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West Devon Borough Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for West Devon Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
2,020Searchable applications
88Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 1,517 approved or refused records
290Refused applications

1,227 approved · 290 refused · 141 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas24 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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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.

More application records

  1. Approved3018/24/TPO

    T003: Beech - remove large deadwood over highway. T005, T007, T008: Species uknown - fell x3 dead trees adjacent to highway.

    Land At Ss 664 013 North Tawton

    Received 20 Sept 2024
  2. Approved0845/25/VAR

    Application for variation of condition 2 (approved plans) and condition 3 (drainage) of planning consent 0017/24/FUL

    Taw Valley Creamery North Tawton EX20 2DA

    Received 19 Mar 2025
  3. Approved2078/24/TPO

    T1: Ash - fell to ground level, hollow trunk due to fungal decay, risk of failure.

    15 Tors Road Okehampton EX20 1EF

    Received 28 Jun 2024
  4. Decision Made3694/23/AGR

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposedagricultural building measuring 24.4 metres(length) x 14.33 metres(breadth) x 7.1 metres (height to ridge). Replacement of dilapidatedlivestock building.

    Higher Haye Farm, Tavistock, PL19 0LJ

    Received 6 Nov 2023

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Researching a proposal in West Devon Borough Council

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What these statistics cover

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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