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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.
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Plymouth City Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Plymouth City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates8,493Searchable applications
336Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 5,341 approved or refused records
468Refused applications
4,873 approved · 468 refused · 315 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlContact planning Contact Planning technical supportLocal plan Planning policy and guidancePre-application advice Planning pre-application advice
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas15 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas1 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- Decided23/01799/TPO
6x Cypress (G1) - Fell 6no trees.
74 Great Woodford Drive Plymouth PL7 4RL
Received 31 Dec 2023 - Decided24/00002/FUL
Construction of residential annex
7 Outland Road Plymouth PL2 3BZ
Received 2 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00003/PRDE
Internal alterations to provide room in roof, and installation of roof lights
8 Gower Ridge Road Plymouth PL9 9DR
Received 2 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00004/FUL
Two-storey side extension with rear balcony / steps to garden and alterations to form front driveway
9 Delacombe Close Plymouth PL7 4DU
Received 2 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00006/FUL
Change of use from 2no. flats to 1no. dwellinghouse (Class C3)
20 Thornville Terrace Plymouth PL9 7LG
Received 3 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00008/FUL
New front entrance doors, rear a/c unit and rear extraction louvred vent
Unit 27, The Broadway Plymouth PL9 7AF
Received 4 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00009/HHR
Pre-application for replacement of french doors and 2no windows; with identical design aluminium framed windows and doors to match the existing
Harbourside Court Hawkers Avenue Plymouth PL4 0QT
Received 4 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00010/S73
Variation of Condition 2 (Temporary Use - Re-instatement) of application 20/00123/S73 to allow continuation of use
Site Accessed From The West Gate, Eaton Business Park Thornbury Road Plymouth PL6 7PP
Received 4 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00011/S73
Variation of Condition 2 (Temporary Use - Re-instatement) of application 20/00125/S73 to allow continuation of use
Site Accessed From The West Gate, Eaton Business Park Thornbury Road Plymouth PL6 7PP
Received 4 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00012/S73
Variation of Condition 3 (Temporary Use - Re-instatement) of application 20/00128/S73 to allow continuation of use
Eaton Business Park 9 Plymbridge Road Plymouth PL6 7PP
Received 4 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00013/MOR
Pre-application for retention of former construction access and conversion of former construction compound to overflow/visitor car park
Plymstock School 29 Church Road Plymstock Plymouth PL9 9AZ
Received 4 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00014/TPO
5-day notice for felling of 2x Oak - trees have been surveyed and suffer with honey fungus, delaminating bark, dysfunctional cambium and major decline over parking area and park homes.
2 Kings Close, Glenholt Park Glenfield Road Plymouth PL6 7LZ
Received 5 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00017/EXDE
Certificate of Lawful Development for room in roof and roof terrace
6 Frederick Street West Plymouth PL1 5JW
Received 5 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00018/FUL
Ground floor rear extension
30 Ivanhoe Road Plymouth PL5 1PG
Received 5 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00019/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 4 (CEMP) of application 23/00031/FUL10
Derriford Hospital Derriford Road Plymouth PL6 8DH
Received 5 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00020/CDM
Condition Discharge: Conditions 3, 4 & 5 of application 21/00920/FUL
Azure & Azure West, 1 Grand Hotel Road Plymouth PL1 2PQ
Received 8 Jan 2024 - Agree Minor Amendment24/00021/AMD
Non-material amendment: Removal of window from entrance area (block A) from application 20/01737/FUL
Talbot Gardens Plymouth PL5 1BU
Received 5 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00022/FUL
Two-storey rear/side extension
First Floor And Second Floor Flat, 37 Marlborough Street Plymouth PL1 4AW
Received 8 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00023/CDM
Condition Discharge: Conditions 15, 16, 17 & 19 of application 17/01216/FUL
Land Off Colebrook Road Plympton Plymouth
Received 8 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00027/MOR
Pre-application for change of use from a 28-bed hotel to 25 ensuite bedroom HMO, with 3 kitchen's, 3 laundry rooms, 3 storage rooms along with bike storage and electric car charge points.
Kynance Hotel 107 - 113 Citadel Road Plymouth PL1 2RN
Received 9 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00028/FUL
The re-cladding of building with external insulation and composite render system
33 - 37 Lambhay Hill Plymouth PL1 2NP
Received 9 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00029/PRUS
Proposed care facility for 4no young persons (Class C3(b))
52A Buena Vista Drive Plymouth PL6 7JF
Received 9 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00030/S73
Variation of Condition 1 (Approved Plans) and Condition 15 (Unit C) of application 21/02266/FUL to allow racking to be provided within the builders merchants yard and the provision of details of the operation of the builders merchant.
Errill Retail Park, Plymouth Road Plymouth PL7 4JP
Received 9 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00031/FUL
Formation of rooms in roof space including dormers and raising the ridge
1 Charlton Road Plymouth PL6 5EF
Received 9 Jan 2024
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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What these statistics cover
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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