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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.
24,357 approved · 1,796 refused · 2,146 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Aug 2001 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
75 Lethaby Road Barnstaple EX32 7HH
Received 20 Jul 202612 ELLERSLIE ROAD, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 2HT
Received 15 Jul 2009LAND ADJACENT TO, 25A BEAR STREET, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7BX
Received 19 Oct 200910 RALEIGH CLOSE, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4DS
Received 8 Jun 201134/36 HIGH STREET, BARNSTAPLE, EX311BL
Received 14 Mar 2008Land at Broadlands Farm Saunton Road Braunton Devon EX33 1HG
Received 20 Aug 2021LAND AT OS 278,961 123,091, ADJACENT WOODS FARM, , ASH MILL, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON,
Received 18 May 20119 MONTPELIER TERRACE, MONTPELIER ROAD, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 9HR
Received 28 Feb 2019THE OLD PARSONAGE, , HORWOOD, BIDEFORD, DEVON, EX39 4PF
Received 30 Apr 20122 ROSEWOOD GROVE, , ROUNDSWELL, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3SD
Received 8 Feb 2016TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, BEACH ROAD, , , WOOLACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 7BT
Received 4 Jun 2015THE GLOBE INN, CHURCH STREET, , , CHULMLEIGH, DEVON, EX18 7BU
Received 7 Oct 2015DENE COTTAGE, BIRDSWELL LANE, , BERRYNARBOR, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 9SF
Received 31 Jan 2018Arlington Court Arlington Barnstaple Devon EX31 4LP
Received 17 Dec 202111 LITCHDON STREET, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 8ND
Received 5 Sept 2016Thorne Farm Road From Casa Nymet To Limers Lane Cross George Nympton South Molton Devon EX36 4JF
Received 9 May 2024Foxhunters Inn West Down Ilfracombe Devon EX34 8NU
Received 17 Aug 2022NORTH EAST SECTION OF FIELD PARCEL SS4738 5569, , , DARRACOTT, , DEVON,
Received 23 Feb 2016SOUTHERN COURT, SUNNYSIDE ROAD, WOOLACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 7DG
Received 25 Mar 2010Hawthorns Swimbridge Barnstaple Devon EX32 0QF
Received 5 May 2026WHITMORE FARM, , , KNOWSTONE, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4RR
Received 20 Nov 2017Land to the rear of 54 South Street Braunton Devon EX33 2AN
Received 19 Mar 2010FORMER FREMINGTON ARMY CAMP, FREMINGTON, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3BJ
Received 25 Nov 2016PAVEMENT IN FRONT OF, 1 VICTORIA ROAD, , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 9HR
Received 29 Nov 2012Records 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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