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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24,357 approved · 1,796 refused · 2,146 withdrawn.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: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BEARA CHARTER FARM, , , BEARA CHARTER BARTON, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4EH
Received 20 Sept 20176 BROAD PARK CLOSE, CROYDE, BRAUNTON, EX331NR
Received 9 Apr 2009LAND AT DEASON, , , CHITTLEHAMHOLT, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9PG
Received 30 Jun 20154 Bonnicott Lane Croyde Braunton Devon EX33 1PU
Received 24 Oct 2014MOOR LANE, CROYDE, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1PA
Received 27 Aug 20143 BARBICAN TERRACE, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 9HQ
Received 25 Nov 2010CENTRAL PARK, , SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4AS
Received 22 Sept 2010VALE COTTAGE, , , CROYDE, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1PL
Received 16 Jan 2017LUCKETT, , KNOWSTONE, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4RS
Received 31 May 2011UNIT 1 HILL, VILLAGE BUSINESS PARK, FILLEIGH, DEVON, EX32 0RP
Received 7 Feb 2011Land at Harpson Lane East Kidland Ash Mill Knowstone Devon EX36 4QU
Received 17 Nov 2025MANOR COURT, MANOR ROAD, , LANDKEY, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 0JL
Received 1 Oct 2015Waytown House Goodleigh Road Barnstaple Devon EX32 7JT
Received 24 Feb 2023VICTORIA TEA ROOMS, 23A PILTON STREET, , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 1PJ
Received 23 Oct 2014Peards House West Down Ilfracombe Devon EX34 8NH
Received 8 Feb 2023HILL FARM BARN, , WEST ANSTEY, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 3PE
Received 15 Dec 201049 THE ROCK, BARNSTAPLE, EX311PN
Received 3 Jun 2008Spreacombe Nursery Woolacombe Devon EX34 7HN
Received 13 Apr 2022THE RED HOUSE AND, 7 ST BRANNOCKS PARK ROAD, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8HG
Received 21 Aug 2017Land at Wilderbrook Way Mullacott Industrial Estate Ilfracombe Devon
Received 26 Sept 201634 TOWN WALK, VICTORIA STREET, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 9HA
Received 28 Mar 2011Illers Leary Filleigh Barnstaple Devon EX32 0SA
Received 20 Oct 2023GREAT LILLY FARM, , , GOODLEIGH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7NQ
Received 20 May 2014CERTAS ENERGY LTD, , , YELLAND, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3HB
Received 12 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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