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240 approved · 38 refused · 11 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 King William Street Exeter EX4 6PD
Received 28 Aug 202622 King William Street Exeter EX4 6PD
Received 29 Aug 202656A Fore Street Topsham EX3 0HW
Received 29 Aug 202656A Fore Street Topsham EX3 0HW
Received 29 Aug 202611 Devonshire Place Exeter EX4 6JA
Received 30 Aug 202611 Devonshire Place Exeter EX4 6JA
Received 30 Aug 202622 Alice Templer Close Exeter EX2 6AE
Received 1 Sept 2026Stoneycombe Matford Road Exeter EX2 4PE
Received 1 Sept 202613 Kingsway Exeter EX2 5EN
Received 1 Sept 202619 Church Street Exeter EX2 5EL
Received 1 Sept 2026143 Fore Street Heavitree EX1 3BR
Received 1 Sept 202616 Howell Road Exeter EX4 4LG
Received 2 Sept 20268 Marlborough Road Exeter EX2 4TJ
Received 2 Sept 202624 Exwick Hill Exeter EX4 2AQ
Received 3 Sept 2026Ide View Perridge Close Exeter EX2 9PX
Received 3 Sept 2026David Lloyd Leisure Club Sandy Park Way Exeter EX2 7NN
Received 4 Sept 202625 Matford Avenue Exeter EX2 4PL
Received 4 Sept 20262 Victoria Park Road Exeter EX2 4NT
Received 7 Sept 202662 Wonford Road Exeter EX2 4LQ
Received 7 Sept 2026Barley Brake Nadderwater Exeter EX4 2JF
Received 8 Sept 202631 Feltrim Avenue Exeter EX2 4RP
Received 8 Sept 202656 Fore Street Heavitree EX1 2RR
Received 8 Sept 202612 Dinham Crescent Exeter EX4 4EF
Received 8 Sept 2026County Hall Topsham Road Exeter EX2 4QD
Received 8 Sept 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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