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530 approved · 53 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Higher Bolshayne Cottage Whitwell Lane Colyford Colyton EX24 6HS
Received Not publishedCraiglands Convent Road Sidmouth EX10 8RD
Received Not publishedAldborough Court 21 Douglas Avenue Exmouth Devon EX8 2HA
Received Not publishedLand At Cobdens North Of London Road East Of Cranbrook
Received Not publishedAshleigh Knowle Drive Sidmouth EX10 8HW
Received Not publishedPennines Stafford Lane Colyford EX24 6HQ
Received Not published7 Rowcroft Close Honiton EX14 1RL
Received Not published6 Primley Road Sidmouth EX10 9LB
Received Not published3 Sheirs Orchard Yettington Budleigh Salterton EX9 7PA
Received Not published97 Meadow Acre Road Gittisham EX14 3FH
Received Not published26 Chapel Street Exmouth EX8 1HW
Received Not published26 Chapel Street Exmouth EX8 1HW
Received Not publishedAgricultural Building Near Higher Wick Farm Wick EX14 4TY
Received Not publishedDevoncourt Hotel 16 Douglas Avenue Exmouth EX8 2EX
Received Not publishedSolways Lyme Road Uplyme DT7 3TL
Received Not publishedCannington Farm Cannington Lane Uplyme DT7 3SW
Received Not publishedLittle Hayes Broadclyst Station Exeter EX5 3AX
Received Not publishedBarnhayes Farm Whimple Exeter EX5 2UD
Received Not published52 Malden Road Sidmouth EX10 9NF
Received Not publishedExmouth Community College Gipsy Lane Exmouth EX8 3AF
Received Not publishedThe Coaching Cottage 4 The Fairmile Fairmile Ottery St Mary EX11 1LP
Received Not publishedThe Coaching Cottage 4 The Fairmile Fairmile Ottery St Mary EX11 1LP
Received Not publishedRosemary Cottage Broadway Woodbury EX5 1NR
Received Not publishedSheirs House Yettington Budleigh Salterton EX9 7BW
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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