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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.
23,206 approved · 1,605 refused · 1,936 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Aug 2001 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HIGHER WEEK FARM, , HIGH BICKINGTON, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9BW
Received 27 Feb 201210 RIVER VIEW, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 0HQ
Received 24 Jan 20118 ROSALIE TERRACE, ARLINGTON PLACE, , , WOOLACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 7BJ
Received 30 Nov 2017Land off Beards Road Fremington Barnstaple Devon EX31 2PG
Received 30 Jul 2015Chilpark Fremington Devon
Received 2 Mar 2023Collabear Farm Uppacott Barnstaple Devon EX31 3JZ
Received 13 Oct 2020Barn Adjacent to Woods Farm Ash Mill South Molton Devon EX36 4QX
Received 2 Feb 2024UNITED SERVICES BOWLING CLUB, POTTINGTON ROAD, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 1JH
Received 23 Mar 2015Land at Eastacombe Rise Heanton Punchardon Devon
Received 14 Jan 202211 The Tree House Moorland Rise South Molton Devon EX36 4BX
Received 15 Jun 2026EAST STONE FARM, , , GEORGE NYMPTON, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9TR
Received 10 Mar 20142 RUMSAM GARDENS, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 9EY
Received 19 Apr 201714 SOUTH VIEW, PRIXFORD, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4DY
Received 26 Nov 2009Oaklands Poultry Farm West Anstey South Molton Devon EX36 3PH
Received 17 Aug 2020Nascott Bungalow Beach Road Woolacombe Devon EX34 7BT
Received 4 Apr 2022FREMINGTON COMMUNITY PRIMARY & NURSERY SCHOOL, BEECHFIELD ROAD, , FREMINGTON, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3DD
Received 10 Feb 2014NEWLAND PARK FARM, , , HARFORD, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 0LY
Received 14 Apr 2016BARNPOOL FARM, , , BURRINGTON, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9NE
Received 5 Dec 2017FINEHAY, , , MARIANSLEIGH, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4LL
Received 24 Apr 2018FIRST FLOOR (ROOMS 9 & 10), CHURCH HOUSE, CHURCH LANE, , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 1DE
Received 13 Jun 201729 KINGSACRE, , , BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1BN
Received 11 Mar 2014Bommertown Farm Molland South Molton EX36 3PS
Received 1 Nov 2019PROSPECT FARM, , , RACKENFORD, TIVERTON, DEVON, EX16 8DS
Received 4 Sept 201513 ALLENSTYLE WAY, , YELLAND, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3ED
Received 26 May 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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