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530 approved · 53 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Littlefield Parsonage Way Woodbury Exeter EX5 1HY
Received Not publishedExmouth Community College Gipsy Lane Exmouth EX8 3AF
Received Not publishedExmouth Community College Gipsy Lane Exmouth EX8 3AF
Received Not published5 Hayne Park Tipton St John Sidmouth EX10 0TA
Received Not publishedSydney Cottage Rockbeare Exeter EX5 2EG
Received Not publishedOakdene Higher Brook Meadow Sidford Sidmouth EX10 9SS
Received Not publishedBarton House Church Hill Otterton Budleigh Salterton EX9 7HU
Received Not published5 The Square Ice House Lane Sidmouth EX10 9XG
Received Not publishedRoad Green Farm Colyton EX24 6DS
Received Not publishedSunnymead Kennels Pinhoe Exeter EX1 3TS
Received Not published2 The Old Dairy Barrow Road Payhembury EX14 3HX
Received Not publishedThe Old Orchard Oakhill East Budleigh EX9 7DW
Received Not publishedOffwell C Of E Primary School Offwell Honiton EX14 9SA
Received Not publishedKnappe Cross Nursing Home Brixington Lane Exmouth Devon EX8 5DL
Received Not publishedLand At South Of Cottshayne Hill Colyton
Received Not publishedArk Pottery Higher Barnes Wiggaton Ottery St Mary EX11 1PY
Received Not publishedSouthbrook Cottage London Road Whimple Exeter EX5 2PQ
Received Not published2 Clover Close Shute EX13 7QJ
Received Not published21 Kingsholme Colyford Colyton EX24 6RJ
Received Not publishedThe Spinney Road From Whitty Down Cross To The Springhead Rocombe Lyme Regis Devon DT7 3RR
Received Not publishedOtter Holt Weston Honiton EX14 3NZ
Received Not published10 Elwyn Road Exmouth EX8 2EL
Received Not publishedTreaslake Farm Buckerell Honiton EX14 3EP
Received Not publishedTreaslake Farm Buckerell Honiton EX14 3EP
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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