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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.
22,200 approved · 1,504 refused · 1,788 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
WEST WEEK FARM, ROMANSLEIGH, CHULMLEIGH, DEVON, EX18 7EE
Received 15 Apr 201026 Hobbs Hill Croyde Braunton Devon EX33 1LZ
Received 12 Sept 2024Lower Twitchen Farm Mullacott Cross Ilfracombe Devon EX34 8NP
Received 21 Sept 2021LITTLE ORCHARD, HIGHER PARK ROAD, , , BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 2LG
Received 18 Mar 2015FERN COTTAGE, HIGHER LITCHARDON FARM, , NEWTON TRACEY, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3QE
Received 11 Apr 201437 SAUNTON ROAD, , , BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1HD
Received 23 Dec 201499 East Street South Molton Devon EX36 3DF
Received 9 May 201427 DOONE WAY, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8HR
Received 25 Jun 2010GLENDALE, , , CHITTLEHAMPTON, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9PX
Received 10 Sept 2012RYEDALE LODGE, SUNNYSIDE ROAD, WOOLACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 7DG
Received 5 Jul 201218 Longland Lane Georgeham EX33 1JR
Received 3 Jul 2025Whitstone Farm Chittlehampton Umberleigh Devon EX37 9RB
Received 6 Jul 2022CORFFE, , TAWSTOCK, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3NZ
Received 6 Jan 201223 & 24 Heal Park Crescent Fremington Barnstaple Devon EX31 3AP
Received 30 Jan 2026Land at Leigh Road Chulmleigh Devon
Received 11 Jul 2016LAND ADJ FOUR CROSS WAY, , , BRATTON FLEMING, , DEVON,
Received 18 Jan 2016TAW WHARF, , STICKLEPATH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 2AA
Received 7 May 2018Pudding Court Farm Bickington Road Bickington Barnstaple Devon EX31 2JH
Received 23 Oct 2024Berry Whiddon Farm Milltown Barnstaple Devon EX31 4HF
Received 25 Oct 2021YEO VALLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL, DERBY ROAD, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7HB
Received 16 Feb 2018AMIDALA, , , CHITTLEHAMPTON, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9PX
Received 11 Sept 2013SILLERY COTTAGE (LITTLE WOODACOTT),, , , EAST DOWN, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4LZ
Received 18 Feb 2019Woodlands Tawstock Barnstaple Devon EX31 3JH
Received 4 Jul 2017GRAYLINGS, 2 HIGHER ROAD, FREMINGTON, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3BG
Received 1 Aug 2011Records 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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