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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
26,972 approved · 2,238 refused · 2,479 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
TWO GATES, BLAKESHILL ROAD, LANDKEY, BARNSTAPLE, EX320JU
Received 28 Sept 2007Barn at Hillview Brayford Devon EX32 7QJ
Received 25 Oct 2024Philip Dennis Foodservice Ltd Brannam Crescent Roundswell Business Park Barnstaple Devon EX31 3TD
Received 20 Oct 2017PANORAMA, , ASHFORD, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4BZ
Received 16 Dec 2011Lynthorpe House Newtown South Molton Devon EX36 3QN
Received 7 Dec 2020LOWER FIELD HOUSE, , , LAKE, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3HU
Received 10 Jun 2016PARK MILL, , , , CHULMLEIGH, DEVON, EX18 7EA
Received 6 May 2014Lower Poole Farm Fore Street North Molton South Molton Devon EX36 3HL
Received 31 Jul 2017HILLSIDE VIEW, THE SQUARE, NORTH MOLTON, SOUTH MOLTON, EX363HP
Received 3 Jul 2006NORTH WEEK FARM, , , , CHULMLEIGH, DEVON, EX18 7EE
Received 19 Oct 201811 PILTON LAWN, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX314AA
Received 23 Sept 2008Arundell Lodge 3 Seven Acres Park Braunton Devon EX33 2PD
Received 14 Apr 2023BRADFORD MILL, WITHERIDGE, TIVERTON, DEVON, EX16 8QG
Received 23 Jul 2010LAND TO THE REAR OF, 6 GROSVENOR TERRACE, BEAR STREET, , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7DS
Received 16 Nov 2015Sandbourne Croyde Braunton Devon EX33 1QE
Received 18 Sept 2026LAND TO THE SOUTH-EAST OF SOUTH MOLTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, ALSWEAR OLD ROAD, , SOUTH MOLTON, , DEVON,
Received 14 Nov 201483 Lagoon View West Yelland Barnstaple Devon EX31 3LE
Received 30 Apr 20218 GRANVILLE AVENUE, BARNSTAPLE, EX327AH
Received 27 Mar 200731 NORTHFIELD LANE, PILTON, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 1QE
Received 12 Aug 2010FREMINGTON VILLAGE GREEN, , , FREMINGTON, , DEVON,
Received 12 Jul 20174 BEECH CLOSE, , ROUNDSWELL, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3QU
Received 26 Sept 20163 SAXONS CROFT, BARNSTAPLE, EX329PF
Received 2 Jul 200873 REDLANDS ROAD, FREMINGTON, BARNSTAPLE, EX312PP
Received 25 Jul 2006BRIMBLECOMBE FARM, , , WEST ANSTEY, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 3NT
Received 8 Oct 2014Records 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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