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240 approved · 38 refused · 11 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
King William Street Car Park King William Street Exeter EX4 6PD
Received 11 Jun 2026King William Street Car Park King William Street Exeter EX4 6PD
Received 11 Jun 2026Car Park Paris Street Exeter
Received 11 Jun 2026Park And Ride Tappers Close Topsham
Received 11 Jun 2026Car Park Station Road Exwick Exeter
Received 11 Jun 2026Car Park Smythen Street Exeter
Received 11 Jun 2026Car Park Parr Street Exeter
Received 11 Jun 2026Car Park Okehampton Street Exeter
Received 11 Jun 2026Car Park Holman Way Topsham
Received 11 Jun 2026Car Park Flowerpot Lane Exeter
Received 11 Jun 202644 Powderham Crescent Exeter EX4 6BZ
Received 12 Jun 2026Haven Banks Two Car Park Michael Browning Way Exeter
Received 12 Jun 2026Car Park Gordons Place Exeter
Received 12 Jun 2026Car Park Bartholomew Terrace Exeter
Received 12 Jun 2026Car Park Howell Road Exeter
Received 12 Jun 2026Haven Banks One Car Park Michael Browning Way Exeter
Received 12 Jun 2026Car Park Belmont Road Exeter
Received 12 Jun 2026Bystock Green Car Park Queens Terrace Exeter
Received 12 Jun 2026Tesco Stores Ltd Russell Way Exeter EX2 7EZ
Received 12 Jun 202616 Sidwell Street Exeter EX4 6NN
Received 12 Jun 20269 Kings Road Exeter EX4 7AS
Received 13 Jun 202626 Mount Pleasant Road Exeter EX4 7AD
Received 13 Jun 2026Beaufort House 51 New North Road Exeter EX4 4EP
Received 15 Jun 2026Changing Facilities Duckes Meadow Playing Fields Salmonpool Lane Exeter
Received 15 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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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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