Of Harepath Hill Seaton
Received Not publishedThe Walled Garden Exmouth
Received Not publishedSandycote Blackhorse Exeter EX5 2FT
Received Not publishedTesco 4 - 6 Rolle Street Exmouth EX8 1HE
Received Not publishedBrownlands Sid Road Sidmouth EX10 9AG
Received Not published6 Potters Close West Hill Devon EX11 1YE
Received Not publishedHalls Farm Higher Metcombe Ottery St Mary EX11 1SS
Received Not publishedHalls Farm Metcombe Ottery St Mary EX11 1SS
Received Not publishedOak View Pidgeons Lane Axminster EX13 5SH
Received Not publishedOak View Pidgeons Lane Axminster EX13 5SH
Received Not publishedLand Adjoining Hawthorn House Back Lane Newton Poppleford
Received Not publishedHeron Farm Weston Honiton EX14 3NZ
Received Not publishedThe Roost Exmouth Road Exton Devon EX3 0PQ
Received Not publishedLand South Of Gerway Farm Ottery St Mary EX11 1PN
Received Not publishedMethodist Chapel King Street Colyton EX24 6LF
Received Not publishedThe White House Broadclyst Road Whimple Devon EX5 2TT
Received Not publishedSpringfield Farm Sidbury Sidmouth EX10 0QJ
Received Not publishedSite Of Former Oil Petroleum And Gas Refinery Albion Hill Exmouth
Received Not publishedSummers Barn Payhembury Devon EX14 3HJ
Received Not publishedLand At Cobdens North Of London Road East Of Cranbrook
Received Not publishedSouthbrook House Southbrook Lane Whimple Exeter EX5 2PG
Received Not publishedLeats Farm Withen Lane Aylesbeare Exeter EX5 2JQ
Received Not publishedLand East Side Of Oak Hill East Budleigh
Received Not publishedMaer Craig 16 Foxholes Hill Exmouth Devon EX8 2DF
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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