Understanding planning · 13 min read
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24,357 approved · 1,803 refused · 2,147 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
SWIMBRIDGE GLEBE, SWIMBRIDGE, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 0PH
Received 22 Sept 2010FUCHSIA TEA ROOMS, , , LEE, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8LW
Received 2 May 2013Land off Higher Gorse Road Roundswell Devon
Received 26 Aug 2026LAND OFF SHUTE LANE, COMBE MARTIN, ILFRACOMBE, EX340HW
Received 10 Mar 200978 BOUTPORT STREET, BARNSTAPLE, EX311SR
Received 22 Feb 2008LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC, 15 17 CROSS STREET, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 1BE
Received 1 Feb 2013MARWOOD SCHOOL, , , MILLTOWN, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4HF
Received 28 Mar 2014BRACKENHURST, , , LEE, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8LW
Received 8 Nov 20174 MEADOW PARK, , , SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4ES
Received 28 Feb 20132 CHADDIFORD LANE, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 1RE
Received 5 Aug 2011112 GOULD ROAD, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 8EP
Received 28 Jan 201936 Taw View Barnstaple Devon EX31 2NL
Received 15 Jul 201063 LANGLEIGH PARK, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8RB
Received 5 Sept 2012Hollick Cottage Yarnscombe EX31 3LQ
Received 10 Feb 2025Wixon House Chulmleigh Devon EX18 7DS
Received 21 Jun 20237 ST BRANNOCKS HILL, , , BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1BD
Received 5 Jan 2016LITTLE WEIR FARM, ATHERINGTON, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9DU
Received 27 Jun 2011Little Lilly Cottage Goodleigh Barnstaple Devon EX32 7NQ
Received 23 Apr 2012DYERS FARM, NETHERCOTT, , BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1HT
Received 14 Oct 2013Hallsdown Farm Touring Park Arlington Devon EX31 4SW
Received 24 Mar 2020SKIR HOUSE, BUTTS PATH, , , BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1BA
Received 16 Dec 2014Steepways Old Sticklepath Hill Sticklepath Barnstaple Devon EX31 2BE
Received 1 Mar 2022Horwood Grange Horwood Bideford Devon EX39 4PF
Received 22 Mar 2021Boundy Cottage East Buckland Barnstaple Devon EX32 7PY
Received 20 Apr 2022Records 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage