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240 approved · 38 refused · 11 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Tarbet Avenue Exeter EX1 2UE
Received 13 Jul 20261 Manston Terrace Exeter EX2 4NP
Received 13 Jul 2026Honeylands Hospital For Children Pinhoe Road Exeter EX4 8AD
Received 14 Jul 2026Honeylands Hospital For Children Pinhoe Road Exeter EX4 8AD
Received 14 Jul 2026Pinhoe Quarry Harrington Lane Exeter EX4 8DT
Received 14 Jul 2026St Matthews Church Hall Lower Summerlands Exeter EX1 2LJ
Received 14 Jul 2026Old Orchard Exwick Hill Exeter EX4 2AH
Received 14 Jul 20268 Penleonard Close Exeter EX2 4NY
Received 14 Jul 202617 Gloucester Road Exeter EX4 2EF
Received 14 Jul 202627 Belmont Road Exeter EX1 2HF
Received 14 Jul 2026Ground Floor Flat 39 Powderham Crescent Exeter EX4 6BZ
Received 14 Jul 20261 - 2 Northernhay Place Exeter EX4 3QG
Received 15 Jul 202611 Shelton Place North Street Heavitree Exeter EX1 2RE
Received 15 Jul 202677 Broadfields Road Exeter EX2 5RQ
Received 15 Jul 202653 Roundtable Meet Exeter EX4 8LG
Received 15 Jul 20261 Caroline Avenue Exeter EX2 7AT
Received 15 Jul 20264 Newcombe Terrace Exeter EX1 2TE
Received 15 Jul 20265 Tresillian Gardens Topsham EX3 0BA
Received 15 Jul 2026Mill On The Exe Bonhay Road Exeter EX4 3AB
Received 16 Jul 202634 The Strand Topsham EX3 0AY
Received 16 Jul 2026Orchid Place Topsham Road Exeter
Received 16 Jul 2026Belmont House Silver Lane Exeter EX4 6SQ
Received 16 Jul 20268 Monmouth Street Topsham EX3 0AJ
Received 17 Jul 20268 Monmouth Street Topsham EX3 0AJ
Received 17 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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