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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.
20,857 approved · 1,376 refused · 1,628 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 VICTORIA TERRACE, MARINE PARADE, INSTOW, BIDEFORD, DEVON, EX39 4JW
Received 8 Jul 2014Greystones Home Lane Lee Ilfracombe Devon EX34 8LR
Received 10 Nov 2023Little Roadway Farm Woolacombe Devon EX34 7HL
Received 8 Sept 2022Mayfield Gunswell Lane South Molton Devon EX36 4DU
Received 8 May 202411 SOUTH STREET, , , SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4AA
Received 12 May 2016Inglenook Road From Barton Cross To Instow CP School Instow Bideford EX39 4LU
Received 4 Feb 20205 MEADOW PARK, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4ES
Received 10 Sept 20106-18 (inclusive) and 29-38 (inclusive) Harford Way Landkey Barnstaple Devon EX32 0FG
Received 28 Jun 2024Barn at Highlands Farm Chulmleigh Devon EX18 7AF
Received 30 Nov 202123 ROLLE STREET, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 1JW
Received 24 Jun 2013HILL FARM, HILL VILLAGE, FILLEIGH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 0RP
Received 3 Jan 2013LITTLE YEOLAND, YEOLAND LANE, SWIMBRIDGE, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 0QU
Received 5 Apr 201220 Tarka Lane Woolacombe Devon EX34 7AT
Received 24 Oct 20248 Barton Court Bishops Nympton South Molton Devon EX36 4FS
Received 7 Jun 20212 West Croyde Croyde Braunton Devon EX33 1QA
Received 5 Feb 2021CADBURY COTTAGE, , , , CHULMLEIGH, DEVON, EX18 7AR
Received 8 Jan 2015Glen Lyn Garage Borough Road Combe Martin Ilfracombe Devon EX34 0AN
Received 19 Oct 2020Brook Cottage Middle Marwood Barnstaple Devon EX31 4EG
Received 15 Mar 2021Open Space Sherratts Oak Barnstaple Devon
Received 6 Nov 2019Land to the west of the junction of Manor Road and Vicarage Road Landkey Barnstaple Devon EX32 0JJ
Received 12 May 20218 BROOMHILL VILLAS, , BRAYFORD, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7QF
Received 9 Aug 2017Lower Yelland Farm Yelland Barnstaple Devon EX31 3EN
Received 5 Oct 2020Huxford Farm Kings Nympton Umberleigh Devon EX37 9TP
Received 13 Sept 2023LAND WEST OF WEST BUCKLAND (OS.6508 3114), , WEST BUCKLAND, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON
Received 20 May 2011Records 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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