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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1,200 approved · 279 refused · 135 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Development Site At Sx 592 949 Okehampton
Received 30 May 2025Fox Covert Caravan, Sampford Courtenay, EX20 2RZ
Received 30 Oct 2023South Blagdon Farm Thorndon Cross EX20 4NJ
Received 19 Feb 20256 Bedford Square Tavistock PL19 0BU
Received 25 Feb 2025Land At Sx 716 927 (nr Oak Tree Cottage) Drewsteignton
Received 30 Jul 20264 The Grove Folly Gate EX20 3FT
Received 15 Apr 2025The Blue Lion, Lewdown, EX20 4DL
Received 29 Jul 2025Harling Farm Bere Alston PL20 7JD
Received 5 Feb 2025Rose Cottage Sprytown PL16 0AY
Received 4 Nov 2025Land near The Railway Inn North Tawton
Received 5 Nov 2025Barns At Ss 6633 0463, Bondleigh, EX20 2AL
Received 2 Jan 2024Yeomans Farm Kelly PL16 0DQ
Received 3 Dec 2025Springs, 8 Station Road, Bere Alston, PL20 7EL
Received 9 Oct 2024Abbeyleat Milton Combe PL20 6HP
Received 2 Jul 2024Westacre, Sampford Courtenay, EX20 2SE
Received 4 Dec 2023Land At Sx 500 902 Bridestowe
Received 19 Apr 20242 Glanville Road Tavistock PL19 0EA
Received 4 Dec 202411 St Maryhaye Tavistock PL19 8LR
Received 5 Nov 2024Barn At Sx 522 974, Horrathorn Farm, Northlew
Received 29 Jun 2023Land to the South of Plymouth Road, Tavistock
Received 20 Jan 2025Moray House, Yelverton, PL20 6DF
Received 22 Apr 2024Tavistock Parish Church Centre, 5 Plymouth Road, Tavistock, PL19 8AU
Received 20 Dec 2023The Bowery North Tawton EX20 2BT
Received 20 Feb 2024Unit 5 Cranmere Road Exeter Road Industrial Estate Okehampton EX20 1UE
Received 7 Apr 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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