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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of North Devon District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official North Devon website
26,942 approved · 2,231 refused · 2,476 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Aug 2001 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 2 Aug 2024OAKLANDS POULTRY FARM (PT HILLANDS), , , EAST ANSTEY, , DEVON, EX36 3PH
Received 3 Nov 2017LITTLE LILLY FARM, , , GOODLEIGH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7NQ
Received 17 May 201310 Pill Lane Barnstaple Devon EX32 9EG
Received 17 Sept 202630 Willoway Lane Braunton Devon EX33 1BS
Received 13 May 202412 MOOR LANE, , CROYDE, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1NN
Received 11 Jul 20132 CHANNEL VIEW, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 9PT
Received 16 Mar 2017FRIENDSHIP FARM, , BRATTON FLEMING, BARNSTAPLE, EX314SQ
Received 18 Nov 2008ELWORTHY, , BISHOPS NYMPTON, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 3QN
Received 10 Dec 2010Glenwood Farm Roundswell Devon
Received 30 Jan 2019THE GANGES, 87 NEWPORT ROAD, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 9BE
Received 10 Nov 2010PETROC, OLD STICKLEPATH HILL, , STICKLEPATH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 2BQ
Received 19 Aug 20158 MAPLE GROVE, ROUNDSWELL, BARNSTAPLE, EX313QP
Received 1 Jun 2006TRITECH ALKAST LTD, CASTLE PARK ROAD, WHIDDON VALLEY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, BARNSTAPLE, EX328PA
Received 29 Dec 2008THE CAPTAINS TABLE, 7 GWENDOLINE TERRACE, WEST ROAD, , WOOLACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 7BW
Received 9 May 2019SILVER COTTAGE BED AND BREAKFAST, 14 SILVER STREET, , , BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 2EN
Received 24 Mar 2017Little Roadway Farm Woolacombe Devon EX34 7HL
Received 27 May 2021Mile House Cottage Chittlehampton Umberleigh Devon EX37 9RD
Received 6 Sept 2021Stoke Beera Stoke Rivers Barnstaple Devon EX32 7LF
Received 12 Nov 2021Land at Carrick Lake Tawstock Barnstaple Devon
Received 23 Apr 2021LOWER BIRCH FARM, , STOKE RIVERS, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7LE
Received 8 May 2012Land south of Broomhouse Park and west of Willow Rise Witheridge Tiverton Devon EX16 8FD
Received 13 Apr 2026PIGGINSWOOD, OLDWAYS END, , EAST ANSTEY, TIVERTON, DEVON, EX16 9JF
Received 27 Aug 2015Pathfield School Abbey Road Barnstaple Devon EX31 1JU
Received 27 May 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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