Planning
Planning and Development Service
North Devon Council deals with a variety of planning issues in the district. These include:
Planning and Development Service
North Devon Council deals with a variety of planning issues in the district. These include:
- determining planning applications (development control)
- ensuring that new development takes place in accordance with policies set out in the Development Plan (Local Development Framework)
- enforcing planning decisions
- protecting conservation areas, listed buildings and protected trees
- advertisement control
- building control
- Interactive House
- the Planning Portal has redesigned its Interactive House guide providing information to householders on planning and building regulations for common household developments - Stakeholder presentation: Introduction to planning and enforcement (pdf 710 kB)
- Stakeholder presentation: Introduction to planning system (pdf 743 kB)
- How well are we doing In determining planning applications? (pdf 11.3 kB)
- Comments and feedback - your opportunity to let us know how we are doing, what we are doing well, what we need to do better and how you would like us to improve our service
- Who provides the service?
- Planning applications guidance - for guidance and helpful hints to the planning process
- Do I need planning permission? - for general pre-application advice
- Planning constraints - including permitted development rights, conservation areas, listed buildings, flood risk, tree preservation orders (TPOs), contaminated land and area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB)
- Frequently asked questions - including link to Planning Portal FAQs
- Information and guidance on how to make an application and downloadable forms
- Adopted local development plan and other information, including details of the local development scheme, can be found via the local plan page
- Planning Portal - links to the Planning Portal including useful tools and general information
- Planning office contact details - opening times, area teams and other contact details
- Area team map (pdf 7kb) - to identify which team to contact
- Council meetings/agendas/minutes - to view planning application reports to Planning Committee
Online Planning Service
The Online Planning Service
provides access to planning application details, updated throughout the day. For lengthy browsing sessions, periodically click on Refresh button to ensure that the latest information is displayed. For help with searching the database, a link to guidance notes is available on both the “welcome” and “search” pages.You can:
- search and view online register of applications received as valid commencing from 1 January 1987, providing basic details for cases lodged up to 16 April 1999 and full details for cases lodged after that date
- view digital copies of application drawings and documents accompanying planning applications for applications registered from 1 September 2005
- view details of current appeals lodged with the Planning Inspectorate
- submit comments online, in regard to individual applications
- view and track the progress of applications
- search and view applications that have been determined
- view digital copies of decision notices for applications determined from 1 September 2005
- view decision notice summary of conditions/reasons for applications registered and determined from 16 April 1999
See general notes at the foot of the "welcome" page for additional information on what is available.
Planning Committees
Copies of officer reports for applications reported to the Planning Committee are also available via the committee meetings page, normally five working days prior to the meeting. Minutes are normally made available up to five working days after the meeting.
County and national park planning applications
Please note that NDC are consultees only for Devon County Council and Exmoor National Park Authority planning applications. To view application details, drawings and associated documents, or to comment online, please go to their respective website planning pages:
Planning Committees
Copies of officer reports for applications reported to the Planning Committee are also available via the committee meetings page, normally five working days prior to the meeting. Minutes are normally made available up to five working days after the meeting.
County and national park planning applications
Please note that NDC are consultees only for Devon County Council and Exmoor National Park Authority planning applications. To view application details, drawings and associated documents, or to comment online, please go to their respective website planning pages:
Online Planning Application
You can submit and pay for applications online through the national Planning Portal (North Devon). Associated drawings/documents etc. can be attached to an online application.
Drawings can only be accepted in pdf format and the paper size must be specified, for example A3, A1.
An electronic guide on how to make an online application can be found on the Planning Portal useful tools page.
Please note that the information you provide in the application form and in accompanying documents will be published on the North Devon Council website.
Contact the planning portal for further information about their services.
