Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Hams District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1,200 approved · 279 refused · 135 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Mar 2022 to 16 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
7 West Street Tavistock PL19 8AD
Received 20 Feb 202573B Bannawell Street Tavistock PL19 0DP
Received 30 Dec 2024Clearwell Crandford Close Bridestowe EX20 4HB
Received 24 Sept 2024The Bungalow Ingleigh Green Broadwoodkelly EX19 8AT
Received 26 Nov 2024Land at Ngr SX 664 949 South Tawton
Received 27 Jan 2025203 Whitchurch Road Tavistock PL19 9DQ
Received 24 Jun 2025Glebe House Cottage Exbourne EX20 3RD
Received 11 Apr 2025Communication Station Grenofen PL19 9EH
Received 31 May 2024The Priory Marshall Close Whitchurch PL19 9RB
Received 15 Jul 202611 West Street Tavistock PL19 8AD
Received 19 Jun 20251 Beech Close, Tavistock, PL19 9DW
Received 3 Jun 2025Ashbury Hotel Higher Maddaford Southcott EX20 4NL
Received 5 Jun 2026The Whitchurch Inn Church Hill Whitchurch PL19 9ED
Received 24 Oct 2025Thrushel View Lewdown EX20 4QP
Received 27 Jan 202530 Station Road Okehampton EX20 1EA
Received 12 Nov 2024Land At Sx 456 639 Bere Ferrers
Received 26 Apr 2024Moray House Yelverton PL20 6DF
Received 10 Dec 2025Tyller Tythy Crapstone PL20 7PF
Received 20 Aug 2025All Saints Church Of England Vicarage Road Okehampton EX20 1LE
Received 29 Nov 2023Higher Beamsworthy Farm Beaworthy EX21 5AN
Received 19 Jun 202415 Berryball Close Okehampton EX20 1TX
Received 21 Jul 2026Land At Ss 583 076 Road Past Pixton Iddesleigh
Received 30 Aug 2024Barn At Sx 522 974, Horrathorn Farm, Northlew
Received 29 Jun 2023Land at SS 615 033 Exbourne
Received 12 Dec 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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 South Hams 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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