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530 approved · 53 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Rear Of Sub Station Woodbury
Received Not publishedLand At Metcombe Higher Metcombe Ottery St Mary
Received Not publishedBickwell Lodge Bickwell Valley Sidmouth Devon EX10 8RF
Received Not publishedLand At Metcombe Higher Metcombe Ottery St Mary
Received Not publishedLand And Buildings Known As 12 Acres Dunkeswell
Received Not publishedThe Old Vicarage Branscombe Seaton EX12 3DW
Received Not publishedThrushes Anvil Windmill Lane West Hill Ottery St Mary EX11 1JP
Received Not publishedBarn At Harcombe Farm Sidbury Sidmouth
Received Not publishedFlat 2 Beecroft Laskeys Lane Sidmouth EX10 8JW
Received Not publishedLower Seavington Farm Stockland Honiton EX14 9DE
Received Not publishedGilletts Farm Yarcombe Honiton EX14 9AZ
Received Not published25 Pine Park Road Honiton Devon EX14 2HR
Received Not publishedGrovelands Yarcombe Honiton EX14 9BQ
Received Not publishedGrovelands Yarcombe Honiton EX14 9BQ
Received Not publishedThe Hermitage Vicarage Road Sidmouth Devon EX10 8UF
Received Not published8 Marine Parade Budleigh Salterton EX9 6NS
Received Not published11 Little Meadow Exmouth EX8 4LU
Received Not published7 Cambridge Terrace Salcombe Road Sidmouth EX10 8PL
Received Not publishedGreen Barton House Church Road Lympstone Exmouth EX8 5JT
Received Not publishedFairview Crewkerne Road Axminster Devon EX13 5SX
Received Not published15 Yardelands Sidmouth Devon EX10 9LJ
Received Not published1 Marine Parade Budleigh Salterton EX9 6NS
Received Not publishedLand South Of Windmill Lane West Hill
Received Not publishedGolden Dragon 1A The Beacon Exmouth EX8 2AG
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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