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240 approved · 38 refused · 11 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
51 Finning Avenue Exeter EX4 8FA
Received 6 Jun 202627 The Strand Topsham EX3 0AX
Received 6 Jun 202630 West Avenue Exeter EX4 4SE
Received 6 Jun 2026Unit 12 Higher Market Guildhall Shopping And Dining Queen Street Exeter EX4 3HP
Received 9 Jun 2026Unit 12 Higher Market Guildhall Shopping And Dining Queen Street Exeter EX4 3HP
Received 9 Jun 20264 Headon Gardens Exeter EX2 6LE
Received 9 Jun 2026Churchill House 30 Denmark Road Exeter EX1 1SE
Received 9 Jun 2026Clydesdale Nash And Birks Grange Village Halls Of Residence University Of Exeter Lower Argyll Road Exeter
Received 9 Jun 202616 St Leonards Road Exeter EX2 4LA
Received 9 Jun 2026Riversmeet House Bowling Green Road Riversmeet Topsham EX3 0BE
Received 9 Jun 2026Riversmeet House Bowling Green Road Riversmeet Topsham EX3 0BE
Received 9 Jun 202624 Salutary Mount Fore Street Heavitree EX1 2QE
Received 9 Jun 202623 Orchard Close Exeter EX1 3SN
Received 10 Jun 2026Durn Ovaria Barnfield Road Exeter EX1 1RX
Received 10 Jun 2026Footpath Adjacent To Gras Lawn Gras Lawn Exeter EX2 4SA
Received 10 Jun 2026Little Johns Cross Dunsford Road Exeter EX2 9PN
Received 10 Jun 2026Land Off Spruce Close And Celia Crescent Spruce Close Exeter
Received 10 Jun 2026Lockfield Court Ide Lane Alphington Exeter EX2 8UZ
Received 11 Jun 202631 Feltrim Avenue Exeter EX2 4RP
Received 11 Jun 20262 Lyncombe Close Exeter EX4 5EJ
Received 11 Jun 202618 Avondale Road Exeter EX2 5HE
Received 11 Jun 202682 Longbrook Street Exeter EX4 6AP
Received 11 Jun 2026Car Park Magdalen Street Exeter
Received 11 Jun 2026Car Park Magdalen Road Exeter
Received 11 Jun 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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