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 West Devon Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1,227 approved · 290 refused · 141 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Fowley Barns Tavistock Road Okehampton EX20 4LR
Received 18 Mar 2024Cleave Farm Hatherleigh EX20 3LU
Received 2 Mar 2026Loxmore House Bedford Street Bere Alston PL20 7DF
Received 9 Apr 202426 West Street, Tavistock, PL19 8AN
Received 7 May 2024Land at SX 678 926 Whiddon Down
Received 15 Oct 2024Village Hall Broadwoodkelly EX19 8ED
Received 23 Jul 20242 Splatt Cottage Broadwoodkelly EX19 8EQ
Received 3 Jun 2026Station Road Bridestowe
Received 12 Sept 2024Sweetlands, Vicarage Road, Okehampton, EX20 1LE
Received 21 Nov 20233 Lamerton Villas Lamerton PL19 8QB
Received 13 Apr 2026Lewtrenchard Lewdown
Received 23 Jan 2026Trehaven, Courtenay Road, Tavistock, PL19 0EE
Received 23 Jan 202455 Brook Street Tavistock PL19 0BJ
Received 6 Jun 2025Ockment Centre, North Street, Okehampton, EX20 1AR
Received 14 Apr 2025Land to the North and West of Lifton Strawberry Fields, Lifton, PL16 0DE
Received 9 Oct 2023The Mill 1 Parkwood Road Tavistock PL19 0HG
Received 15 Dec 2025Kestrel Buckland Monachorum PL20 7LQ
Received 25 Apr 2024Sourton EX20 4HZ
Received 28 Dec 2023Mount Pleasant Farmhouse Broadwoodkelly EX19 8AU
Received 14 Jan 2026Sunnydene 97 Whitchurch Road Tavistock PL19 9BG
Received 15 May 2026Land At Ss 618 053 Broadwoodkelly
Received 11 Sept 2025Brae View Rix Hill Tavistock PL19 9EB
Received 12 Feb 2024Land to Rear of Ashton House Canna Park Drive Highampton
Received 8 Dec 2025Near Hermitage Seaborough & Near Essington Barnfield, North Tawton
Received 18 Jun 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 West Devon Borough 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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