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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24,357 approved · 1,796 refused · 2,146 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
WEST PARK, , KINGS NYMPTON, UMBERLEIGH, EX379TN
Received 31 Jul 2008GLENDALE, , , SNAPPER, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7JY
Received 18 Oct 2012FULLABROOK DOWN, CRACKAWAY BARTON, METCOMBE DOWN,, SWINDON DOWN, BEARA DOWN & LUSCOTT BARTON
Received 11 Feb 2010Brackenridge Sandy Lane Woolacombe Devon EX34 7AD
Received 8 Aug 2024UNIT 3 (FORMERLY E D L JOHN QUIN PACKAGING LTD), BRANNAM CRESCENT, ROUNDSWELL BUSINESS PARK, BARNSTAPLE, EX313TD
Received 4 Jul 2008RED HOUSE, 17 PILTON STREET, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 1PJ
Received 28 Sept 201726 BEAR STREET, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7BX
Received 5 Jul 2010Higher Ash Town Rose Ash South Molton Devon EX36 4RB
Received 20 Dec 20249 HILLSBOROUGH TERRACE, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX349NR
Received 22 Dec 2008South west corner of field Ash Mill Devon
Received 12 Apr 202340 DOONE WAY, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8HS
Received 16 Jan 20182 HIGHDOWN COTTAGES, , , FILLEIGH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 0RY
Received 31 May 2016Barn at Stoke Beara Farm Stoke Rivers Barnstaple Devon EX32 7LF
Received 20 Jan 2022The Old Watermill Manor Road Landkey Barnstaple Devon EX32 0JJ
Received 15 Apr 2020FLAT 2, 14 SPRINGFIELD ROAD, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 9JW
Received 5 Oct 2012North Hole Farm Georgeham Braunton Devon EX33 1JQ
Received 10 Mar 2023Putsborough Court Putsborough Braunton Devon EX33 1LB
Received 19 Aug 2025AGRICULTURAL BARN BELONGING TO GARLIFORD BUNGALOW BISHOPS NYMPTON DEVON EX36 3QX
Received 11 Dec 20174 PILTON LAWN, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4AA
Received 19 Jul 2011RUDA HOLIDAY PARK, MOOR LANE, , CROYDE, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1NY
Received 5 Mar 2015103 CHANNEL VIEW, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 9PU
Received 29 Jun 2016PIGGINSWOOD, OLDWAYS END, EAST ANSTEY, TIVERTON, DEVON, EX16 9JF
Received 14 May 2015LITTLE PORTION, CHURCH HILL LANE, , KNOWLE, DEVON, EX33 2ND
Received 17 Jan 2017FLAT 3, 4 OXFORD GROVE, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 9HG
Received 21 Nov 2013Records 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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