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 Exeter City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
240 approved · 38 refused · 11 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Jan 2020 to 14 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Greencroft Streatham Rise Exeter EX4 4PE
Received 8 Apr 2026The Flat 58 Fore Street Topsham EX3 0HW
Received 8 Apr 202649 Sandford Walk Exeter EX1 2ET
Received 8 Apr 2026Dreamland Stables Church Hill Pinhoe Exeter
Received 8 Apr 20261 Bartholomew Terrace Exeter EX4 3BW
Received 9 Apr 2026St Leonard Quarter 50 Topsham Road Exter EX2 4NF
Received 10 Apr 2026Former Walled Garden Adjacent To Reed Mews Mardon Hill Exeter
Received 10 Apr 202660 Magdalen Road Exeter EX2 4TN
Received 11 Apr 202644 Winsor Avenue Exeter EX2 4BL
Received 13 Apr 2026Former Walled Garden Adjacent To Reed Mews Mardon Hill Exeter
Received 14 Apr 202660 New North Road Exeter EX4 4EP
Received 14 Apr 20263 Tresillian Gardens Polsloe Exeter EX4 7AJ
Received 14 Apr 202675 Bonhay Road Exeter EX4 4BL
Received 17 Apr 2026100 Wrefords Lane Exeter EX4 5BS
Received 17 Apr 20261 Mount Radford Crescent Exeter EX2 4EN
Received 17 Apr 202644 Church Road Alphington Exeter EX2 8SZ
Received 17 Apr 2026Former Walled Garden Adjacent To Reed Mews Mardon Hill Exeter
Received 17 Apr 2026152 Heavitree Road Exeter EX1 2LZ
Received 19 Apr 2026Former Walled Garden Adjacent To Reed Mews Mardon Hill Exeter
Received 20 Apr 2026The Lodge Grove Hill Topsham EX3 0EG
Received 20 Apr 2026The Lodge Grove Hill Topsham EX3 0EG
Received 20 Apr 2026Block H Birks Halls New North Road Exeter EX4 4GE
Received 21 Apr 20263 Glenthorne Road Exeter EX4 4QU
Received 21 Apr 202698 Regent Street Exeter EX2 9EJ
Received 21 Apr 2026Records 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 Exeter City 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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