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240 approved · 38 refused · 11 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bull Meadow Park Exeter
Received 27 Jul 2026Northernhay Gardens Northernhay Place Exeter
Received 4 Aug 202656 Argyll Road Exeter EX4 4RY
Received 6 Aug 2026Exeter College Queen Street Exeter EX4 3SR
Received 6 Aug 2026Park View 8 Howell Road Exeter EX4 4LG
Received 6 Aug 2026Oaklands Cowick Court Exeter EX2 9FE
Received 6 Aug 20262 Hillyfield Road Exeter EX1 3LX
Received 25 Jul 2026Land At Nelson Close Sheltered Housing Nelson Close Topsham
Received 27 Jul 202643 Larch Road Exeter EX2 9DG
Received 7 Aug 202626 West Avenue Exeter EX4 4SD
Received 7 Aug 202683 Summerway Exeter EX4 8DJ
Received 7 Aug 2026282 Pinhoe Road Exeter EX4 7JQ
Received 8 Aug 2026Tithebarn Development Land Tithebarn Lane Exeter
Received 10 Aug 2026Cedars House Barley Lane Exeter EX4 1TA
Received 10 Aug 202687 Greyfriars Road Exeter EX4 7BS
Received 10 Aug 202610 - 12 Bridford Road Exeter EX2 8QX
Received 10 Aug 202622 The Strand Topsham EX3 0AS
Received 10 Aug 2026Communication Station Cumberland Way Pinhoe Exeter
Received 11 Aug 2026Street Record Barbican Court Exeter
Received 29 Jul 2026100 Barley Farm Road Cowick Exeter EX4 1NW
Received 11 Aug 202653 - 54 High Street Exeter EX4 3DJ
Received 11 Aug 20262 Pennsylvania Close Exeter EX4 6DJ
Received 11 Aug 2026Street Record Exe Street Exeter
Received 27 Jul 2026Wonford Community And Learning Centre Burnthouse Lane Exeter EX2 6NF
Received 12 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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