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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24,357 approved · 1,796 refused · 2,146 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
FIELD AT SS8324NW, OWLABOROUGH MOOR, , KNOWSTONE, TIVERTON, EX364RR
Received 24 Jul 2008Queen Street Car Park Osprey Charging Network Development Queen Street Barnstaple Devon EX32 8HG
Received 13 Feb 2023STONERIDGE, POOLE LANE, BURRINGTON, UMBERLEIGH, EX379NG
Received 19 Jun 2008THE GRANGE, NORTH MORTE ROAD, , WOOLACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 7EG
Received 5 Oct 2017Red Maples & Little Orchard Barton Lane Berrynarbor EX34 9SU
Received 21 Jan 2025Abbots Park Molland South Molton Devon EX36 3NL
Received 19 Dec 2023PARISH HALL, KINGS NYMPTON, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9ST
Received 25 Nov 2009LAND AT, LOWER CROSS ROAD, , BICKINGTON, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 2LE
Received 18 Jun 2013SOUTHLEA, COOMBE CLOSE, , GOODLEIGH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7NL
Received 16 May 2016Land at Raleigh Park, Barnstaple, North Devon
Received 11 Jun 2025MAINS DOWN LANE, OXFORD CROSS, GEORGEHAM, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1HX
Received 23 Feb 2010ACCOTT MANOR, , BRAYFORD, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX327PJ
Received 15 Apr 20082 BARTON LANE CLOSE, , , BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 2AZ
Received 19 Sept 2017Barn 1 Lower Birbrook Farm Chapelton Umberleigh Devon EX37 9EE
Received 23 Jun 20232 BROOKDALE VILLAS, , LEE, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8LW
Received 6 Nov 2014THE OLD POST OFFICE, ROAD PAST HIGHER FISHERTON, , ATHERINGTON, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9HY
Received 7 Apr 2015Land adajacent Beacon Rise Chulmleigh Devon
Received 2 Feb 2022Barn At Pool Lane Burrington Umberleigh Devon EX37 9NG
Received 2 Sept 2024LITTLE HATCH, MORTEHOE STATION ROAD, WOOLACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 7EZ
Received 19 May 2010Hunters Moon Heasley Mill South Molton Devon EX36 3LE
Received 25 Sept 202511 HELE LANE, ROUNDSWELL, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3XY
Received 17 Sept 2012FIG TREE FARM HOUSE, 47 ST MARYS ROAD, , CROYDE, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1PJ
Received 5 Jun 20145 PRIMROSE AVENUE, WESTACOTT, BARNSTAPLE, EX328RG
Received 12 Dec 2008HOBBY HOUSE FARM, , , ALSWEAR, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4LH
Received 24 Apr 2014Records 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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