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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
28,356 approved · 2,438 refused · 2,597 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Aug 2001 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
50 LOWER MOOR, WHIDDON VALLEY, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 8NW
Received 1 Apr 2011Land at former Streamways Nursery Georgeham Braunton Devon EX33 1JQ
Received 9 Dec 202025 SALTMER CLOSE, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 8LY
Received 11 Apr 2011THE CHURCH HOUSE, , WEST ANSTEY, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 3PE
Received 4 Jul 20127 CASTLE TERRACE, CASTLE HILL, , , ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 9HY
Received 31 Jan 201755 REDLANDS ROAD FREMINGTON BARNSTAPLE DEVON EX31 2PP
Received 28 May 2015WATERGATE COTTAGE 3 WATERGATE, HIGH STREET, , SWIMBRIDGE, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 0PR
Received 19 Feb 2018PILTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, CHADDIFORD LANE, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 1RB
Received 16 Aug 2013BRAY LEINO LTD, , FILLEIGH, BARNSTAPLE, EX320RX
Received 4 Jul 2007LOWER BLACKPOOL, EXETER ROAD, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX364HX
Received 4 Oct 200669 St Brannocks Park Road Ilfracombe Devon EX34 8HY
Received 31 Jan 2025CLEAVE COTTAGE, HONEYCLEAVE FARM, MULLACOTT, ILFRACOMBE, EX348NA
Received 3 Jul 2006GUPHILL, , WEST ANSTEY, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 3NZ
Received 30 Mar 20112 ALBERT VILLAS, HEDDON, , FILLEIGH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 0RZ
Received 4 Jan 2016102 SOUTH STREET, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 2AS
Received 16 Mar 20113 HOME PLACE, BUZZACOTT LANE, COMBE MARTIN, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 0LB
Received 3 May 2011FIELD TO THE NORTH OF 4 CHURCH CLOSE, GOODLEIGH ROAD, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7LT
Received 2 Jul 2014WEST MOLLAND FARM, , , , CHULMLEIGH, DEVON, EX18 7EF
Received 18 Feb 20191 Town Cottages West Anstey South Molton Devon EX36 3PW
Received 3 Jun 202165 THE ROCK, PILTON, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX311PN
Received 26 Jun 2009HEATHER COTTAGE, , , SHIRWELL, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4JU
Received 1 May 2015MOLE VALLEY ENGINEERING LTD, THE FORGE, CHURCH STREET, WITHERIDGE, TIVERTON, EX168AP
Received 25 Sept 2008Mockham Down Farm Bratton Fleming Barnstaple Devon EX32 7LQ
Received 29 Sept 2020Goulds Farm Nethercott Braunton Devon EX33 1HT
Received 11 Apr 2022Records 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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