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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.
20,831 approved · 1,374 refused · 1,623 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St. George's House Georgeham Braunton Devon EX33 1JN
Received 20 Dec 2021Swallows East Street Chulmleigh Devon EX18 7DD
Received 28 Oct 2014Land North of Darracott House Darracott Georgeham Braunton Devon
Received 5 Dec 20197 Cairnside Ilfracombe Devon EX34 8EW
Received 8 Jan 202119 SOWDEN PARK, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 8EH
Received 7 Sept 2015Bradwell Hall 1 Bradwell Road Ilfracombe Devon EX34 8BY
Received 13 Oct 2014Combrew Exeter Road South Molton Devon EX36 4HX
Received 25 Feb 2026Hill House East Fore Street Hill Chulmleigh Devon EX18 7BS
Received 5 Feb 202530 SOUTH PARK, , , BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 2HT
Received 4 Mar 2015DOWNEND CAR PARK, , , CROYDE, , DEVON,
Received 12 May 20166 Saltmer Close Ilfracombe North Devon EX34 8LY
Received 3 Mar 2020Land off Down Lane Braunton Devon
Received 16 Dec 2021GARDEN OF PECKS MEADOW, SOUTH MOLTON STREET, CHULMLEIGH, DEVON, EX18 7BW
Received 11 Oct 20102 ORA CLOSE, , CROYDE, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1NJ
Received 28 Feb 2014FIG TREE FARM HOUSE, 47 ST MARYS ROAD, , CROYDE, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1PJ
Received 9 Oct 2018ACTAVIS, WESTACOTT ROAD, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 8NS
Received 17 Feb 2012Nonconformist Chapel Blakes Hill Road Landkey Barnstaple Devon EX32 0JQ
Received 2 Aug 2022CROSSLAND, BUCKINGHAM CLOSE, , , SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4ER
Received 15 Apr 2019Hanson Garage Castle Street Combe Martin Ilfracombe Devon EX34 0JE
Received 24 Oct 201951 Pixie Lane Braunton Devon EX33 1BU
Received 13 Apr 2023EUROPA PARK, WOOLACOMBE STATION ROAD, , WOOLACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 7AN
Received 21 Sept 2018Slough House Bishops Nympton South Molton Devon EX36 4NZ
Received 5 Jun 2023Barn Adjacent Hewish Barton Hewish Barton Muddiford Barnstaple Devon EX31 4HH
Received 16 May 2025LITCHATON, , , SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 3EN
Received 20 Sept 2012Records 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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