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.
4,855 approved · 466 refused · 314 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Southside Street Plymouth PL1 2LE
Received 5 Dec 202337 Stone Barton Close Plymouth PL7 4LN
Received 5 Dec 2023Salon, 38 Bayswater Road Plymouth PL1 5BX
Received 5 Dec 2023Derriford Hospital Derriford Road Plymouth PL6 8DH
Received 5 Dec 2023DSDA Plymouth Ernesettle Lane Plymouth PL5 2TX
Received 5 Dec 202344 Thornyville Villas Plymouth PL9 7LB
Received 5 Dec 2023Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery Annexe Tavistock Place Plymouth PL4 8AX
Received 5 Dec 202324 Connaught Avenue Plymouth PL4 7BX
Received 5 Dec 202331 Skerries Road Plymouth PL6 6EE
Received 5 Dec 202361 Dean Hill Plymouth PL9 9AF
Received 5 Dec 2023843 Wolseley Road Plymouth PL5 1JP
Received 5 Dec 20234 Corfe Avenue Plymouth PL3 5SQ
Received 6 Dec 202349 Connaught Avenue Plymouth PL4 7BU
Received 6 Dec 202351 Windermere Crescent Plymouth PL6 5HX
Received 6 Dec 20236 Marsh Mills Park Plymouth PL6 8LX
Received 6 Dec 202345 Stone Barton Close Plymouth PL7 4LN
Received 7 Dec 202315 Coltness Road Plymouth PL9 8HA
Received 7 Dec 202344 Duloe Gardens Plymouth PL2 3RS
Received 7 Dec 202310 Basinghall Close Plymouth PL9 9QN
Received 8 Dec 202311 Beauly Close Plymouth PL7 2YL
Received 8 Dec 202362C Larkham Lane Plymouth PL7 4PN
Received 8 Dec 202344 Eggbuckland Road Plymouth PL3 5DQ
Received 8 Dec 2023Land Formerly Garages Maidstone Place Plymouth PL5 2SG
Received 8 Dec 2023Plymstock Quarry, The Ride Plymstock Plymouth
Received 8 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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