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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
29,239 approved · 2,574 refused · 2,671 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Aug 2001 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Beech Grove Braunton Devon EX33 1BR
Received 12 Oct 2020Hollands Play Park Combe Martin Devon EX34 0HL
Received 8 Sept 2026SINDERCOMBE FARM, NORTH MOLTON, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 3JY
Received 22 Mar 2010FERNDALE, , CHITTLEHAMPTON, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9RD
Received 22 Mar 201241 Corn Mill Close Ilfracombe Devon EX34 9PZ
Received 15 Apr 2024LAND AT WOODVILLE, , STICKLEPATH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 2HL
Received 22 Oct 2014QUINCE HONEY FARM, NORTH ROAD, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 3AZ
Received 11 Jan 2010STONE FARM, STONE CROSS, BRAYFORD, BARNSTAPLE, EX327PJ
Received 14 Sept 200616 SILVER STREET, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX332EN
Received 26 Jan 2009SOUTH COOMBE FARM, , , WITHERIDGE, TIVERTON, DEVON, EX16 8QL
Received 26 Oct 2016Always End Methodist Church East Anstey Devon
Received 20 Apr 2020ARUNDEL HOUSE, VICTORIA ROAD, BARNSTAPLE, EX329HP
Received 9 Mar 200524 SOUTH STREET, BARNSTAPLE, EX329DT
Received 9 Nov 2005WEST HILL, KNOWSTONE, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 4RT
Received 15 Mar 2019Land at Allenstyle Road Yelland Devon
Received 18 Jan 201624 WATERMOUTH ROAD, HELE, ILFRACOMBE, EX349QY
Received 3 Jun 2005Magnolia Putsborough Braunton Devon EX33 1LB
Received 30 Jun 2022THE CARAVAN - SMALLACOMBE FARM, , , WEST ANSTEY, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 3PJ
Received 28 Jan 201626 ORCHARD ROAD, BARNSTAPLE, EX329JQ
Received 4 Jul 20082 Bath Terrace Marine Parade Instow Bideford Devon EX39 4JL
Received 16 Dec 202175 Boutport Street Barnstaple Devon
Received 14 Mar 2024HIGHER BEALY COURT FARM, , , , CHULMLEIGH, DEVON, EX18 7EG
Received 23 Jan 2018HILLSIDE, CROSS, CROYDE, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1PL
Received 30 May 2012FROG STREET FARM, , , GEORGEHAM, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1JQ
Received 14 Apr 2016Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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