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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.
20,994 approved · 1,387 refused · 1,642 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
17 LITCHDON STREET, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 8ND
Received 23 Feb 2011Land at Beach Road Woolacombe Devon
Received 11 Nov 2025WATERMOUTH COVE HOLIDAY PARK, , , BERRYNARBOR, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 9SJ
Received 18 Oct 20182 WILD VIOLETS, ROCK HILL, , BERRYNARBOR, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 9TB
Received 23 Jul 20185 HILLSIDE, , , GEORGE NYMPTON, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4JF
Received 9 Aug 2013Easter Hill View Aylescott Lane Ilfracombe Devon EX34 8NJ
Received 7 Jul 2021OXENPARK FARM, IRON LETTERS CROSS, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 9RG
Received 14 May 2014CANNINGTON FARM, , , WITHERIDGE, , DEVON, EX16 8PT
Received 20 Jul 2018Crosspark House Bellaire Barnstaple Devon EX31 1QZ
Received 10 Sept 2021CHARLEVILLE, MORTEHOE STATION ROAD, MORTEHOE, WOOLACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 7HD
Received 16 Jun 2011ST GEORGES HOUSE, , , GEORGEHAM, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1JN
Received 23 Oct 2017SURF VIEW, CHERRY TREE FARM, , CROYDE, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1NH
Received 10 May 2016THE LAWN, 5 FORE STREET, WITHERIDGE, TIVERTON, DEVON, EX16 8AH
Received 15 Mar 2012Higher Whitestone Lee Ilfracombe Devon EX34 8LN
Received 17 Aug 202312 NEW ROAD, , , SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4BQ
Received 22 Oct 2018The Brambles Tewsley Close Bickington Barnstaple Devon EX31 2JT
Received 8 Sept 2020LAND AT CAPELANDS FARM, , , BRATTON FLEMING, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7JN
Received 28 May 20133 GRANVILLE TERRACE, WEST ROAD, WOOLACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 7BW
Received 15 Dec 2014PILTON ABBEY, BULL HILL, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 1QR
Received 8 Jul 20104 OAKLAND PARK, , STICKLEPATH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 2BZ
Received 17 Jun 2014ARLINGTON COURT, , ARLINGTON, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4LP
Received 10 Nov 2015CAPELANDS FARM, , , BRATTON FLEMING, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7JN
Received 16 Jun 2014Land of off Hatch Lane to the North of Lee Cross (Easting 271164 Northing 128853)
Received 30 Jun 2020Barum Knoll, Barnstaple Easting;256551;Northing;134282
Received 26 Mar 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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