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.
25,148 approved · 1,959 refused · 2,276 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Aug 2001 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
THE ANDERTON HOUSE, NORTHLEIGH HILL, , GOODLEIGH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7NR
Received 22 May 201415 Westaway Fremington Barnstaple Devon EX31 3BB
Received 3 Dec 2020LAND ADJACENT TO WHITEMOOR GRANGE, , , BISHOPS TAWTON, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 0HY
Received 6 Apr 2016Knowle Manor Road Landkey Devon EX32 0JJ
Received 16 Dec 2019OUTLANDS, NEW ROAD, SOUTH MOLTON, EX364BB
Received 12 Feb 200837 Treefield Walk Barnstaple Devon EX32 8PE
Received 16 Mar 2022Land to the rear of Steyning Lower Park Road Braunton Devon EX33 2LH
Received 7 May 2024Heales Cottage Burrington Umberleigh Devon EX37 9LY
Received 29 Apr 2024REAR OF, 10 PILTON STREET, BARNSTAPLE, EX311PE
Received 4 Apr 20084 PARK VILLAS, , BISHOPS TAWTON, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 0EL
Received 23 Oct 2015Woodhills Farm Ash Mill South Molton Devon EX36 4QD
Received 23 Nov 20205 Broadclose Road Sticklepath Barnstaple Devon EX31 2DN
Received 7 Jun 2021COOMBE FARM, COOMBE LANE, CHULMLEIGH, DEVON, EX18 7AN
Received 8 Aug 2011Rivington 1 Higher Park Road Braunton Devon EX33 2LF
Received 30 May 2022DUNECLIFFE, SAUNTON ROAD, , BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1LG
Received 30 Oct 2018AGRICULTURAL SHED, COURT FARM, RALEIGH ROAD, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4HY
Received 14 Aug 20171 COT MANOR, LANDKEY ROAD, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 9BL
Received 25 Jul 2018LAND OFF B3232 & A39 AT ROUNDSWELL, ROUNDSWELL, DEVON,
Received 22 Oct 2020Port Side Port Cross Ash Mill South Molton EX36 4DX
Received 30 Jun 2020ROSE COTTAGE, BLAKES HILL ROAD, , LANDKEY, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 0LZ
Received 30 Jun 201447 Bear Street Barnstaple Devon EX32 7DB
Received 6 Feb 2020LLOYDS TSB, REAR OF 122 EAST STREET, SOUTH MOLTON, EX363DA
Received 6 Mar 2009WILLIAM HILL, 18 HIGH STREET, ILFRACOMBE, EX349DF
Received 20 Mar 20086 BURLINGTON GROVE, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 9BU
Received 31 Aug 2018Records 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