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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.
20,093 approved · 1,290 refused · 1,530 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Jade Folly Goodleigh Barnstaple Devon EX32 7NU
Received 7 Jun 2024DAMAGE BARTON, , MORTEHOE, DEVON, EX34 7EJ
Received 6 Feb 20188 South Street Barnstaple Devon EX32 9DT
Received 8 Apr 2025Chalet 12 Europa Park Woolacombe Station Road Woolacombe Devon EX34 7AN
Received 16 Mar 2020PORTMARSH FIELD, JUNCTION OF VICTORIA ROAD & PORTMARSH LANE, , BARNSTAPLE, , DEVON,
Received 25 Apr 2013MUSEUM OF BARNSTAPLE & NORTH DEVON, THE SQUARE, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 8LN
Received 25 Jan 20182 South Molton Street Chulmleigh Devon EX18 7BW
Received 14 Jul 2020BUTTERHILLS, , , WEST DOWN, DEVON, EX33 2NJ
Received 29 Jun 20171 Manor Mill Road Knowle Braunton Devon EX33 2LS
Received 22 Mar 202119 SEALANDS, WOOLACOMBE STATION ROAD, , WOOLACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 7HQ
Received 28 Apr 201519 Chichester Park Woolacombe Devon EX34 7BZ
Received 4 Apr 2023MULLACOTT CARAVAN & MARINE LTD, , MULLACOTT CROSS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8PS
Received 8 May 20134 BEDFORD ROW, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 8NR
Received 9 Sept 2015Sampson Barton Road From Sampson Cross to Wampford Bridge George Nympton Devon EX37 9TG
Received 12 Aug 2022The Beeches Chaloners Road Braunton Devon EX33 2ES
Received 15 Nov 2021High Bullen Hotel Golf And Country Club Chittlehamholt Umberleigh Devon EX37 9HD
Received 4 Nov 20222 TAW VIEW, , , CHITTLEHAMHOLT, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9PA
Received 27 Apr 2018HOBBY HOUSE FARM, , , ALSWEAR, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4LH
Received 2 Dec 2013The Green Chilpark Fremington Devon
Received 4 Dec 2018KENTISBURY GRANGE CARAVAN PARK, , KENTISBURY FORD, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4NL
Received 14 Mar 2017West Buckland School West Buckland Barnstaple Devon EX32 0SX
Received 22 Jul 2021BARN AT BRADBURY COTTAGES, , , CHITTLEHAMPTON, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9RE
Received 10 Jan 2017GARRON PARK, SOWDEN LANE, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 8BU
Received 16 Dec 2011Yellaton Cottage Combe Martin Ilfracombe Devon EX34 0PA
Received 27 Aug 2026Records 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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