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240 approved · 38 refused · 11 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 The Chase Topsham Exeter EX3 0FB
Received 30 Jul 2026Holiday Inn Guardian Road Exeter EX1 3PE
Received 31 Jul 2026Georges Meeting House 38 South Street Exeter EX1 1ED
Received 31 Jul 2026Georges Meeting House 38 South Street Exeter EX1 1ED
Received 31 Jul 202616 Clyst Heath Exeter EX2 7TA
Received 31 Jul 202614 Rices Mews Exeter EX2 9AY
Received 1 Aug 20261 Penleonard Close Exeter EX2 4NY
Received 1 Aug 202615 Cofton Road Marsh Barton Trading Estate Exeter EX2 8QW
Received 3 Aug 202619 Falkland Close Exeter EX4 5EZ
Received 4 Aug 2026Windrose Beech Avenue Exeter EX4 6HE
Received 4 Aug 2026Bury Meadow New North Road Exeter
Received 27 Jul 2026Bystock Car Park Queens Terrace Exeter
Received 27 Jul 2026Pinces Gardens Pleasure Ground Pinces Road Exeter
Received 27 Jul 2026Rougemont Gardens Castle Street Exeter
Received 27 Jul 2026Dixs Field Exeter
Received 27 Jul 2026Topsham Recreation Ground Ferry Road Topsham
Received 27 Jul 2026Northernhay Gardens Northernhay Place Exeter
Received 27 Jul 2026Southernhay Green Southernhay West Exeter
Received 27 Jul 2026St Thomas Pleasure Ground Cowick Street Exeter
Received 27 Jul 2026Penrose Terrace Exeter
Received 27 Jul 20268 Springfield Road Exeter EX4 6JL
Received 5 Aug 2026Flat F 12 Pennsylvania Road Exeter EX4 6BH
Received 5 Aug 2026Fairfax House 1 Church Road Alphington Exeter EX2 8SB
Received 5 Aug 2026The Boathouse Bowling Green Road Topsham EX3 0BE
Received 5 Aug 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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