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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
31,588 approved · 2,931 refused · 2,852 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Jan 1944 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Satara House Saunton Road Braunton Devon EX33 1HG
Received 4 Jun 202694 LOWER CROSS ROAD, , BICKINGTON, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 2PJ
Received 25 Jul 2016ORCHARD HOUSE, RUMSAM ROAD, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 9ER
Received 8 Jul 2015THE OLD VICARAGE, BARBICAN TERRACE, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 9HQ
Received 3 Jan 2017LAND ADJACENT 6 LANGMEAD, , WESTLEIGH, BIDEFORD, DEVON, EX39 4NP
Received 9 Dec 2014RYE PARK BARN, , , BRATTON FLEMING, , DEVON, EX31 4SF
Received 20 Aug 20134 BARBICAN TERRACE, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 9HQ
Received 6 Oct 2010Land at Jordan Close Barnstaple Devon
Received 19 Jul 201730 WEST YELLAND, , YELLAND, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3HF
Received 23 Feb 2017GARDEN OF GANDIES, SANDY LANE, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 2NU
Received 12 Dec 201826 BROAD STREET, , , SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 3AQ
Received 16 Mar 2018LAND AT TAW GARAGE, GRATTON WAY, ROUNDSWELL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, BARNSTAPLE, EX313NL
Received 20 Aug 2007Lower Almshouses Pilton Street Barnstaple Devon EX31 1PF
Received 1 May 2024WELL & ELM COTTAGE, , , WESTLEIGH, BIDEFORD, DEVON, EX39 4NN
Received 7 Jan 201377 TAW VIEW, FREMINGTON, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX312NN
Received 20 Apr 2009Wigmore Farm East Down Barnstaple Devon EX31 4NY
Received 27 Oct 202012 BELLAIRE DRIVE, BARNSTAPLE, EX314AJ
Received 17 Nov 2006ST IVES, SILVER STREET, BRAUNTON, EX332EN
Received 24 May 2006WEST RADLEY FARMHOUSE SITE, WEST RADLEY, BISHOPS NYMPTON, SOUTH MOLTON, EX364PB
Received 23 Jul 20044 WEST YELLAND, , YELLAND, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3EY
Received 11 Jan 20165 PARK VILLAS, , BRAUNTON, EX332BS
Received 5 Jul 2004THE NEW INN, , GOODLEIGH, BARNSTAPLE, EX327LX
Received 17 Sept 2003Higher Uppacott Farm Tawstock Barnstaple Devon EX31 3LA
Received 14 Dec 2020Rivendell Mill Lane Berrynarbor Ilfracombe Devon EX34 9SH
Received 8 Mar 2023Records 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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