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.
4,882 approved · 468 refused · 315 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Trinity United Reform Church Torr Lane Plymouth PL3 5NY
Received 15 Jan 2024Arnolds Point, Embankment Road Plymouth PL4 9JW
Received 16 Jan 202477 Belgrave Road Plymouth PL4 7DR
Received 16 Jan 2024Crownhill Retail Park Tavistock Road Plymouth PL6 5US
Received 16 Jan 2024Fursdon House, Blunts Lane Plymouth PL6 8BE
Received 16 Jan 20242 North Down Road Plymouth PL2 3HH
Received 16 Jan 2024Phase 13, Seaton Neighbourhood Plymouth
Received 17 Jan 202439 Lopes Road Plymouth PL2 3DZ
Received 17 Jan 202412 - 14 Old Town Street Plymouth PL1 1DQ
Received 18 Jan 202418 Mutley Plain Plymouth PL4 6LA
Received 18 Jan 202424 Torr Lane Plymouth PL3 5NY
Received 19 Jan 2024Kings School, Hartley Road Plymouth PL3 5LW
Received 19 Jan 202417 Delamere Road Plymouth PL6 5XQ
Received 19 Jan 202416 Mount Gould Road Plymouth PL4 7PS
Received 22 Jan 2024457 Tavistock Road Plymouth PL6 7HE
Received 22 Jan 202418 Milehouse Road Plymouth PL3 4DB
Received 22 Jan 202430 Kilmar Street Plymouth PL9 7FJ
Received 23 Jan 202415 Roscoff Rise Plymouth PL6 5FP
Received 23 Jan 2024Plymstock Quarry, The Ride Plymstock Plymouth
Received 23 Jan 202411 Daymond Road Plymouth PL5 1SJ
Received 23 Jan 2024Longreach, Hartley Road Plymouth PL3 5LW
Received 23 Jan 2024152 Plymstock Road Plymouth PL9 7LH
Received 24 Jan 20241 Tylney Close Plymouth PL6 6BX
Received 25 Jan 20244 - 6 Royal Parade Plymouth PL1 1DS
Received 25 Jan 2024Records 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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