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240 approved · 38 refused · 11 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Walled Garden Adjacent To Reed Mews Mardon Hill Exeter
Received 25 Jun 2026Former Walled Garden Adjacent To Reed Mews Mardon Hill Exeter
Received 25 Jun 202610 High Street Exeter EX4 3LF
Received 26 Jun 202610 High Street Exeter EX4 3LF
Received 26 Jun 202644 Powderham Crescent Exeter EX4 6BZ
Received 26 Jun 20269 Belmont Road Exeter EX1 2HF
Received 27 Jun 202616 Premier Place Exeter EX2 4LB
Received 29 Jun 20263 Thackeray Road Exeter EX4 8HD
Received 29 Jun 2026Wonford House Hospital Dryden Road Exeter EX2 5AF
Received 30 Jun 202666 Blenheim Road Exeter EX2 8SE
Received 30 Jun 2026Land Opposite Geneva Close Wonford Road Exeter
Received 30 Jun 202620 Commins Road Exeter EX1 2PZ
Received 1 Jul 2026Car Park Oxygen House Grenadier Road Exeter
Received 1 Jul 202611 Lyndhurst Road Exeter EX2 4PA
Received 1 Jul 202611 Lyndhurst Road Exeter EX2 4PA
Received 1 Jul 202650 Topsham Road Exeter EX2 4NF
Received 25 Jun 20266 Penleonard Close Exeter EX2 4NY
Received 2 Jul 20269 Elm Grove Road Exeter EX4 4LL
Received 2 Jul 20269 Elm Grove Road Exeter EX4 4LL
Received 2 Jul 2026The Stables Homefield Road Exeter EX1 2QS
Received 2 Jul 20266 Bourn Rise Exeter EX4 8QD
Received 2 Jul 2026The Maltings Church Street Exeter EX2 5EJ
Received 2 Jul 202636 Roseland Avenue Exeter EX1 2TW
Received 2 Jul 202613 Kingsway Exeter EX2 5EN
Received 2 Jul 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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