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.
4,857 approved · 466 refused · 314 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Beyrout Place Plymouth PL1 4QY
Received 11 Dec 20239 Parade Plymouth PL1 2JL
Received 11 Dec 202317 Clifton Avenue Plymouth PL7 4BH
Received 11 Dec 2023Home Park Football Ground Outland Road Plymouth PL2 3DQ
Received 11 Dec 2023Renal Unit, Eaton Business Park Plymbridge Road Plymouth PL6 7FL
Received 11 Dec 202380 Paradise Road Plymouth PL1 5QR
Received 11 Dec 2023Slaughter House Royal William Yard Plymouth PL1 3GD
Received 11 Dec 2023Perimeter Building Royal William Yard Plymouth
Received 11 Dec 2023680 Wolseley Road Plymouth PL5 1JL
Received 11 Dec 20232 Marine Road Plymouth PL9 7NL
Received 12 Dec 2023Slipway Cover, HMNB Devonport Keyham Plymouth PL2 2DQ
Received 12 Dec 2023Rock Cottage, Hoe Road Plymouth PL1 3DE
Received 12 Dec 2023All Saints Church Of England Academy Honicknowle Lane Plymouth PL5 3NE
Received 12 Dec 2023Stonehouse Barracks Durnford Street Plymouth PL1 3QS
Received 12 Dec 2023122 Randwick Park Road Plymouth PL9 7QW
Received 12 Dec 202325 Mutley Plain Plymouth PL4 6JG
Received 12 Dec 20233 Osborne Villas Osborne Road Plymouth PL3 4BS
Received 13 Dec 202324 The Broadway Plymouth PL9 7AS
Received 12 Dec 20232 Hele Gardens Plymouth PL7 1JU
Received 13 Dec 202329 Crossway Plymouth PL7 4HX
Received 13 Dec 202351 Beaumaris Road Plymouth PL3 5SB
Received 13 Dec 2023Land Adjacent To 93 Chaucer Way Plymouth PL5 3EQ
Received 13 Dec 2023Saltram Meadows, The Ride Plymouth Plymstock PL9 7JA
Received 13 Dec 2023Car Park, 48 - 50 St Levan Road Plymouth
Received 14 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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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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