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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 North Devon District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
23,521 approved · 1,661 refused · 1,979 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Aug 2001 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
THE RED LION HOTEL, EAST STREET, CHULMLEIGH, DEVON, EX18 7DD
Received 5 Sept 2011FIELD AT GREAT AVERCOMBE, GREAT AVERCOMBE, BISHOPS NYMPTON, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4EA
Received 27 Jun 201119 ROWAN PARK, ROUNDSWELL, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX313QR
Received 1 Sept 200813 Barton Avenue Braunton Devon EX33 2BA
Received 5 Nov 2019Doorpark Farm Witheridge Tiverton Devon EX16 8PZ
Received 9 Jun 2025Annexe Riverside House Newnham Bridge Umberleigh Devon EX37 9EU
Received 6 Jul 202252 BEARDS ROAD, , FREMINGTON, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 2PG
Received 2 Nov 20163 Church Hill Fremington Barnstaple Devon EX31 3BH
Received 1 Feb 2022Ocean View Millards Hill Instow Bideford Devon EX39 4JS
Received 6 Apr 2021GROUND FLOOR, 77 HIGH STREET, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 9NQ
Received 5 Feb 2019Barnstaple Railway Station Station Road Barnstaple Devon EX31 2AU
Received 22 Jun 202236A CHURCH STREET, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 2EL
Received 21 Apr 2010Anchorwood Retail Park Taw Wharf Sticklepath Devon
Received 1 Aug 2022LLOYDS CHAMBERS, (FORMER CHAMBERS WINE BAR), THE SQUARE, , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 8LS
Received 14 Oct 2013Halmpstone Farm Bishops Tawton Barnstaple Devon EX32 0EA
Received 11 Aug 20238 HERON COURT, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 8QR
Received 9 Oct 2014Land adj Woolacombe Station Road Woolacombe Devon
Received 14 May 2015Wampford Mill Umberleigh Devon EX37 9TG
Received 9 May 2019OAKLANDS POULTRY FARM (PT HILLANDS), , , EAST ANSTEY, , DEVON, EX36 3PH
Received 3 Nov 2017Rear of 20 & 22 Park Avenue Sticklepath Barnstaple Devon EX31 2ET
Received 31 Aug 2022COB CASTLE BARTON, , RACKENFORD, TIVERTON, DEVON, EX16 8EU
Received 24 Dec 20102 RUMSAM CLOSE, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 9ES
Received 21 Sept 201526 Oaktree Road South Molton Devon EX36 4FJ
Received 27 Jan 2022The Annexe Langridge Farm Atherington Umberleigh Devon EX37 9HP
Received 21 Feb 2024Records 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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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for North Devon District 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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