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530 approved · 53 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Southlea Lower Broad Oak Road West Hill Ottery St Mary EX11 1XH
Received Not published11 Glebelands Uplyme Lyme Regis DT7 3TB
Received Not published5 Long Copp Budleigh Salterton Devon EX9 6DY
Received Not published17 Winslade Road Sidmouth Devon EX10 9EX
Received Not published1 Hornbeam Close Honiton EX14 2UB
Received Not publishedThe Ruin Mill Lane Offwell Honiton
Received Not published23 Belvedere Road Exmouth Devon EX8 1QN
Received Not publishedFlat 7 18 The Beacon Exmouth EX8 2AF
Received Not publishedSite Of Cranbrook New Community London Road Broadclyst
Received Not publishedLowmans Green Beacon Honiton EX14 4TX
Received Not publishedHoustains Farm Gittisham EX14 3AU
Received Not publishedWestwards Bickwell Valley Sidmouth Devon EX10 8RF
Received Not publishedOttery Feoffee Day Centre Brook Street Ottery St Mary Devon EX11 1EZ
Received Not publishedPeperharow Chardstock Axminster EX13 7BS
Received Not publishedLand To The North Of Tillhouse Road Cranbrook Town Centre Devon
Received Not publishedLand At Cobdens North Of London Road Cranbrook
Received Not publishedUnit D Musbury Road Axminster EX13 5JR
Received Not publishedTown Tenement Farm Clyst Hydon EX15 2NB
Received Not publishedRock Farm Townsend Beer Seaton EX12 3LH
Received Not publishedKnowle Grange Knowle Drive Sidmouth Devon EX10 8HN
Received Not publishedLand North Of Old Tithebarn Lane Clyst Honiton
Received Not published27B Drakes Avenue Exmouth Devon EX8 4AD
Received Not publishedLand North Of Old Tithebarn Lane Clyst Honiton
Received Not published21 North Street Exmouth Devon EX8 1LF
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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