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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.
24,357 approved · 1,796 refused · 2,146 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Aug 2001 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HIGHER RADNIDGE FARM, , , EAST ANSTEY, TIVERTON, DEVON, EX16 9JR
Received 8 May 201711 Hawley Manor Barnstaple Devon EX32 8AP
Received 20 Mar 2024KIRTON, SPRINGFIELD ROAD, , WOOLACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 7BX
Received 3 Dec 2012LOWER SLETCHCOTT, , , KINGS NYMPTON, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9TB
Received 6 Mar 2017BARNS ADJACENT TO WESTAWAY BARTON, WESTAWAY PLAIN, PILTON, BARNSTAPLE, EX31 4JQ
Received 13 Oct 2009WOODPECKER BARTON, , , HORWOOD, BIDEFORD, DEVON, EX39 4PB
Received 9 Oct 2017BOMMERTOWN FARM, , , BOTTREAUX MILL, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 3PS
Received 24 Oct 2016RALEIGH MEAD, LAND OFF RALEIGH CLOSE, , , SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON
Received 12 Jun 2018LAND AT TEWS LANE, , BICKINGTON, , DEVON,
Received 22 Jun 2016THE OLD BAKERY CHAPEL STREET GEORGEHAM BRAUNTON DEVON EX33 1JJ
Received 19 May 2011BRAMBLE PATCH, BACK LANE, , , CHULMLEIGH, DEVON, EX18 7DQ
Received 12 Aug 2014Higher Trayne Farm Berrynarbor Ilfracombe Devon EX34 9RW
Received 3 Mar 2022THE OLD MILL, , , LEE, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8LR
Received 17 Oct 2018Ivyside South Molton Street Chulmleigh Devon EX18 7BW
Received 4 May 20216 SOMMERS CRESCENT, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 9DP
Received 21 Sept 2010The Old Post Office Ash Mill South Molton Devon EX36 4QD
Received 22 Mar 2023OLD TENNIS COURT HIGHER PARK ROAD BRAUNTON DEVON EX33 2LG
Received 27 Jan 2011EASTLEIGH MANOR, EASTLEIGH, BIDEFORD, DEVON, EX39 4PA
Received 9 Nov 200923 Kingfisher Drive Barnstaple Devon EX32 8QW
Received 27 Jul 2020ASH BANK, CORNER LANE, , COMBE MARTIN, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 0HU
Received 21 Jul 2014Garden of Elm Cottage Higher Park Road Braunton Devon EX33 2LF
Received 11 Mar 2020HARTPIECE FARM, SHIRWELL, BARNSTAPLE, EX31 4LG
Received 23 Sept 2009Land at Nutcombe Hill Combe Martin Ilfracombe Devon EX34 0NL
Received 17 Dec 2025CALVERT TRUST EXMOOR, WISTLANDPOUND, KENTISBURY, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4SJ
Received 12 Apr 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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