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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.
21,771 approved · 1,453 refused · 1,729 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Dec 2004 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
GARDEN OF, 33 BROAD PARK AVENUE, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8DZ
Received 11 May 201513 WESTAWAY CLOSE, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 1RU
Received 6 Apr 2016West Stowford Farm West Down Devon
Received 24 Nov 2025East Hole Farm Knowstone South Molton Devon EX36 4RY
Received 8 Aug 20229 Fairlynch Grove Braunton Devon EX33 1LU
Received 10 Mar 201423 ROOKS CLOSE, , ROUNDSWELL, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3SW
Received 15 Dec 2016CHERRY TREE, 13 FIELD CLOSE, , , BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1EP
Received 5 Mar 20131 CLARENCE PLACE, SOUTH STREET, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 9DU
Received 20 Aug 2013Land adjacent to Long Close (Lan Y Mor) Croyde Braunton EX33 1NH
Received 8 Aug 2025Mogworthy Wood Rackenford Tiverton Devon EX16 8DN
Received 10 Aug 2021HALLMARK COTTAGE, 3 SILVER STREET, , , BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 2EN
Received 25 Jan 2019SUNNYHOLME, SOUTH MOLTON STREET, , , CHULMLEIGH, DEVON, EX18 7BW
Received 11 Mar 2016THE MILL HOUSE, MILL ROAD, , FREMINGTON, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3DQ
Received 19 Nov 201211 HAWLEY CLOSE, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 8AR
Received 12 Sept 2017WOODHOUSE FARM, , , QUEENS NYMPTON, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4JH
Received 13 May 2019North Patchole Paddock, Patchole, Kentisbury, Barnstaple., Devon EX31 4NB
Received 3 Apr 201910 HILLSBOROUGH PARK ROAD, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 9QR
Received 1 Dec 2016Former Ebberley House Avenue Road Ilfracombe Devon EX34 9AT
Received 26 Nov 2020Land adjacent Rackenford School and Church Yard Rackenford Tiverton Devon EX16 8ED
Received 12 Aug 2014Land at Leigh Road Chulmleigh Devon
Received 5 Aug 201356 HAZEL AVENUE, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 2EZ
Received 19 Jun 20126 THE QUAY, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 9EQ
Received 4 Oct 2013MARSH FARM, , , LOWER LOVACOTT, NEWTON TRACEY, DEVON,
Received 8 Dec 201410 Winston Park South Molton Devon EX36 3AY
Received 15 Apr 2026Records 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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