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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.
19,453 approved · 1,236 refused · 1,464 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Dec 2004 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
CLEEVE HOUSE, NORTH MORTE ROAD, , MORTEHOE, WOOLACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 7ED
Received 7 Nov 2017BRENDS HOTELS, SAUNTON SANDS HOTEL, , , SAUNTON, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1LQ
Received 5 Jan 201748 Elizabeth Drive Sticklepath Barnstaple Devon EX31 3AJ
Received 1 Feb 202126 SUNSET HEIGHTS, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 8DH
Received 11 Apr 20126 CHURCH HOUSE, CHURCH YARD, , , SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 3BW
Received 28 Oct 201322 Silvan Drive Braunton Devon EX33 2EQ
Received 20 Feb 2025Manleighs Kiln Lane Combe Martin Ilfracombe Devon EX34 0LY
Received 16 Apr 2020LAND ADJACENT SCHOOL HOUSE, MANOR ROAD, LANDKEY, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 0JJ
Received 14 Sept 2011GLEBEFIELD, , SWIMBRIDGE, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 0PH
Received 25 Mar 2019ANCHORWOOD, , STICKLEPATH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 2EZ
Received 1 Aug 2014MANOR FARM, , , KNOWSTONE, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4RZ
Received 20 Mar 2015MEADOW VIEW (LAND ADJACENT TO 4 CHURCH CLOSE), CHURCH CLOSE, , GOODLEIGH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7LU
Received 30 Mar 2016WHITEFIELD DOWN, , , MUDDIFORD, , DEVON,
Received 13 Aug 2015LAND ADJACENT THE BARN HOUSE, , BRAYFORD, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7QJ
Received 26 Sept 2011PARKSIDE (BARNSTAPLE) LTD, NEWPORT ROAD, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 9BA
Received 18 May 2012DURLEIGH, VICTORIA STREET, , COMBE MARTIN, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 0JR
Received 13 May 2013Livestock Building Hill Farm West Anstey Devon
Received 26 Sept 2023Broadridge Farm Witheridge Tiverton Devon EX16 8QB
Received 22 Jul 2021WINDRUSH, 9 WOOLACOMBE RISE, , , WOOLACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 7AS
Received 9 May 201620 LITCHDON STREET, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 8ND
Received 23 Mar 2018Devonshire Motors Pilland Way Pottington Business Park Barnstaple Devon EX31 1LQ
Received 2 Aug 2023North Coombe Farm Witheridge Tiverton Devon EX16 8QH
Received 20 May 2026Land at Parsonage Farm Horwood Bideford Devon EX39 4PF
Received 19 Dec 2024Great Hele Farm Great Hele Lane South Molton Devon EX36 4LB
Received 4 Mar 2016Records 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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