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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24,357 approved · 1,796 refused · 2,146 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
CREACOMBE PARSONAGE, , RACKENFORD, TIVERTON, DEVON, EX16 8EL
Received 1 Sept 2010CROSSPARK HOUSE, BELLAIRE, BARNSTAPLE, EX311QZ
Received 6 Oct 2008NORTH DEVON COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION, , OLD STICKLEPATH HILL, STICKLEPATH, BARNSTAPLE, EX312BQ
Received 4 Mar 2009Runnymeade Gardens Wilder Road Ilfracombe Devon
Received 18 Mar 2024WHITE PEBBLES, TORRS WALK AVENUE, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8AU
Received 6 Oct 2011SUMMERMOOR FARM, SWIMBRIDGE, BARNSTAPLE, EX379RJ
Received 1 Feb 200858 South Street Braunton Devon EX33 2AN
Received 1 Nov 2021Montpelier House Montpelier Terrace Montpelier Road Ilfracombe Devon EX34 9HR
Received 9 Nov 2011HINDS CLOSE, STEPSTONE LANE, KNOWLE, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 2NB
Received 18 Oct 2010Waterlake Barn Waterlake Field Lower Loxhore Devon EX31 4SY
Received 28 Jan 2020THE GRANGE, NORTH MORTE ROAD, , MORTEHOE, WOOLACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 7EG
Received 7 Jan 20153 Hillsborough Terrace Ilfracombe Devon EX34 9NR
Received 20 Sept 2024LUCKETT MILL, , KNOWSTONE, SOUTH MOLTON, EX364RS
Received 9 Dec 200834 Fallow Fields Barnstaple Devon EX32 9PG
Received 3 Oct 2022Northcote Workshop Burrington Umberleigh Devon EX37 9NF
Received 9 Oct 2019THE CLOSE, EDDYS LANE, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 9BJ
Received 18 Jul 2011North Road Barnstaple Devon EX31 1RU
Received 23 Aug 2024LAND ADJACENT TO SOUTH MOLTON HOSPITAL, WIDGERY DRIVE, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 3BU
Received 5 Aug 2010M WAY & SON TRANSPORT LTD, PATHFIELDS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 3LH
Received 2 Oct 200830 Willingcott Valley Woolacombe Devon EX34 7HN
Received 7 Aug 2017Great Frenchstone Queens Nympton South Molton Devon EX36 4JH
Received 25 Mar 2021Woodpark Cottage West Worlington Crediton Devon EX17 4TT
Received 23 May 2011Mockham Barton Brayford Barnstaple Devon EX32 7LH
Received 7 Feb 2022FULLABROOK DOWN, CRACKAWAY BARTON, METCOMBE DOWN, SWINDON DOWN, BEARA DOWN & LUSCOTT BARTON, ILFRACOMBE, EX348PJ
Received 6 Feb 2009Records 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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