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.
4,574 approved · 438 refused · 284 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 2021 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Alger Walk Plymouth PL6 6JT
Received 17 Oct 2022Kings Head, 21 - 23 Bretonside Plymouth PL4 0BB
Received 18 Oct 2022Kings Head, 21 - 23 Bretonside Plymouth PL4 0BB
Received 18 Oct 2022Flat 2, 13A The Barbican Plymouth PL1 2LS
Received 18 Oct 2022The West Hoe, 24 Bishops Place West Hoe Road Plymouth PL1 3BW
Received 18 Oct 202218 St Leonards Road Plymouth PL4 9NE
Received 18 Oct 202219 Princess Street Plymouth PL1 2EU
Received 18 Oct 202237 Beechwood Avenue Plymouth PL4 6PW
Received 18 Oct 202217 White Lady Road Plymouth PL9 9GA
Received 18 Oct 202222 Jellicoe Road Plymouth PL5 3UU
Received 19 Oct 20228 Blue Haze Close Plymouth PL6 7HR
Received 19 Oct 202219 Princess Street Plymouth PL1 2EU
Received 19 Oct 202240 - 42 North Hill Plymouth PL4 8ET
Received 19 Oct 2022Bath Street Plymouth PL1 3LT
Received 19 Oct 2022East Quay House, Marrowbone Slip Plymouth PL4 0HX
Received 19 Oct 2022131 Victoria Road Plymouth PL5 1RZ
Received 19 Oct 202216 Pendennis Close Plymouth PL3 5SJ
Received 20 Oct 2022Raglan Gatehouse Footpath Between Raglan Road And Madden Road Plymouth PL1 4NQ
Received 20 Oct 2022University Of Plymouth Babbage Building 24 James Street Plymouth PL4 6EQ
Received 19 Oct 202217 Lucas Lane Plymouth PL7 4EU
Received 20 Oct 202219 Raynham Road Plymouth PL3 4EU
Received 20 Oct 20229 Parade Plymouth PL1 2JL
Received 20 Oct 20229 Watts Park Road Plymouth PL2 3NN
Received 21 Oct 2022The Slug And Lettuce 19 Princess Street Plymouth Devon PL1 2EU
Received 21 Oct 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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