Planning applications in North Devon

From the council’s own planning register, read in full from 2006. One of the councils’ registers on one map in Town Planner Pro.

Town Planner Pro holds 31,729 planning applications from the planning register of North Devon, read in full from 2006 to 5 November 2026. Of the 23,542 approved or refused, 99% were approved. Figures as at 11 November 2026; the register was last read on 9 November 2026.

31,729

applications held

99%

of those approved or refused, approved

2,478

withdrawn

256

pending on the register

By year

By the year the council validated each application (received, where no date of validation is given). % approved is of those approved or refused.

Year	Applications	Approved	Refused	Withdrawn	% approved
2026 to date	1,078	723	38	44	95%
2025	1,416	1,182	46	85	96%
2024	1,320	1,118	26	89	98%
2023	1,411	1,189	42	117	97%
2022	1,494	1,250	40	134	97%
2021	1,549	1,303	46	114	97%
2020	1,433	1,207	34	95	97%
2019	1,453	1,145	26	93	98%
2018	1,473	1,018	1	94	100%
2017	1,591	1,104	0	90	100%
2016	1,481	995	0	82	100%
2015	1,532	1,018	0	95	100%
2014	1,509	1,013	0	99	100%
2013	1,451	1,049	0	86	100%
2012	1,535	1,049	0	133	100%
2011	1,536	1,055	1	144	100%
2010	1,597	1,106	0	137	100%
2009	1,540	1,044	0	169	100%
2008	1,703	1,137	1	222	100%
2007	1,794	1,205	0	204	100%
2006	1,690	1,232	1	139	100%

94% of the applications held are on the map, placed by the council’s own point or red line, the property, or the postcode. Outcomes are the register’s; an application whose outcome is not yet read counts in none of the three.

The appeals decided here are in the appeal record for North Devon.

Newest applications in North Devon

The 40 most recently validated, newest first.

Pendingvalid 5 November 202682408
Bay View Farmers Turnpike Cross Woolacombe Devon EX34 7HG
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 5 November 202682333
Taw Garages Ltd Victoria Road Barnstaple Devon EX32 8NP
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 5 November 202682264
Quiet Waters Atherington Umberleigh Devon EX37 9HZ
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 5 November 202682401
Croyde Bay Carpark Croyde Devon
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 5 November 202682326
Chittle Farm Chittlehamholt Umberleigh Devon EX37 9NT
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 5 November 202682304
The Stone Barn Fremington Quay Fremington Barnstaple Devon EX31 2NH
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 4 November 202682452
Hillside Brayford Barnstaple Devon EX32 7QE
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 4 November 202682449
Middle Lee Farm South Molton Devon EX36 3NJ
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 4 November 202682415
Westland Farm Bratton Fleming Barnstaple Devon EX31 4SH
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 4 November 202682414
The Meadow North Molton South Molton Devon EX36 3JS
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 4 November 202682368
Bloomfield Hills View Braunton EX33 2LA
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 4 November 202682037
Odam Barton Romansleigh South Molton Devon EX36 4NB
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 3 November 202682436
83 Yelland Road Fremington Barnstaple Devon EX31 3DT
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 3 November 202682412
All Saints Chapel Anstey Way Instow Bideford Devon EX39 4JG
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 3 November 202682395
New Barn Bickleton Barnstaple Devon EX31 3GG
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 3 November 202682204
Elstone Meadow Station Road Chulmleigh Devon EX18 7AQ
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 2 November 202682434
2 Ashcombe House Strand Close Ashford Barnstaple Devon EX31 4AE
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 2 November 202682398
The Silo Tawstock Barnstaple Devon EX31 3HZ
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 2 November 202682349
Golden Hind Bridge Lane Instow Bideford Devon EX39 4JD
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 30 October 202682360
Riverside Farm Tawstock Barnstaple Devon EX31 3HZ
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 30 October 202682379
Land to the South of 1 Shearford Close Barnstaple Devon EX31 1AG
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 30 October 202682373
Brook House Atherington Umberleigh Devon EX37 9HP
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 29 October 202682417
Land at Stonelands Cross Rackenford Tiverton Devon EX16 8DL
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 29 October 202682218
Little Lilly Farm Goodleigh Barnstaple Devon EX32 7NQ
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 29 October 202682411
1 West Living Barn Westleigh Bideford Devon EX39 4NL
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 29 October 202682385
Moor View South Street Woolacombe Devon EX34 7BB
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 29 October 202682369
Grove House East Worlington Crediton Devon EX17 4SY
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 29 October 202682362
Whiddon Barn Milltown Barnstaple Devon EX31 4HF
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 29 October 202682358
Balmoral House 69C Channel View Ilfracombe Devon EX34 9PU
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 29 October 202681917
Land Opposite 1 Wistlandpound Cottage Kentisbury Barnstaple Devon EX31 4SJ
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 29 October 202681525
Heanton Court Heanton Punchardon Barnstaple Devon EX31 4AX
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 28 October 202682376
Land to the West of Blind Acres Lane Braunton Devon
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 27 October 202682361
Land at Furzebray Farm George Nympton Road South Molton Devon EX36 4ER
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 27 October 202682305
Public Open Space Seven Acres Park Braunton Devon
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 27 October 202682142
10 Granville Road Ilfracombe Devon EX34 8AS
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 27 October 202681075
Land at Rooksbridge Farm Old Bideford Road Bickington Roundswell Devon EX31 2PA
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 26 October 202682374
Land at Coombe Cross Hannaford Lane Swimbridge Devon EX32 0NY
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 26 October 202682337
Honeywell Farm Muddiford Barnstaple Devon EX31 4HS
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 26 October 202682299
6 Kilnwood Park Roundswell Barnstaple Devon EX31 3UR
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 26 October 202682146
Land to the Rear of 21 Westacott Meadow Barnstaple Devon EX32 8QX
The council’s page

Latest decisions in North Devon

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From the planning register of North Devon, read by Town Planner Pro. Descriptions are the council’s own words; some registers cut them short in their lists. No applicant’s or agent’s details are kept, and a personal name within a description is shown as [name]. The council’s register is the record: check its own page before relying on an entry. This page is research, not advice.