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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.
23,290 approved · 1,628 refused · 1,948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
4 WATERGATE, , SWIMBRIDGE, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX320PR
Received 16 Mar 2009WESTHAVEN, ROSEA BRIDGE LANE, COMBE MARTIN, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 0DP
Received 9 Mar 2011Sea Breeze Croftswood Gardens Ilfracombe Devon EX34 9PR
Received 13 May 2022BELLE VUE, LANDKEY ROAD, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 0HL
Received 1 Mar 2010NORBURY HOUSE, TORRS PARK, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8AZ
Received 6 Nov 2014April Cottage East Anstey Dulverton Devon TA22 9RX
Received 11 Feb 2021GARDEN OF ASH BANK, CORNER LANE, COMBE MARTIN, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 0HU
Received 1 Nov 2011VALLEY VIEW, THE OLD COAST ROAD, LEE, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8LR
Received 11 Aug 20112 Park Villas Bishops Tawton Barnstaple Devon EX32 0EL
Received 22 Oct 2020Yarde Farm Mortehoe Woolacombe Devon EX34 7EH
Received 30 Apr 2021Anderton House Northleigh Hill Goodleigh Barnstaple Devon EX32 7NR
Received 15 Aug 201912 ST HELENS CLOSE, , CROYDE, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1PW
Received 21 Aug 2017WORLINGTON METHODIST CHAPEL, , , EAST WORLINGTON, CREDITON, DEVON, EX17 4SY
Received 14 Apr 2015Lauderdale Hopperstyle Bickington Barnstaple Devon EX31 2LB
Received 1 Feb 2021The Granary Chelfham Barton Barnstaple Devon EX31 4RP
Received 23 Dec 2022STOWFORD FARM MEADOWS, BERRY DOWN, , COMBE MARTIN, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 0PW
Received 10 Apr 201334 MEAD PARK, , BICKINGTON, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 2PF
Received 6 Feb 201720 LINSCOTT CRESCENT, , YELLAND, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3ES
Received 14 Jan 201618 Channel View Ilfracombe Devon EX34 9PT
Received 10 Aug 2026Kingsland Barton Nadder Lane South Molton EX36 4HP
Received 18 Oct 2019FULLABROOK WINDFARM, FULLABROOK DOWN, DEVON, EX31 4DE
Received 26 Jul 201014 LINSCOTT CRESCENT, YELLAND, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3ES
Received 21 Jul 20105 PRIMROSE AVENUE, BARNSTAPLE, EX328RG
Received 24 Nov 200833 Mount Pleasant Bishops Tawton Barnstaple Devon EX32 0AQ
Received 5 Mar 2025Records 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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