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.
4,852 approved · 466 refused · 314 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
94 Upland Drive Plymouth PL6 6BG
Received 1 Dec 202324 Clarence Place Stonehouse Plymouth PL1 3JP
Received 1 Dec 202313 The Barbican Plymouth PL1 2LS
Received 1 Dec 2023702 Budshead Road Plymouth PL6 5DY
Received 1 Dec 20231 Carnock Road Plymouth PL2 3SG
Received 1 Dec 2023Derriford Hospital Derriford Road Plymouth PL6 8DH
Received 1 Dec 202363 Clifton Place Plymouth PL4 8HY
Received 4 Dec 2023Unit 1, 270 Plymouth Road Plymouth PL6 8ET
Received 4 Dec 2023Unit 1, 270 Plymouth Road Plymouth PL6 8ET
Received 4 Dec 2023Brickfields Sports Centre 80 Madden Road Plymouth PL1 4NE
Received 4 Dec 202317 Lopwell Close Plymouth PL6 5BP
Received 4 Dec 202312 Old Priory Plymouth PL7 1QS
Received 4 Dec 202313A Church Road Plymstock Plymouth PL9 9AJ
Received 4 Dec 202324 Mannamead Road Plymouth PL4 7AA
Received 4 Dec 2023225 Ham Drive Plymouth PL2 3NF
Received 4 Dec 2023Devonport Dockyard Saltash Road Keyham Plymouth PL1 4SG
Received 4 Dec 202311A And 15 Albert Road Plymouth PL2 1AB
Received 4 Dec 2023Mill Ford School Rochford Crescent Plymouth PL5 2PY
Received 4 Dec 2023Unit 4, Block B, Crescent Point Notte Street Plymouth PL1 2BP
Received 4 Dec 202380 - 84 Union Street Plymouth PL1 3EZ
Received 4 Dec 202398 Merrivale Road Beacon Park Plymouth PL2 2RP
Received 4 Dec 202323 Acre Place Plymouth PL1 4QR
Received 5 Dec 202380 St Levan Road Plymouth PL2 3AF
Received 5 Dec 202333 Southside Street Plymouth PL1 2LE
Received 5 Dec 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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