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530 approved · 53 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 West Of Prestaller Farm Beavor Lane Axminster
Received Not published9 Bath Close Feniton Devon EX14 3DS
Received Not published8 Heather Grange West Hill Devon EX11 1XZ
Received Not published6 April Close Exmouth EX8 4QE
Received Not published47 Maple Drive Exmouth Devon EX8 5NR
Received Not publishedHoundbeare Court Aylesbeare Exeter EX5 2DB
Received Not publishedPipers Hill Highcliffe Crescent Seaton Devon EX12 2PS
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To Lyme Road (Adjoining Uplyme Village Hall) Uplyme
Received Not published10 Orcombe Gardens Exmouth EX8 2HL
Received Not published1 Winters Lane Ottery St Mary Devon EX11 1AR
Received Not publishedThe Belvedere Peak Hill Road Sidmouth EX10 0NW
Received Not publishedBramblings Smallridge Axminster EX13 7JL
Received Not published12 Tipton Vale Metcombe Ottery St Mary EX11 1RW
Received Not publishedSpecsavers 121 High Street Honiton Devon EX14 1LS
Received Not publishedOrchard Cottage Higher Watchcombe Farm Shute Axminster EX13 7QN
Received Not publishedWeir Lodge Millford Road Sidmouth Devon EX10 8DP
Received Not published2A Carlton Hill Exmouth EX8 2AH
Received Not published115 Sidford Road Sidmouth EX10 9PA
Received Not publishedMay House Combpyne Road Musbury Devon EX13 8AR
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent Short Furlong Short Furlong Beer
Received Not published43 Wells Avenue Feniton EX14 3DR
Received Not publishedLand To The South Of Tillhouse Road Cranbrook
Received Not publishedParcels TC3 And TC8b Land Off Court Royal And Badger Way Cranbrook
Received Not published25 Long Park Woodbury Devon EX5 1JB
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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