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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.
20,902 approved · 1,378 refused · 1,629 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Burrington Playing Field Burrington Devon
Received 13 Sept 2019Brook Cottage Blakes Hill Road Landkey Barnstaple Devon EX32 0NE
Received 3 Jul 2019LAND ADJ, 1 LAKELANDS CLOSE, , WITHERIDGE, TIVERTON, DEVON, EX16 8DD
Received 19 Sept 2013LAND AT, FAIRLYNCH LANE, , , BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1BT
Received 9 May 2014ULFRID, , , LEE, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8LR
Received 1 Aug 20184 MONTPELIER TERRACE, MONTPELIER ROAD, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 9HR
Received 19 Aug 2013ANCHOR WOOD, , STICKLEPATH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON
Received 30 May 201852 Elizabeth Drive Sticklepath EX31 3AJ
Received 24 Jul 2019TWINMOOR VIEW, ROBOROUGH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4JG
Received 11 Apr 2012LAND AT SKIBBOWS, , , KINGS NYMPTON, , DEVON, EX37 9SS
Received 27 Nov 2014PEGGYS POUND, SANFIELD, , LOBB, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1JF
Received 4 Apr 2016FREMINGTON VILLAGE GREEN, , , FREMINGTON, , DEVON,
Received 12 Dec 2016MAYO, RALEIGH PARK, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4JD
Received 5 Dec 2017Golden Coast Holiday Village Woolacombe Station Road Woolacombe Devon EX34 7HW
Received 11 Oct 2023LANGLEIGH HURST, UPPER TORRS, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8BE
Received 13 May 201171 Channel View Ilfracombe Devon EX34 9PU
Received 14 Aug 2019FIELD AT LOWER BABLEIGH, , , BABLEIGH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 0NT
Received 8 Feb 2018LOWER CAMPSCOTT FARM, , , LINCOMBE, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8LS
Received 25 Aug 2015THE VICARAGE, ST BRANNOCKS ROAD, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8EG
Received 17 Mar 2017Cubicle Barn East Bridge Newtown South Molton Devon EX36 3QW
Received 31 Mar 2025FIRST FLOOR, 75 SOUTH STREET, , , SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4AG
Received 12 Nov 2012EPCHRIS HOUSE, TORRS PARK, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8AZ
Received 1 May 2018Station House Bratton Fleming Barnstaple Devon EX31 4SD
Received 14 Jun 2022COPPER BEECH COTTAGE, OLD BIDEFORD CLOSE, , ROUNDSWELL, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 2FB
Received 12 Nov 2013Records 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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