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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.
England · Local authority
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 dates8,499Searchable applications
336Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 5,346 approved or refused records
468Refused applications
4,878 approved · 468 refused · 315 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided24/00032/MOR
Pre-application to extend the Night Shelter to an all year round provision, 365 days per year 10.00 pm to 8.00 am Monday to Sunday
Hamoaze House Mount Wise Garrison Cumberland Road Plymouth PL1 4JQ
Received 9 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00033/EXUS
Establish existing use of property as a 9-bed HMO (Sui Generis)
28 Lipson Road Plymouth PL4 8PW
Received 10 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00034/EXUS
Establish existing use of property as an 7-bed HMO (Sui Generis)
73 Clifton Place Plymouth PL4 8HY
Received 10 Jan 2024 - Refused24/00035/FUL
Hardstand
125 Bridwell Road Plymouth PL5 1AF
Received 10 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00036/FUL
Introduction of new main entrance/exit doors and glazed window bed display to existing store
Matalan, Transit Way Plymouth PL5 3TW
Received 10 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00037/FUL
Addition of first floor, single storey rear extension, entrance porch, installation of bay window to side elevation
43 Reddicliff Close Plymouth PL9 9QJ
Received 10 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00038/HHR
Pre-application for erection of a timber frame workshop/storage unit to the north side of the house.
861 Wolseley Road Plymouth PL5 1JX
Received 11 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00039/FUL
Alterations to rear elevation including ground floor single storey conservatory
39 Venn Grove Plymouth PL3 5PH
Received 11 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00040/FUL
Rear two-storey extension and addition of first floor to bungalow (re-submission of 23/01682/FUL)
225 Ham Drive Plymouth PL2 3NF
Received 11 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00041/TPO
Cypress (T1, T2) - Fell, in poor condition at top of bank, mostly Ivy remaining,
74 Great Woodford Drive Plymouth PL7 4RL
Received 11 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00042/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 3 of application 23/00709/FUL
Tinside Pool Hoe Road Plymouth PL1 2NZ
Received 11 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00043/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 3 of application 23/00784/FUL
Land At Mount Batten Watersports & Activities Centre Plymouth
Received 11 Jan 2024 - Refused24/00044/FUL
Demolition of existing attached single garage and erection of a two-storey side extension and 2no single storey rear extensions
16 Wain Park Plymouth PL7 2HX
Received 12 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00045/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 10 (LEMP) of application 23/00015/FUL10
Derriford Hospital Derriford Road Plymouth PL6 8DH
Received 12 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00047/FUL
Two-storey side extension and single storey rear extension
6 Woodland Drive Plymouth PL7 1SN
Received 12 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00048/S73
Variation of Condition 4 (Obscure Glazing) of application 22/02004/FUL
479 Tavistock Road Plymouth PL6 7AA
Received 12 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00049/FUL
Single storey front extension with expanded driveway and boundary wall 1m max height (part retrospective)
12 Manadon Drive Plymouth PL5 3DH
Received 12 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00050/MOR
Pre-application to erect a garden shed building to the rear of the property for use as a Cattery
120 Stuart Road Plymouth PL1 5LP
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Refused24/00051/FUL
Provision of car parking area
Torr Home The Drive Plymouth PL3 5SY
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Agree Minor Amendment24/00052/AMD
Non-material Amendment: Change to extension external finish of application 23/00060/FUL
31 Wolrige Way Plymouth PL7 2RU
Received 12 Jan 2024 - Refused24/00053/FUL
Creation of front hardstanding, installation of EV charging point, and creation of yard gully (part-retrospective)
37 North Road East Plymouth PL4 6AY
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Refused24/00054/LBC
Creation of front hardstanding, installation of EV charging point, and creation of yard gully (part-retrospective)
37 North Road East Plymouth PL4 6AY
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00055/FUL
Part demolition of Unit 3 and the erection of new external elevations to the remaining building, along with associated landscaping works.
Princess Yachts Ltd. Company Number 00856633 2 Newport Street Plymouth PL1 3QG
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00056/FUL
Essential repairs to the seawall and associated sea structure
Princess Yachts Ltd. Company Number 00856633 2 Newport Street Plymouth PL1 3QG
Received 15 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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