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.
4,581 approved · 440 refused · 285 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
162 Dunstone View Plymouth PL9 8QL
Received 26 Oct 2022Flat 11, 16 Craigie Drive Plymouth PL1 3FW
Received 27 Oct 2022133 Holmwood Avenue Plymouth PL9 9EZ
Received 27 Oct 202218 Mutley Plain Plymouth PL4 6LA
Received 27 Oct 2022Unit B, Coypool Road Plymouth PL7 4TB
Received 27 Oct 2022Raglan Gatehouse Footpath Between Raglan Road And Madden Road Plymouth PL1 4NQ
Received 27 Oct 202214 Jenkins Close Plymouth PL9 9TT
Received 26 Oct 20221 Greenbank Terrace Plymouth PL4 8QF
Received 28 Oct 202297 Mannamead Road Plymouth PL3 4SX
Received 28 Oct 2022Flat 2, Torrington Court North Road East Plymouth PL4 6AX
Received 28 Oct 2022170 Sheridan Road Plymouth PL5 3HD
Received 28 Oct 20226 Richmond Walk Plymouth PL1 4LL
Received 28 Oct 2022Drakes Drum, 19 Radford Park Road Plymouth PL9 9DN
Received 28 Oct 202210 New George Street Plymouth PL1 1RL
Received 28 Oct 20222 Riversleigh Plymouth Road Plymouth PL3 6EW
Received 28 Oct 2022Flat 3, 1 Queens Gate Villas Plymouth PL4 7PN
Received 30 Oct 2022Chard Road Surgery, 63 Chard Road Plymouth PL5 2EQ
Received 30 Oct 202217 Wasdale Gardens Plymouth PL6 8TN
Received 31 Oct 202255 Briar Road Plymouth PL3 5JH
Received 31 Oct 202273 North Hill Plymouth PL4 8HB
Received 1 Nov 202222 Dunstone Road Plymstock Plymouth PL9 8RQ
Received 1 Nov 202216 Boringdon Hill Plymouth PL7 4DN
Received 31 Oct 2022117 Underlane Plymstock Plymouth PL9 9LB
Received 1 Nov 202228 College Avenue Plymouth PL4 7AN
Received 31 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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