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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
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1,200 approved · 279 refused · 135 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Near Green Lane House Green Lane Tavistock PL19 9AN
Received 30 Jul 2024Highfield Bondleigh EX20 2AQ
Received 25 Nov 2024The Shed Unit 1A Tinhay Mill Industrial Estate Tinhay PL16 0AH
Received 20 Oct 2025Tutchenor Farm Patchacott EX21 5AR
Received 22 Jun 2026Midway Liftondown PL16 0DB
Received 20 Mar 2025Great Cocktree North Tawton EX20 2BQ
Received 31 Mar 2026Near Higher Hughslade Tavistock Road Okehampton
Received 3 Dec 2024Elwell Gardens, Bere Alston, PL20 7HL
Received 11 Jul 202463 Deacons Green Tavistock PL19 8BN
Received 28 Nov 2025Willey Farm Willey Lane Sticklepath EX20 2NG
Received 18 Aug 20268a Paddons Row, Tavistock, PL19 0HF
Received 21 Nov 202541A Market Street, Hatherleigh, EX20 3JP
Received 23 Feb 2026Brookwell House Eworthy Germansweek EX21 5AH
Received 18 Jun 2024Hermitage Seaborough North Tawton EX20 2DP
Received 9 Aug 202449 Chapel Meadow, Buckland Monachorum, PL20 7LR
Received 17 Dec 2025Higher South Whiddon Beaworthy EX21 5AU
Received 5 Aug 202558A Whitchurch Road, Tavistock, PL19 9BD
Received 25 Jan 2024Goldburn House, The Barns, Inwardleigh, EX20 3BD
Received 24 Mar 202512 Vicks Meadow Hatherleigh EX20 3DB
Received 13 Aug 2026Westworthy Bondleigh EX20 2DJ
Received 15 Jul 2025Kerak Green Lane Yelverton PL20 6BW
Received 3 Aug 2026St Peters Church Essington Road North Tawton EX20 2EX
Received 20 Mar 2026Land Adjacent To Cornerways The Village Milton Abbot
Received 5 Feb 2024Lower Chichacott Barn Chichacott EX20 1RS
Received 22 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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