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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.
23,570 approved · 1,668 refused · 1,984 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Land Park Chulmleigh Devon EX18 7BH
Received 28 Jun 2021MANOR FARM, PUTSBOROUGH, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1LB
Received 11 May 2011FORCHES ROUNDABOUT, FORCHES AVENUE, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 8ED
Received 23 Jul 2015LAND ADJACENT TO TRAYNE COTTAGE, , , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4JQ
Received 30 May 2018FORMER YELLAND POWER STATION, , , YELLAND, , DEVON,
Received 6 Nov 2018HARLEIGH HOUSE HOTEL, WILDER ROAD, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 9AE
Received 21 Nov 2012STICKLEPATH SERVICE STATION, STICKLEPATH HILL, , STICKLEPATH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 2BU
Received 23 Sept 2014LITTLE IVYCOTT, , , WOOLACOMBE, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 7HL
Received 20 Mar 2014BEECHWOOD HOUSE, TORRS PARK, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8AZ
Received 22 Oct 2015Agricultural Barn Court Farm Raleigh Road Barnstaple Devon EX31 4HY
Received 13 Nov 2019GARDEN OF COURT COTTAGE, , , BISHOPS NYMPTON, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4PL
Received 12 Jul 2018The Close Eddys Lane Barnstaple Devon EX32 9BJ
Received 7 Apr 2026AERO STANREW LTD, GRATTON WAY, , ROUNDSWELL, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3AR
Received 17 Apr 2014Fig Tree Farm House 47 St Marys Road Croyde Braunton Devon EX33 1PJ
Received 4 Sept 2020Rowden Barn Roundswell Barnstaple Devon EX31 3NS
Received 21 Feb 2023BRAY LEINO LTD, , FILLEIGH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 0RX
Received 8 Mar 20129 THE GRANGE, LOWER PARK ROAD, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 2HH
Received 21 Mar 2017The Regency Torrs Park Ilfracombe EX34 8AZ
Received 19 Aug 2025Fullaford Farm Bratton Fleming Barnstaple Devon EX31 4TP
Received 28 Jun 2023THE CASTLE, THE ESPLANADE, , , WOOLACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 7DJ
Received 6 Mar 2017LAND AT, CLEAVE CLOSE, , STICKLEPATH, , DEVON, EX31 2DX
Received 16 Sept 2014CAR PARK ADJACENT TO THE MILLENNIUM GREEN, , , BRATTON FLEMING, , DEVON, EX31 4RE
Received 8 Sept 2016W H SMITH LTD, 76 HIGH STREET, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 1HX
Received 26 Jul 2016Point House Bishops Tawton Barnstaple Devon EX32 0EN
Received 6 Oct 2025Records 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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