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530 approved · 53 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Eden Vauxhall Heathpark Way Heathpark Industrial Estate Honiton EX14 1SF
Received Not publishedEden Vauxhall Heathpark Way Heathpark Industrial Estate Honiton EX14 1SF
Received Not publishedEden Vauxhall Heathpark Way Heathpark Industrial Estate Honiton EX14 1SF
Received Not publishedExeter Storage Limited Whimple Exeter EX5 2PF
Received Not published1 The Linhay Talaton Exeter EX5 2RU
Received Not publishedLand At Townsend Plantation Southleigh
Received Not published13 Waggs Plot Colston Axminster EX13 7NG
Received Not publishedMagnolia Cottage Membury Axminster EX13 7TF
Received Not publishedDunkeswell Raceway Dunkeswell Aerodrome Dunkeswell Devon EX14 4AH
Received Not published8 Heath Common Membury Axminster EX13 7UF
Received Not published27 Roundhouse Lane Exmouth EX8 3BY
Received Not publishedFeniton C Of E Primary School Station Road Feniton Honiton EX14 3EA
Received Not publishedLand South Of The A3052 East Of The A376 And West Of Crealy Theme Park And Resort Clyst St Mary
Received Not publishedLand Adjoining Shepherds Court Lower Lane Ebford
Received Not published9 Coastguard Road Budleigh Salterton EX9 6NU
Received Not published4 - 6 Rolle Street Exmouth EX8 1HE
Received Not published58 High Street Honiton Devon EX14 1PQ
Received Not publishedOld Manor Lodge Lodge Lane Axminster EX13 5RT
Received Not published31 Livonia Road Sidmouth EX10 9JB
Received Not published14 Honey Park Road Budleigh Salterton EX9 6EF
Received Not publishedLower Cobden Whimple Exeter EX5 2PZ
Received Not publishedStopgate Farm Yarcombe Honiton EX14 9NB
Received Not publishedCranford Corner 2C Cranford Avenue Exmouth Devon EX8 2HT
Received Not publishedGreat House South Street Colyton EX24 6ER
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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