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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24,357 approved · 1,796 refused · 2,146 withdrawn.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: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
CARPHONE WAREHOUSE, 39 HIGH STREET, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 1BZ
Received 13 Sept 2011Sowden Field Whiddon Valley (OS map reference: SS5747833079)
Received 29 Jul 2019ROOKERY NOOK, 77 STERRIDGE VALLEY, , BERRYNARBOR, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 9TB
Received 23 Jan 2014THE OLD COURT HOUSE, SOUTH MOLTON STREET, CHULMLEIGH, DEVON, EX18 7BW
Received 17 Mar 2014HALLMARK COTTAGE, 3 SILVER STREET, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX332EN
Received 3 Jul 2009Rosebud Ranch Kings Nympton Umberleigh Devon EX37 9TP
Received 8 Oct 2025DAVEY PARK, EAST STREET, CHULMLEIGH, DEVON, EX187DD
Received 20 Nov 2008Falkland House Slade Road Ilfracombe Devon EX34 8LB
Received 9 Dec 2019TDK LAMBDA, KINGSLEY AVENUE, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8ES
Received 7 Nov 2017J & S WENSLEY NEWSAGENTS STATION HOUSE, CAEN STREET, , BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1AA
Received 30 Oct 2017ASTON COTTAGE, , , BISHOPS NYMPTON, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4NY
Received 20 Oct 2015CLANTON, ROUNDSWELL, BARNSTAPLE, N DEVON, EX31 3NP
Received 15 Jun 2011CANNINGTON FARM, WITHERIDGE, TIVERTON, DEVON, EX16 8PT
Received 14 May 2014STUMBLES, 131 - 134 EAST STREET, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 3BU
Received 24 Mar 2011Newton Barton Newton Tracey Barnstaple Devon EX31 3PL
Received 12 Mar 2013Kings Nympton Park Estate Kings Nympton Umberleigh Devon EX37 9TA
Received 22 Oct 2024LAND AT CAPELANDS FARM, , , BRATTON FLEMING, , DEVON, EX32 7JN
Received 26 Mar 2014THE SCRAPYARD, YELLAND ROAD, FREMINGTON, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3FF
Received 8 Jan 2009NORTH NEWTON FARM, , , CHITTLEHAMPTON, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9QS
Received 22 Jul 2014GARDEN OF 11 BICKINGTON LODGE ESTATE, BICKINGTON, BARNSTAPLE, EX312LH
Received 23 Jul 20092B Pilton Street Barnstaple EX31 1PE
Received 20 Aug 20192 SEVEN ACRES PARK, , , BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 2PD
Received 8 Nov 2017Presbury Farm Chittlehamholt Umberleigh Devon EX37 9NU
Received 7 Dec 2020MUDDLEBRIDGE HOUSE, , , FREMINGTON, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 2NQ
Received 3 Jan 2019Records 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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