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.
4,517 approved · 433 refused · 280 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Broughton Close Plymouth PL3 5QT
Received 23 Jun 202220 Dudley Road Plymouth PL7 1RX
Received 23 Jun 2022Plymouth Marjon University Derriford Road Plymouth PL6 8BH
Received 23 Jun 2022620 Wolseley Road Plymouth PL5 1TE
Received 23 Jun 20221 Cromer Walk Plymouth PL6 6HF
Received 24 Jun 202236 Grange Road Plymouth PL7 2HY
Received 24 Jun 20223 - 4 Crabtree Close Plymouth PL3 6EL
Received 27 Jun 202276 Mannamead Road Plymouth PL3 4SY
Received 27 Jun 2022The Bank, Old George Street Plymouth PL1 2TG
Received 27 Jun 2022The Bank, Old George Street Plymouth PL1 2TG
Received 27 Jun 2022Lipson Co-operative Academy Bernice Terrace Plymouth PL4 7PG
Received 27 Jun 202233 Grantley Gardens Plymouth PL3 5BP
Received 27 Jun 2022Longreach, Hartley Road Plymouth PL3 5LW
Received 24 Jun 202210 Hartley Road Plymouth PL3 5LW
Received 24 Jun 20224 Berkeley Square Plymouth PL6 5FR
Received 27 Jun 2022Divisional Police Station Exmouth Road Plymouth PL1 4QH
Received 24 Jun 20221 Estover Close Plymouth PL6 7PL
Received 24 Jun 20224 St Keverne Place Plymouth PL2 3TB
Received 24 Jun 2022Melville Building Royal William Yard Plymouth PL1 3RP
Received 27 Jun 202250 Exeter Street Plymouth PL4 0AZ
Received 27 Jun 20221 Maple Grove Mutley Plymouth PL4 6PZ
Received 27 Jun 202280 Ladysmith Road Plymouth PL4 7NN
Received 27 Jun 2022114 Albert Road Plymouth PL2 1AF
Received 27 Jun 2022Land Adjacent To 100 Granby Street Plymouth PL1 4BN
Received 27 Jun 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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