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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.
22,040 approved · 1,483 refused · 1,760 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
KEEPERS ROOST, , , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8NA
Received 11 Oct 201839 BEAUFORT WALK, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7JD
Received 16 Jan 2012LAND ADJACENT DENE COTTAGE, BIRDSWELL LANE, BERRYNARBOR, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 9SF
Received 14 Jul 2010WEST BACKSTONE, , , RACKENFORD, TIVERTON, DEVON, EX16 8EF
Received 28 Sept 2018WRENTHAM HOUSE, BARBICAN ROAD, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 9HW
Received 30 Oct 2017Lower Viveham Muddiford Barnstaple Devon EX31 4EY
Received 19 Nov 20134 Dunns Close Wrafton Braunton Devon EX33 2DG
Received 4 Mar 2021FOXHILL FARM, , , WEST DOWN, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8NF
Received 10 Jun 2013Barnstaple Retail Park Station Road Barnstaple Devon
Received 31 Jan 2023MILL STREET GARAGE, MILL STREET, , , SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4AR
Received 29 May 2018LAND ADJACENT TO MEADOWBANK, POTTERY LANE, YELLAND, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3EG
Received 19 Apr 2011Goulds Farm Nethercott Braunton Devon EX33 1HT
Received 13 Nov 20251 THE ROW, , , GEORGE NYMPTON, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4JE
Received 22 Nov 2012WINSHAM CROSS, , , WINSHAM, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 2NH
Received 17 Nov 2014Land at Moor Close Kings Nympton Devon
Received 10 Sept 2013TOSSELLS BARN, , , BRAYFORD, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7PR
Received 31 Oct 2017NORTH COOMBE FARM, WITHERIDGE, TIVERTON, DEVON, EX16 8QH
Received 28 Mar 2013Building plot Lower Park Road Braunton EX33 2LQ
Received 2 Nov 2020Amidala Umberleigh Devon EX37 9PX
Received 27 Aug 2019The Cabin 36 Leadengate Close Croyde Braunton Devon EX33 1PT
Received 13 Apr 202224 Davids Hill Georgeham Braunton Devon EX33 1QF
Received 9 Dec 2025The Malthouse South Molton Street Chulmleigh Devon EX18 7BW
Received 9 Dec 2022VALLE VUE, , , BURRINGTON, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9NF
Received 22 Mar 2016BEALY COURT STUD FARM, , , CHULMLEIGH, , DEVON,
Received 18 Feb 2016Records 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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