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.
4,636 approved · 447 refused · 292 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Dock And Associated Land Devonport Dockyard Saltash Road Keyham Plymouth PL1 4SG
Received 22 Dec 202243 Durban Road Plymouth PL3 4LG
Received 22 Dec 2022Land At Dale Road/East Park Avenue Plymouth
Received 22 Dec 202211 Peeks Avenue Plymouth PL9 9BZ
Received 22 Dec 2022Errill Retail Park, Plymouth Road Plymouth PL7 4JP
Received 22 Dec 2022Errill Retail Park, Plymouth Road Plymouth PL7 4JP
Received 22 Dec 2022143 Blandford Road Plymouth PL3 6JX
Received 22 Dec 20224 Howard Road Plymouth PL9 7DT
Received 28 Dec 20224 Overton Gardens Plymouth PL3 5BX
Received 28 Dec 2022Land North Of Former Seaton Barracks Parade Ground & South Of Derriford Business Park Derriford Plymouth
Received 28 Dec 20224 Honcray Plymouth PL9 7RP
Received 28 Dec 20223 Treloweth Close Plymouth PL2 3SL
Received 28 Dec 202216 & 16A Lilford Gardens West Park Plymouth PL5 2DP
Received 28 Dec 202214 Brimhill Close Plymouth PL7 1XP
Received 29 Dec 20221 - 5 Manor Street Plymouth PL1 1TL
Received 29 Dec 2022Training Centre, Harbour Avenue Camels Head Plymouth PL5 1BH
Received 30 Dec 202276 Reddicliff Close Plymouth PL9 9QJ
Received 30 Dec 202230 Fircroft Road Plymouth PL2 3JU
Received 3 Jan 2023Land At Davenham Close Plymouth PL6 6BT
Received 3 Jan 2023University Of Plymouth Drake Circus Plymouth PL4 8AA
Received 3 Jan 2023Raglan Gatehouse Footpath Between Raglan Road And Madden Road Plymouth PL1 4NQ
Received 4 Jan 2023109A Church Road Plymstock Plymouth PL9 9AX
Received 4 Jan 202328 Manor Street Plymouth PL1 1TW
Received 4 Jan 2023101 Moorland View Derriford Plymouth PL6 6AP
Received 4 Jan 2023Records 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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