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.
4,750 approved · 456 refused · 303 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 2021 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
69 Bellingham Crescent Plymouth PL7 2QP
Received 15 Jun 2023Intercity House Plymouth Station Plymouth PL4 6AB
Received 15 Jun 2023Land To The West Of Bampton Road Leigham Plymouth PL6 8QB
Received 15 Jun 2023Flat C, 5 Hartley Avenue Plymouth PL3 5HW
Received 16 Jun 2023University Of St Mark And St John, Dix House Plymbridge Lane Plymouth PL6 8BH
Received 16 Jun 2023Gordon Court, 4 Craigie Drive Plymouth PL1 3JB
Received 15 Jun 2023Stoke Damerel Primary School Collingwood Road Plymouth PL1 5PA
Received 16 Jun 2023Intercity House Plymouth Station Plymouth PL4 6AA
Received 16 Jun 202321A And 23 Commercial Road Plymouth PL4 0LE
Received 16 Jun 202363 Orchard Avenue Plymouth PL6 5SB
Received 19 Jun 2023869 Wolseley Road Plymouth PL5 1JX
Received 19 Jun 202366 Billacombe Road Plymouth PL9 7EX
Received 19 Jun 2023Millbay Marina Village, Custom House Lane Plymouth PL1 3TG
Received 19 Jun 2023745 Wolseley Road Plymouth PL5 1JN
Received 19 Jun 2023Princess Yachts Ltd 15 Coypool Road Plymouth PL7 4NW
Received 16 Jun 2023Princess Yachts Ltd Coypool Road Plymouth PL7 4NW
Received 16 Jun 2023Princess Yachts Ltd 55 Coypool Road Plymouth PL7 4NW
Received 16 Jun 2023Princess Yachts Ltd Coypool Road Plymouth PL7 4NW
Received 16 Jun 20235 Boswell Close Plymouth PL5 3LJ
Received 19 Jun 202340 Dean Hill Plymouth PL9 9AE
Received 19 Jun 202316 Shackleton Court Plymouth PL5 3UL
Received 19 Jun 20233 Greatlands Crescent Plymouth PL2 3JB
Received 20 Jun 202393 Looseleigh Lane Plymouth PL6 5HH
Received 20 Jun 202311 Brook Close Plymouth PL7 1JR
Received 20 Jun 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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