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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.
24,717 approved · 1,872 refused · 2,219 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Aug 2001 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Corraith Snapper Barnstaple Devon EX32 7JY
Received 6 Sept 2019Higher Hollick Yarnscombe Barnstaple Devon EX31 3LQ
Received 17 Jul 2023Higher Boode Farm Halsinger Braunton Devon EX33 2NN
Received 10 Mar 2021RACKENFORD MANOR, , RACKENFORD, TIVERTON, EX168EF
Received 2 Apr 2008Unit B Leisureline House Oakwood Close Roundswell Barnstaple Devon EX31 3NJ
Received 16 Mar 2023Ambow Cottage Chittlehampton Umberleigh Devon EX37 9QB
Received 12 Feb 2021COPPINS, 7 CRESCENT AVENUE, STICKLEPATH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 2ED
Received 1 Mar 2010LAND AT, WATER LANE CLOSE, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 9JX
Received 20 Nov 2012Greenpark Farm West Down Ilfracombe Devon EX34 8NW
Received 6 Mar 202312 BARN PARK ROAD, FREMINGTON, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3DN
Received 2 Mar 20119 LONGLAND CLOSE, , GOODLEIGH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7NW
Received 25 Jan 201717 Chichester Road Barnstaple Devon EX32 9EH
Received 11 Sept 2020HANNAFORD COTTAGE, LANDKEY, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 0NY
Received 12 May 2010LAND AT OAKFORD LEA, OAKFORD VILLAS, , NORTH MOLTON, , DEVON, EX36 3HN
Received 15 Aug 201647 LYDDICLEAVE, BICKINGTON, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX312JZ
Received 23 Apr 2009Pilton County Infant School Abbey Road Barnstaple Devon EX31 1JU
Received 4 Jul 2022Byron Beach Road Woolacombe Devon EX34 7BS
Received 1 Oct 2018CLIFF HOUSE, MOOR LANE, , CROYDE, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1PA
Received 23 Feb 201617 Arlington Terrace Braunton Devon EX33 2AJ
Received 26 Apr 2023DENES, ACLAND ROAD, LANDKEY, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 0LB
Received 20 Jul 201011- 13 PORTLAND STREET, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 9NL
Received 8 Mar 2012SHELL ROC, CASTLE STREET, , COMBE MARTIN, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 0HY
Received 19 Dec 2018Tdk Lambda Kingsley Avenue Ilfracombe Devon EX34 8ES
Received 5 Oct 2020Whiddon Farm Milltown Barnstaple Devon EX31 4HF
Received 6 Feb 2020Records 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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