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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 dates8,515Searchable applications
336Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 5,355 approved or refused records
468Refused applications
4,887 approved · 468 refused · 316 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided24/00086/FUL
Side and rear single storey extension
6 Parsons Close Plymouth PL9 9UY
Received 25 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00087/FUL
Change of use of existing vacant shop to self-contained residential unit with minor external alterations to building.
59 College Road Plymouth PL2 1NT
Received 25 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00088/PRUS
Application to confirm that the applicant is entitled to resume the normal use of the site as a Petrol Filling Station upon the cessation of the temporary use authorised by temporary planning permission for hand car wash use (23/00144/FUL).
201 Tavistock Road Plymouth PL6 5DA
Received 25 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00089/MJR
Pre-application for advice relating to a temporary structure and over-sheeting/extension to Bay 4 to provide additional manufacturing space.
Princess Yachts Ltd Vivid Approach Plymouth PL1 4SG
Received 26 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00090/TCO
Cut back mimosa/wattle tree.
5 Fitzroy Terrace Fitzroy Road Plymouth PL1 5PX
Received 26 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00091/FUL
Construction of new front porch area
74 Foulston Avenue Plymouth PL5 1HL
Received 26 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00092/S73
Variation of Condition 1 (Approved Plans) of application 23/01040/FUL
Brickfields Sports Centre 80 Madden Road Plymouth PL1 4NE
Received 26 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00093/PRDE
Erection of outbuilding with associated veranda
The Park, Plymouth Crematorium 205 Merafield Road Plymouth PL7 1UQ
Received 26 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00094/FUL
Replacement roof to building N248 including raising the ridge height
Devonport Dockyard Saltash Road Keyham Plymouth PL2 2DQ
Received 26 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00095/TCO
Yew. 2-3m all over crown reduction as tree has previously been reduced to around this point.
14 Seymour Drive Plymouth PL3 5BG
Received 29 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00096/FUL
Demolition of existing garage and erection of larger garage with side dormer for use as annexe. Raised front boundary walls.
16 Longfield Villas Plymouth PL9 7RS
Received 29 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00097/MOR
Pre-application for change of use to 8-bed HMO (Sui Generis)
13 Lipson Vale Plymouth PL4 7HF
Received 26 Jan 2024 - Agree Minor Amendment24/00098/AMD
Non-material Amendment: Removal of 5 secondary windows, 2 from the rear elevation (North West Facing), 2 from the left side elevation (South West Facing) and 1 from the right side elevation (North East Facing) of application 23/00529/FUL
Land Adj. 11 Roborough Avenue Plymouth PL6 6AQ
Received 29 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00099/TPO
Oak (T1) - Reduce branches on SW side back to curb line from 4m to 2.5m. 2x Oak (G1) - Reduce lateral growth on SW side by 2.5-3m back to curb line, branches growing over drive, and clear from corner and side of building giving 2m clearance, crown spread from 6m to 3m. Sweet Chestnut (T2) - Fell. Oak (T3) - Reduce lateral branches on N side by 2-3m growing towards the property, cutting no greater than 75mm, clearing branches to give a minimum of 2m clearance, crown spread from 7m to 4m
42 Broom Park Plymouth PL9 9QH
Received 29 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00102/FUL
Single storey rear extension
10 South Down Road Plymouth PL2 3HW
Received 29 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00103/CDM
Condition Discharge: Conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 of application 23/00529/FUL
Land Adj. 11 Roborough Avenue Plymouth PL6 6AG
Received 29 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00104/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 11 of application 20/00589/FUL
95 Plymbridge Road Plymouth PL6 7LD
Received 29 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00105/HHR
Pre-application for two-storey side extension
69 Chard Road Plymouth PL5 2EQ
Received 30 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00106/S73
Variation of Condition 1 (Approved Plans) of application 20/01798/FUL to amend the approved roof.
The Terrace, 74 Madeira Road Plymouth PL1 2JU
Received 30 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00107/TPO
Sycamore - Reduce to no more than 2m above ground level.
15 Beechwood Rise Plymouth PL6 8AP
Received 30 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00108/LBC
Replacement of existing window with timber French doors, installation of high-level windows above existing bi-folds, layout alterations through provision of partitions, removal of staircase and various internal alterations
3 Penlee Gardens Plymouth PL3 4AN
Received 30 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00109/FUL
Detached garage, demolition of existing conservatory and replacement single-storey rear extension and construction of front porch.
74 Great Woodford Drive Plymouth PL7 4RL
Received 30 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00110/TPO
Oak (T1) - Crown lift 2 lowest branches to finish height 3m Oak (T2) - 1.5-2m height reduction on left stem. Beech (T3) - Lift lower crown to 5.5m reduce upper crown by 2-3m vertical height, lateral reduction on all sides 2-3m Hawthorn (T4) - Pollard, leaving finish height 2.4m, Thuja/ Cyress (T5) - 5.5 m crown lift on all sides
5 Hawkins Close Plymouth PL6 6LL
Received 31 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00111/FUL
Part single and two-storey side and rear extension to create partial additional storey
47 Beaconfield Road Plymouth PL2 3LE
Received 31 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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