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1,200 approved · 279 refused · 135 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bramble Brook, Broadwoodkelly, EX19 8EF
Received 3 Mar 2025Tacet Oak Tree Lane Tavistock PL19 9DA
Received 29 Jul 2024242 Whitchurch Road Tavistock PL19 9EF
Received 22 Oct 2024The Dairy Pond Cottage Endsleigh Milton Abbot PL19 0PQ
Received 28 Jan 2026Heathfield, Moorland Close, Yelverton, PL20 6DD
Received 11 Nov 2023Merton Bungalow Station Road Bere Ferrers PL20 7JP
Received 13 Sept 2024Lower Willestrew Lamerton PL19 8PZ
Received 19 Jun 2024Land At Sx 445 910, East of West Headson Farm, Bratton Clovelly
Received 13 Mar 202530 Plymouth Road, Tavistock, PL19 8BU
Received 17 May 2024Little Highertown Whitchurch PL19 9EH
Received 9 Dec 2025Land At Sx 683 928 (to rear of Dartmouth View Caravan Park) Whiddon Down
Received 9 Jan 20265 Chestnut Close Tavistock PL19 9JJ
Received 18 Apr 2024The Crest Portgate Lewdown EX20 4PU
Received 6 Jul 2026Land At Sx 445 910, East of West Headson Farm, Bratton Clovelly
Received 13 Mar 2025Moray House Road From Covert House To Uphill Farm Yelverton PL20 6DF
Received 2 Jul 2024Spurham Farm Thorndon Cross EX20 4NQ
Received 24 Nov 2025The Burrow Exbourne EX20 3RY
Received 3 Feb 202562 Plymouth Road Tavistock PL19 8BU
Received 16 Dec 20241 Grenville Meadow, Tavistock, PL19 8FE
Received 2 Apr 2024Blowiscombe Farm, Milton Combe, PL20 6HR
Received 13 Oct 2023Upcott Farm Lane Past Upcott Farm Bow EX17 6LN
Received 20 Oct 2025Coombe Trenchard Lewdown EX20 4FA
Received 8 Feb 2024Woodtown Farm Dunterton PL19 0QJ
Received 18 Nov 2025North Down Farm Lewdown EX20 4EB
Received 8 Aug 2024Records 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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