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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.
19,081 approved · 1,204 refused · 1,419 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Dec 2004 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HIGHER WEEK, , , ASH MILL, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4QH
Received 7 Jan 2014Colleton Hall Rackenford Tiverton Devon EX16 8DX
Received 17 Sept 2020COBBLESTONE COURT, , , CHITTLEHAMHOLT, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9NS
Received 9 May 2017LITTLE BIAS, , , CROYDE, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1QE
Received 25 Nov 2015April Cottage East Street North Molton South Molton Devon EX36 3HR
Received 1 Sept 2022THE OLD RECTORY, , , GOODLEIGH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7NU
Received 13 Sept 2018Land south of Broomhouse Park and West Willow Rise Witheridge Tiverton Devon EX16 8FD
Received 20 Feb 2024NORTH CLOSE, , KINGS NYMPTON, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9SS
Received 28 Mar 2012LAND WEST OF TEWS LANE, BICKINGTON, DEVON, EX31 3WJ
Received 18 Mar 2019PALL EUROPE LTD, STATION ROAD, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8BH
Received 16 May 2013OAKCROFT, 95 YELLAND ROAD, , FREMINGTON, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3DT
Received 16 Jul 2018BARN OPPOSITE GREENHILL BUNGALOW, , MIDDLE MARWOOD, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4EG
Received 13 Mar 20126 Willingcott Valley Willingcott Woolacombe Devon EX34 7HN
Received 19 Jan 2016ROOKS NEST COTTAGE, ROOKS NEST, , FREMINGTON, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 2NT
Received 14 Sept 201722 Silvan Drive Braunton Devon EX33 2EQ
Received 27 Oct 202253 HIGH STREET, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 9QB
Received 16 Nov 2017THE PARK SCHOOL, PARK LANE, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 9AX
Received 14 Dec 20176 Trafalgar Lawn Barnstaple Devon EX32 9BD
Received 2 Nov 202218 MIDDLE COMBE DRIVE, , ROUNDSWELL, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3UY
Received 22 Apr 2014Land at Warcombe Lane Station Road Mortehoe Devon
Received 6 Dec 20225 LONG MEADOW DRIVE, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7RA
Received 17 Mar 2015LAND ADJ LITTLE COURT, , , EASTLEIGH, BIDEFORD, DEVON, EX39 4PA
Received 11 Sept 2017PARK LODGE, TORRS PARK, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8AY
Received 30 Nov 2015Former Power Station Site Yelland Devon
Received 5 Jan 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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