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240 approved · 38 refused · 11 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Basement 47A Old Tiverton Road Exeter EX4 6NG
Received 13 May 20266 St Annes Road Exeter EX1 2QD
Received 14 May 2026550 Topsham Road Exeter EX2 7DP
Received 14 May 202627 Wonford Road Exeter EX2 4LH
Received 14 May 2026Exeter College Further Education Hele Road Exeter EX4 4JS
Received 14 May 2026Northernhay Park Lodge New North Road Exeter EX4 4ET
Received 14 May 202619 Argyll Road Exeter EX4 4RX
Received 15 May 20264 Belvidere Road Exeter EX4 4RU
Received 16 May 20261 Bicton Place Exeter EX1 2PF
Received 16 May 202617 Waverley Avenue Exeter EX4 4NL
Received 16 May 20268 Courtenay Gardens Exeter EX2 8UJ
Received 16 May 202645 Whipton Lane Exeter EX1 3DJ
Received 17 May 2026Centurion Mill Business Park Kestrel Way Sowton Industrial Estate Exeter EX2 7LA
Received 18 May 202610 Parkfield Way Topsham EX3 0DP
Received 18 May 202623 Gandy Street Exeter EX4 3LS
Received 18 May 2026The Old Coal Yard Exmouth Junction Mount Pleasant Road Exeter EX4 7AE
Received 19 May 20262 River View Glasshouse Lane Exeter EX2 7BY
Received 19 May 202651 Argyll Road Exeter EX4 4RX
Received 19 May 20267 Mont Le Grand Exeter EX1 2PD
Received 19 May 20261 Weirfield House Larkbeare Road Exeter EX2 4DJ
Received 19 May 2026Former Walled Garden Adjacent To Reed Mews Mardon Hill Exeter
Received 20 May 2026Ernsborough Court Fairpark Road Exeter EX2 4HL
Received 20 May 202612 Park Road Exeter EX1 2HP
Received 20 May 20269 Summer Lane Exeter EX4 8BY
Received 20 May 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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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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