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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.
19,596 approved · 1,245 refused · 1,475 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Leworthy Farm Bratton Fleming Barnstaple Devon EX31 4TP
Received 7 Sept 2023Cruwys Ball East Anstey Tiverton Devon EX16 9JR
Received 16 Aug 2021Blackerton Care Village East Anstey Tiverton Devon EX16 9JT
Received 17 Mar 2014LAND EAST OF MULLACOTT CROSS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, , , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8PY
Received 30 Jan 2015LADBROKES LTD, 107 HIGH STREET, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 1HP
Received 22 May 2014BARCLAYS BANK PLC, 38 BOUTPORT STREET, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 1RX
Received 4 Apr 2013Land on East & West sides of Hacche Lane South Molton Devon EX36 3BS
Received 24 Nov 2025West Pilliven Witheridge Tiverton Devon EX16 8QD
Received 11 Aug 2022Westaway Torrs Park Ilfracombe Devon EX34 8AY
Received 14 Oct 20194 OLD TORRINGTON ROAD, , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 2DD
Received 12 Sept 2012Blue Bay Guest House Upper Claypark Mortehoe Woolacombe Devon EX34 7EA
Received 1 Sept 2022Various locations at Roundswell Roundswell Barnstaple Devon EX31 3RA
Received 4 Dec 2020KNOWLE HOUSE, , , KNOWLE, DEVON, EX33 2LY
Received 2 Aug 2013Land South of Butts Close Witheridge Tiverton Devon EX16 8AJ
Received 31 Oct 2019EAST WORLINGTON HOUSE, , , EAST WORLINGTON, CREDITON, DEVON, EX17 4TS
Received 1 Sept 2014THE OLD BARN AT HIGHER BLAGROVE, , , EAST WORLINGTON, CREDITON, DEVON, EX17 4SU
Received 23 May 2017Land at Fullaford Farm Bratton Fleming Barnstaple Devon
Received 23 Jun 2022LAND ADJACENT THE COTTAGE, KINGS HEANTON LANE, , PRIXFORD, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4DX
Received 28 Feb 2018QUEEN DART FARM, , , RACKENFORD, TIVERTON, DEVON, EX16 8EA
Received 20 Aug 2018UPLANDS, LANDKEY ROAD, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 9DH
Received 23 Mar 2015Barns adjacent Threshing Barn Maidenford Goodleigh Barnstaple Devon EX32 7NG
Received 10 Nov 2022The Strand Wilder Road Ilfracombe Devon EX34 9AW
Received 13 Feb 2019WINDY THATCH, HIGH STREET, , CHITTLEHAMPTON, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9QN
Received 5 Aug 2014Land adjacent Hutton Langleigh Park Ilfracombe
Received 31 Mar 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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