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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.
4,579 approved · 439 refused · 284 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Sutton Wharf Plymouth PL4 0DJ
Received 21 Oct 2022Langage Office Campus, Ashleigh Way, PL7 5JX
Received 20 Oct 202210 Sutton Wharf Plymouth PL4 0DJ
Received 21 Oct 2022Bostons Boat Yard Baylys Road Plymouth PL9 7NQ
Received 21 Oct 2022Plymstock Tennis Club Dean Cross Road Plymouth PL9 7AZ
Received 22 Oct 2022Land Adj. 11 Roborough Avenue Plymouth PL6 6AG
Received 24 Oct 20221 Woodland Terrace Greenbank Road Plymouth PL4 8NL
Received 20 Oct 2022Devonport Dockyard Saltash Road Keyham Plymouth PL1 4SG
Received 24 Oct 20225-7 Durnford Street Plymouth PL1 3QJ
Received 24 Oct 20225-7 Durnford Street Plymouth PL1 3QJ
Received 24 Oct 20222 Hallerton Close Plymouth PL6 8NP
Received 25 Oct 202241 Valley Walk Glenholt Park Glenfield Road Plymouth PL6 7NN
Received 25 Oct 2022Ground Floor Flat 127 Hooe Road Plymouth PL9 9NJ
Received 25 Oct 20229 Temple Walk Plymouth PL2 2PD
Received 25 Oct 20221 Davy Road Plymouth PL6 8BX
Received 21 Oct 202211 The Square Plymouth PL1 3JX
Received 25 Oct 202237 New Street Plymouth PL1 2NA
Received 26 Oct 202228 Manadon Close Plymouth PL5 3DQ
Received 26 Oct 2022North Prospect Phase 5 Cookworthy Road, Foliot Road, Woodville Road And Briardale Road Plymouth
Received 26 Oct 2022North Prospect Phase 4 Dingle Road, Laurel Road, Rosedown Avenue And Myrtleville Plymouth
Received 26 Oct 202231 - 32 Emma Place Plymouth PL1 3QT
Received 26 Oct 2022Footpath Between Raglan Road And Madden Road Plymouth PL1 4NQ
Received 26 Oct 20225 Lodge Gardens Plymouth PL6 5DP
Received 26 Oct 2022Raglan Gatehouse Footpath Between Raglan Road And Madden Road Plymouth PL1 4NQ
Received 26 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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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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