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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.
22,670 approved · 1,549 refused · 1,852 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Aug 2001 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Trespass 59 High Street Barnstaple Devon EX31 1JB
Received 11 Feb 2022CORBIERE, 33 ELIZABETH DRIVE, , STICKLEPATH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3AJ
Received 31 Aug 2016KINGS ARMS, CHAPEL STREET, , GEORGEHAM, DEVON, EX33 1JJ
Received 15 Aug 2016WHITESTONE CLEAVE, , LINCOMBE, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8LN
Received 19 Jan 201236 THE BRITTONS, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 2HF
Received 2 Aug 2011SAMLINGSTEAD, ROADWAY CORNER, WOOLACOMBE, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 7HL
Received 4 Oct 2011LITTLE MOOR FARM (FIELD AT SS8324NW), , KNOWSTONE, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 3PT
Received 19 Jan 2011BARN AT HONITON BARTON, HONITON ROAD, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4JA
Received 27 Sept 2010Myrtle & Meadow Camping Site Moor Lane Croyde Braunton Devon
Received 8 Mar 2019CAR PARK OPPOSITE, BUTCHERS ARMS, ALSWEAR, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4LH
Received 11 Jan 2012DENSDON FARM, ROSE ASH, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4RH
Received 30 Apr 20123 Hillsborough Terrace Ilfracombe Devon EX34 9NR
Received 20 Sept 20244 - 5 BATH TERRACE, MARINE PARADE, , INSTOW, BIDEFORD, DEVON, EX39 4JN
Received 14 Feb 2019LAND AT STONECOMBE, , , KENTISBURY FORD, EAST DOWN, DEVON, EX31 4NA
Received 15 Feb 201642 PARK AVENUE, STICKLEPATH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 2ES
Received 22 Feb 2011LITTLE LILLY COTTAGE, , , GOODLEIGH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7NQ
Received 5 May 2018FLOWERDOWN, , , BRATTON FLEMING, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7JL
Received 12 Jun 2018Hillcrest Mortehoe Woolacombe Devon EX34 7DY
Received 15 Oct 2021CHATSWORTH HOUSE, CHESTWOOD, BISHOPS TAWTON, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 0AS
Received 10 Jun 2010LAND ADJACENT TO SANDY LANE COURT, SANDY LANE, , , WOOLACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 7DQ
Received 30 Sept 2015Land at Muckford Farm Ash Mill Devon
Received 17 Dec 20135 PARKLANDS, , ROUNDSWELL, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3SF
Received 4 Sept 2018GARDEN OF, 5 HILLSIDE, , GEORGE NYMPTON, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4JF
Received 28 Mar 2013LAND TO THE REAR OF, 44 LAGOON VIEW, YELLAND, , DEVON, EX31 3LD
Received 14 Apr 2010Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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