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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.
21,178 approved · 1,404 refused · 1,665 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LITTLE PORTION, CHURCH HILL LANE, , KNOWLE, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 2ND
Received 14 Nov 2017Pall Europe Ltd Station Road Ilfracombe Devon EX34 8BH
Received 27 Jan 2022Land to rear of 7 Millers Brook Croyde Braunton Devon EX33 1PQ
Received 24 Apr 2024Upper Gorwell House Goodleigh Road Barnstaple Devon EX32 7JP
Received 6 Jul 2026RMB CHIVENOR, , , CHIVENOR, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4AZ
Received 2 Oct 2013The Pines Eastleigh Bideford Devon EX39 4PA
Received 6 Apr 2021Heathers 12 Meadowside Ashford Barnstaple Devon EX31 4BS
Received 20 Sept 20212 Coronation Cottages Atherington Umberleigh Devon EX37 9HY
Received 22 Jul 2019BYWAYS, THE ESPLANADE, WOOLACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 7DJ
Received 9 Nov 2010Southcott Farm Burrington EX37 9LF
Received 20 Jan 2025PARMINTERS HOUSE, 80 PILTON STREET, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 1PQ
Received 10 Dec 201217 NADDER MEADOW, , , SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4BR
Received 2 Jul 2014Plot 3 Woodlands Close Knowle Braunton Devon EX33 2EJ
Received 22 Jul 2013STONE HILL, , GEORGE NYMPTON, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9TR
Received 20 Jul 2011HSBC 10 High Street Barnstaple Devon EX31 1BG
Received 27 Apr 2021Village Green Fremington Barnstaple Devon EX31 2NX
Received 8 Sept 2026Chapel Cottage The Square Chittlehampton Umberleigh Devon EX37 9QW
Received 6 Jan 2021Land at Bratton Cross Bratton Fleming Devon
Received 27 Jul 2020Atlas Packaging Unit B2 - B4 Brannam Court Roundswell Devon
Received 24 Mar 2016Higher Shutescombe Cottage Brayford Devon
Received 6 Jul 2026Meadowsweet Saunton Road Braunton Devon EX33 1HG
Received 1 Jun 2020NORTH KIPSCOMBE, , BRATTON FLEMING, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4TN
Received 23 Jan 2012Flitton Farm North Molton Devon EX36 3EP
Received 30 Aug 2024New Park Barn South Molton Devon EX36 3HH
Received 25 Mar 2026Records 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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