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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.
20,641 approved · 1,354 refused · 1,604 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Dec 2004 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Hallmark Cottage Silver Street Braunton Devon EX33 2EN
Received 4 Jun 2021LITTLE LANGATON FARM, , , CHITTLEHAMPTON, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9RD
Received 1 May 2014QUEENS THEATRE, BOUTPORT STREET, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 1SY
Received 28 May 2013Croyde Motors 3 Jones Hill Croyde Braunton Devon EX33 1LX
Received 11 Jun 2024HIGHER WEEK FARM, , HIGH BICKINGTON, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9BW
Received 27 Feb 20123 Longland Lane Georgeham Braunton Devon EX33 1JR
Received 24 Jul 2020THE GREEN WOOD, , , STOKE RIVERS, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7LD
Received 11 Jul 2013GROUND FLOOR, STUCLEY HOUSE, FORE STREET, CHULMLEIGH, DEVON, EX18 7BR
Received 15 Jun 2011HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8DD
Received 11 May 2012Michaelmas Cottage 70 Wrafton Wrafton Devon EX33 2DW
Received 5 May 202615 Barton Avenue Braunton Devon EX33 2BA
Received 1 Jun 20222 HOBBY HOUSE VILLAS, , ALSWEAR, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4LZ
Received 10 Oct 2013Middlecott Farm Brayford Barnstaple Devon EX32 7PZ
Received 8 Jun 202069 Chichester Park Woolacombe EX34 7BZ
Received 17 Sept 2019Petroc Old Sticklepath Hill Sticklepath Barnstaple Devon EX31 2BQ
Received 10 Sept 2012BYRON APARTMENTS (FORMER NARRACOTT HOTEL SITE), BEACH ROAD, , WOOLACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 7BS
Received 6 Dec 2016Land adjacent to Trevell St Johns Lane Barnstaple Devon EX32 9DD
Received 9 Feb 2022Land adjacent to North Molton Primary School Main Road South Molton North Molton
Received 1 Aug 2023Old Court Guest House Birdswell Lane Berrynarbor Ilfracombe Devon EX34 9SE
Received 28 Feb 202350 West Yelland Yelland Barnstaple Devon EX31 3HF
Received 5 Apr 2023Former Fremington Army Camp Hill Top Fremington Barnstaple Devon EX31 3BJ
Received 15 Dec 2023Environment Agency site (903 Portmarsh trash screen) Victoria Road Barnstaple Devon EX32 9HR
Received 20 Dec 2019Land adj Old Torrington Road Sticklepath Barnstaple Devon
Received 1 May 20191 Yew Cottages St Peters Close West Buckland Barnstaple Devon EX32 0SG
Received 23 May 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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