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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.
21,264 approved · 1,409 refused · 1,677 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12A BERRYNARBOR PARK, , , BERRYNARBOR, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 9TA
Received 2 Jun 2016ROSIE BANKS, , UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9AF
Received 10 May 20114 CHAMBERCOMBE PARK ROAD, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 9QN
Received 26 Mar 2018SHORE ACRE, VENTION ROAD, , PUTSBOROUGH, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1LD
Received 29 Aug 2012PALL EUROPE LTD, STATION ROAD, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8BH
Received 21 May 20141 Downrew Cottages Bishops Tawton Devon EX32 0DY
Received 26 Mar 2020Land at Downe Farm Witheridge Tiverton Devon
Received 1 Dec 2010ASDA, LAND AT ANCHORWOOD BANK, , STICKLEPATH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 2BN
Received 26 Aug 201677 Lagoon View West Yelland Barnstaple Devon EX31 3LE
Received 4 Mar 202560 HOME FARM ROAD, FREMINGTON, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3DJ
Received 26 Jan 20112 ELWELL CROSS, , WEST BUCKLAND, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 0SW
Received 27 Aug 2013HSBC, 25 BROAD STREET, , , SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 3AQ
Received 24 Jul 201528 KINGSACRE, , , BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1BL
Received 6 Jul 2015Little Frenchstone South Molton Devon EX36 4LE
Received 18 Mar 2024Narracott Grand Hotel Beach Road Woolacombe Devon EX34 7BS
Received 6 Dec 2011Riverside Old Quay Lane Instow Bideford Devon EX39 4HX
Received 17 Apr 201421 Taw Meadow Crescent Fremington Barnstaple Devon EX31 2QA
Received 3 Jun 2024ELMSLEIGH, 34 PARK LANE, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 9AL
Received 21 Mar 2011Easter Hill View Aylescott Lane Ilfracombe Devon EX34 8NJ
Received 7 Feb 2022WOOLACOMBE BAY HOLIDAY VILLAGE, SANDY LANE, , WOOLACOMBE, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 7AH
Received 5 Mar 2013Larkbear Tawstock Barnstaple Devon
Received 20 Dec 2019Hansford House Burrington Umberleigh Devon EX37 9ES
Received 20 Dec 2019Flat 8 Kingswood House Torrs Park Ilfracombe Devon EX34 8AY
Received 10 Aug 20209 Broad Park Close Croyde Braunton Devon EX33 1NR
Received 2 Sept 2021Records 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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