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530 approved · 53 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Barn At Coniger Cross Tedstone Lane Woodbury EX5 1AY
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent Woodlands Farm Castle Lane Exmouth EX8 5BP
Received Not publishedLand North West Of Crowden Plantation Off Maer Lane Exmouth
Received Not publishedLand South Of Crowden Plantation Off Maer Lane Exmouth
Received Not publishedLand South Of Crowden Plantation Off Maer Lane Exmouth
Received Not publishedLand South West Of Crowden Plantation Off Maer Lane Exmouth
Received Not publishedLand South Of Crowden Plantation Off Maer Lane Exmouth
Received Not publishedLand East Of Sewage Treatment Works Off Maer Lane Exmouth
Received Not publishedLand South East Of Sewage Treatment Works Off Maer Lane Exmouth
Received Not publishedLand South Of Sewage Treatment Works Off Maer Lane Exmouth
Received Not publishedFlat 1 Norton Garth Court Station Road Sidmouth EX10 8NY
Received Not publishedYrgolf Ltd Dove Lane Sidmouth EX10 8AN
Received Not published45A Rolle Street Exmouth EX8 2RS
Received Not publishedCastle Brake Holiday Park Woodbury Exeter EX5 1HA
Received Not publishedUnit 2 Carnival Works Laundry Lane Sidford Sidmouth EX10 9QR
Received Not published4 - 6 Rolle Street Exmouth EX8 1HE
Received Not publishedFaraway House Farway Colyton EX24 6ED
Received Not publishedElm Cottage 2 Knowle Hill Budleigh Salterton EX9 7AL
Received Not published17 Shutes Mead Ottery St Mary EX11 1EE
Received Not publishedKnowle Meadow Whimple EX5 2NZ
Received Not published83 Exeter Road Exmouth EX8 1QD
Received Not publishedGodford Farm Awliscombe Honiton EX14 3PW
Received Not publishedStowford House Colaton Raleigh Sidmouth EX10 0JB
Received Not published10 And 12 Cotford Road Sidbury Sidmouth EX10 0SG
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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