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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.
22,347 approved · 1,514 refused · 1,805 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
SHUTES COTTAGE, WEST DOWN, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8NH
Received 19 Jan 201075 LAGOON VIEW, , YELLAND, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3LE
Received 26 Sept 201660 NEWPORT ROAD, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 9BQ
Received 14 Dec 200977 LAGOON VIEW, YELLAND, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3LE
Received 6 Jan 2010HAKEFORD COTTAGE, STOKE RIVERS, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7LB
Received 18 Mar 2015SANDUNES, BEACH ROAD, WOOLACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 7BT
Received 19 Nov 2010BARN AT OS 278060 120920, , ROSE ASH, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON
Received 27 Oct 2017RIVERTON HOUSE & LAKES, COARSE ANGLING CENTRE, YEOLAND LANE, , SWIMBRIDGE, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 0QX
Received 21 Feb 2014PETROC, OLD STICKLEPATH HILL, STICKLEPATH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 2BQ
Received 30 Apr 2012ST MARGARETS GARDEN (LOWER ALMS HOUSES), PILTON STREET, , PILTON, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON,
Received 1 Dec 2016Clover Meadows Bowden Farm Marlborough Road Ilfracombe Devon EX34 8PD
Received 19 May 20263 BEAR STREET, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7BU
Received 21 Sept 2016Crows Nest Upper Claypark Mortehoe Woolacombe Devon EX34 7EA
Received 11 Sept 2014CARADON, 3 PILTON CAUSEWAY, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7AA
Received 2 Jul 2018YEATHERIDGE CARAVAN PARK, YEATHERIDGE FARM, EAST WORLINGTON, CREDITON, EX17 4TN
Received 16 Sept 2009WOODPECKER BARTON, , , HORWOOD, BIDEFORD, DEVON, EX39 4PB
Received 11 Mar 2016HAZELDENE, OLD BIDEFORD ROAD, , ROUNDSWELL, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 2PB
Received 11 Aug 2014Land on East Side of Vicarage Lawn Barnstaple Devon
Received 4 Dec 2020The Old Workshop Buller Road Barnstaple Devon EX32 8JP
Received 4 Oct 2021109 Furze Park Road Bratton Fleming Barnstaple Devon EX31 4TA
Received 3 Jan 2023Garden of Castle Villa Hillsborough Road Ilfracombe Devon EX34 9NW
Received 19 Feb 201362 Butts Close Witheridge Tiverton Devon EX16 8AJ
Received 9 May 20231 The Promenade Ilfracombe Devon
Received 21 Feb 2020THE RIDGE, , ROSE ASH, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4RF
Received 30 Apr 2012Records 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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