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 Plymouth City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,398 approved · 418 refused · 268 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 2021 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Alexandra Road Mutley Plymouth PL4 7JR
Received 1 Apr 202244 Mount Stone Road Plymouth PL1 3RW
Received 2 Apr 202214 Durris Close Plymouth PL6 8JP
Received 2 Apr 2022325 Tavistock Road Plymouth PL6 8AE
Received 2 Apr 2022Bostons Boat Yard Baylys Road Plymouth PL9 7NQ
Received 3 Apr 202254 Buena Vista Drive Plymouth PL6 7JF
Received 3 Apr 2022164 Mannamead Road Plymouth PL3 5QL
Received 4 Apr 2022The Laboratory Hoe Road Plymouth PL1 2PB
Received 1 Apr 2022University Technical College Park Avenue Devonport Plymouth City Of Plymouth PL1 4RL
Received 1 Apr 202210 Orchardton Terrace Plymouth PL9 9HR
Received 4 Apr 202220 Tor Road Plymouth PL3 5TE
Received 4 Apr 202211 Wolsdon Street Plymouth PL1 5EN
Received 4 Apr 202214 Hastings Street Plymouth PL1 5BA
Received 4 Apr 2022Fields Around Drake Memorial Park Haye Road Plympton Plymouth PL7 1UQ
Received 4 Apr 2022131 Looseleigh Lane Plymouth PL6 5HW
Received 4 Apr 2022494 Budshead Road Plymouth PL5 4DG
Received 4 Apr 202212 Lippell Drive Plymouth PL9 9EL
Received 4 Apr 202252 New George Street Plymouth PL1 1RR
Received 5 Apr 2022Land At Devonport Efw Chp Facility Creek Road Plymouth PL5 1FL
Received 5 Apr 202213 Windsor Place Plymouth PL1 2HN
Received 5 Apr 2022Townsend House Hermitage Road Plymouth PL3 4RT
Received 5 Apr 20229 Ernesettle Green Plymouth PL5 2ST
Received 5 Apr 2022St Annes House Jennycliff Lane Plymouth PL9 9SN
Received 5 Apr 202260 Wolseley Road Plymouth PL2 3BP
Received 5 Apr 2022Records 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Plymouth City 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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