New housing in East Devon District Council
We read East Devon District Council's planning register every day. We hold 11,501 of its planning applications going back to 2019, and 111 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 84% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test, below 85%, so it must add a 20% buffer to its housing land supply.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 84% (2025): buffer
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 11,501
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 90 | 47 | 10 |
| 2025 | 131 | 103 | 14 |
| 2024 | 134 | 83 | 33 |
| 2023 | 192 | 116 | 39 |
| 2022 | 164 | 115 | 26 |
| 2021 | 145 | 114 | 18 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,000 | Land South Of A3052 And East Of A376 Clyst St Mary EIA Scoping Opinion request for the development of up to 2000 dwellings together with services and facilities, on and off site highway improvements, active travel connections and associated ancillary uses including open… 24/0002/EIA | Decided | 17 Jul 2024 |
| 1,335 | Treasbeare Expansion Area Land To The North Of Treasbeare Farm Clyst Honiton EX5 2DY Screening opinion for the proposed replan of the Treasbeare Garden Village to provide for up to 1,335 dwellings, a neighbourhood centre, land for a 2 form entry primary school, sports hub and public open space, 5.5ha of… 26/0004/EIA | Decided | 18 May 2026 |
| 700 | Land At St Johns Exmouth EIA Screening Opinion for 700 homes, public open space, social and community facilities, and at least 2 hectares of employment land 26/0005/EIA | Decided | 29 May 2026 |
| 299 | Land North Of Udale Lodge Northcote Hill Honiton Outline Planning Application (with all matters reserved except for access) for the demolition of outbuildings and erection of up to 299 dwellings, public open space, sustainable drainage systems, landscaping, vehicular… 25/2595/MOUT | Decided | 16 Dec 2025 |
| 151 | Land North Of Hulham Road Exmouth Environmental Impact Screening Opinion for: Outline planning permission (with all matters reserved apart from access) for the phased development of up to 151 residential dwellings. 25/0018/EIA | Decided | 5 Dec 2025 |
| 105 | Land South Of London Road Rockbeare Outline planning permission (with all matters reserved apart from access) for the construction of up to 105 residential dwellings including affordable housing, public open space and associated infrastructure. The… 26/0534/MOUT | Decided | 23 Mar 2026 |
| 100 | Land NW Of Courtlands Cross Courtlands Lane Exmouth Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Opinion: Outline planning permission (with all matters reserved apart from access) for the phased development of circa 100 dwellings, up to 0.4ha of employment development… 25/0008/EIA | Decided | 23 Jul 2025 |
| 99 | Land At Cobdens North Of London Road East Of Cranbrook Reserved matters details (layout, scale, landscaping and appearance) related to phase 1 for 99 dwellings and associated infrastructure pursuant to the grant of outline planning permission 22/0406/MOUT 26/2125/MRES | Decided | 11 Nov 2026 |
| 86 | Land East Of Colestocks Road Feniton Outline planning application for up to 86 dwellings with access from Colestocks Road; the provision of public open space, landscaping, drainage, and associated highways improvements and infrastructure. All matters to be… 24/0431/MOUT | At appeal | 28 Feb 2024 |
| 84 | Land South And East Of Endfield Lyme Road Axminster EIA Screening Opinion: Construction of 84 dwellings, associated highways, drainage, engineering and landscaping at Land South and East of Endfield, Lyme Road, Axminster 26/0003/EIA | Decided | 27 Mar 2026 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
- Allercombe
- Axminster
- Axmouth
- Beer
- Brampford Speke
- Broadclyst
- Budleigh Salterton
- Chardstock
- Clyst Honiton
- Clyst St Mary
- Colaton Raleigh
- Colyford
- Colyton
- Cranbrook (East Devon)
- Dunkeswell
- East Budleigh
- Ebford
- Exmouth
- Exton (East Devon)
- Farringdon
- Feniton
- Honiton
- Kilmington
- Lympstone
- Membury
- Musbury
- Newton Poppleford
- Offwell
- Otterton
- Ottery St Mary
- Raymond's Hill
- Seaton (East Devon)
- Sidbury
- Sidmouth
- Smeatharpe
- Stoke Canon
- Tipton St John
- Tytherleigh
- Uplyme
- West Clyst
- West Hill (East Devon)
- Whimple
- Woodbury
- Woodbury Salterton
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: East Devon District Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.