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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
31,777 approved · 2,971 refused · 2,861 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, 8 BROAD STREET, SOUTH MOLTON, EX363AD
Received 26 Feb 2007West Penhill Farm Fremington Barnstaple Devon EX31 2NG
Received 13 Mar 2025The Hostel Castle Street Combe Martin Ilfracombe Devon EX34 0JF
Received 1 Aug 201258 HAWTHORN ROAD, WHIDDON VALLEY, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX328PU
Received 4 Oct 200531 Hawley Manor Barnstaple Devon EX32 8AP
Received 4 Oct 201721 East Street South Molton Devon EX36 3DB
Received 4 Feb 2026MARSHALS, 95 BOUTPORT STREET, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 1SX
Received 2 Jul 2014PROPERTY LOCATED AT, COMMONHEAD, , , BURRINGTON, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9LG
Received 14 Jul 2016CROSSLAND FARM, HIGH BICKINGTON, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9BJ
Received 25 Nov 2009Land at Chambercombe Park Road Ilfracombe
Received 27 Jul 2020LAND OFF BARTON ROAD, BURRINGTON, , DEVON,
Received 1 Apr 2019BRIGUS, , , LOXHORE, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4SU
Received 24 Sept 2015LAND AT O.S. 4300, PATHFIELDS BUSINESS PARK, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 3LH
Received 10 Sept 20077 WATERY LANE, , CROYDE, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1NQ
Received 1 Aug 2013North Dean Brayford Barnstaple Devon EX32 7QW
Received 25 Oct 2022BRAGGAMARSH WOOD, , BURRINGTON, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9ND
Received 27 Mar 2012RHYLL MANOR, , EAST ANSTEY, DEVON, TA22 9RX
Received 26 Sept 2011GOLDEN LION TAP, THE SQUARE, BARNSTAPLE, EX328LS
Received 9 Nov 1998ROBOROUGH FARM HOUSE, , , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 4JG
Received 8 Aug 2017NORTH BUCKLAND NURSERIES, , , NORTH BUCKLAND, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1HY
Received 6 Nov 2017QUIET WATERS, ATHERINGTON, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON, EX37 9HZ
Received 6 Jun 2012Church Of St Peter Tawstock Devon
Received 28 Oct 202116 LIMETREE GROVE, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1HE
Received 8 Sept 201019 Exeter Gate South Molton Devon EX36 4AN
Received 17 Apr 2025Records 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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