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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.
19,878 approved · 1,274 refused · 1,512 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 STICKLEPATH TERRACE, STICKLEPATH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 2AY
Received 10 Nov 2011The Old Vicarage Road from Hill Head Cross to Honeybeetle Cross Chittlehampton Umberleigh Devon EX37 9RQ
Received 4 Jul 2022Chatsworth 11 Oakland Avenue Sticklepath Barnstaple EX31 2EL
Received 24 Aug 2020RAWLE GAMMON AND BAKER, RIVERSIDE ROAD, POTTINGTON BUSINESS PARK, , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 1QN
Received 22 Oct 2015LAND AT, WESTERN GARDENS, , COMBE MARTIN, , DEVON,
Received 10 Feb 2015Manor Lea Mount Pleasant Bideford Devon EX39 4LJ
Received 9 Mar 2020THE FAIRWAYS, SUNSET HEIGHTS, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 8DH
Received 1 Aug 2016TAW VIEW, OVERTON, CODDEN HILL, BISHOPS TAWTON, BARNSTAPLE, EX32 0DX
Received 9 Oct 20131-2 Highfield Villas Highfield Road Ilfracombe Devon EX34 9LE
Received 11 Oct 2012Land adj The Firs Road From Silcombe Cross To Waddington Cross Bishops Nympton Devon EX36 4PA
Received 22 Dec 202232 PILTON STREET, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 1PJ
Received 20 Dec 2013Mill Park Touring Site Mill Lane Berrynarbor Ilfracombe Devon EX34 9SH
Received 21 Oct 2020Hallstone High Wall Sticklepath Barnstaple Devon EX31 2DP
Received 19 Oct 2021HOME FARM, , , BISHOPS NYMPTON, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4PG
Received 29 May 2013Land adj Allenstyle Yelland Devon
Received 21 Mar 2017GALSWORTHY HOUSE, MARINE PARADE, , INSTOW, BIDEFORD, DEVON, EX39 4JA
Received 14 Mar 2017Barns to the south of Woolacombe Station Road Woolacombe Ilfracombe Devon EX34 7AN
Received 12 Mar 20266 Linden Close Braunton Devon EX33 1AW
Received 23 Mar 2022Land near Uppacott Farm Uppacott Tawstock Barnstaple Devon EX31 3LA
Received 18 Aug 2020Land adj Birch Road Landkey Devon
Received 3 Nov 2017HIGHER TIDDERSON, , , RACKENFORD, TIVERTON, DEVON, EX16 8DN
Received 17 Apr 2019MULLACOTT CROSS BUSINESS PARK, , , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8PS
Received 20 Jan 20143 DAVIDS HILL, , GEORGEHAM, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1QF
Received 8 Aug 2017CRANFORD, 8 MOORLAND RISE, , , SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4BX
Received 10 Jul 2017Records 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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