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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 dates8,529Searchable applications
336Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 5,365 approved or refused records
468Refused applications
4,897 approved · 468 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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More application records
- Decided24/00165/TCO
13x Conifer - Cut between 1metre to 1.5 metres from their tops, and re-shaping around their bodies.
Jessops, Horsham Lane Tamerton Foliot Plymouth PL5 4NP
Received 13 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00166/S73
Variation of Condition 1 (Approved Plans) of application 23/01376/FUL to amend landscaping and add a basement level and balcony to Plot 2
Longreach, Hartley Road Plymouth PL3 5LW
Received 13 Feb 2024 - Agree Minor Amendment24/00167/AMD
Non-Material Amendment: Changes to door/window designs and layout, revisions to cladding, and layout alterations for application 21/00722/FUL
Morley Youth & Community Centre Broadland Gardens Plymouth PL9 8TU
Received 13 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00168/TPO
Sycamore- To reduce overhanging branches to the boundary line.
Widey Woods Plymouth
Received 13 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00169/TPO
Cypress (T1) - Reduce in height by half to allow more light into the kitchen window and back of the building while opening up the garden to more light.
8 Venn Court Plymouth PL3 5NS
Received 14 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00170/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 7 of application 13/02037/FUL
1 Beauchamp Road Plymouth PL2 3PZ
Received 14 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00171/FUL
Change of use from Betting Shop (Sui Generis) to Adult Gaming Centre (Sui Generis)
Unit 2, 52 - 56 Embankment Road Plymouth PL4 9HY
Received 14 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00173/TCO
Malus (T1) - Reduce lateral branches to achieve a clearance of 1m from building, Acer Platinoids (T2) - Crown raise to 3m from ground and reduce lateral branches to achieve a clearance of 2m from building, Self-seeded Fraxinus Excelsior (T3) - Fell to near ground level.
Stillman Court Stillman Street Plymouth PL4 0DU
Received 15 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00174/CDM
Condition Discharge: Conditions 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 of application 22/00306/REM
Saltram Meadows, The Ride Plymouth Plymstock PL9 7JA
Received 15 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00175/MOR
Pre-application for creation of 6no. roof terraces to serve the flats
175 Stuart Road Plymouth PL1 5LQ
Received 15 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00177/TPO
Ash (T1) - Re-pollarding
Denver, Franklyns Plymouth PL6 5JG
Received 15 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00178/TPO
Weeping Ash (T1) - Reduce to a height of 7m.
8 Lopwell Close Plymouth PL6 5BP
Received 15 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00179/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 4 of application 22/00219/FUL
Chelson Meadow Plymouth PL9 7JS
Received 15 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00180/TPO
Lime - Fell
80 Milehouse Road Plymouth PL3 4DA
Received 16 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00181/FUL
Replacement windows
Flat 52, Harbourside Court Hawkers Avenue Plymouth PL4 0QT
Received 16 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00182/FUL
Convert garage into a home based beauty business.
12 Hatshill Close Plymouth PL6 8NN
Received 16 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00183/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 3 of application 23/00468/FUL
Salvation Army Hall Church Road Plympton Plymouth PL7 1NH
Received 16 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00184/CDM
Condition Discharge: Conditions 3 (ecology) & 4 (drainage) of application 23/01687/FUL
Mill Ford School Rochford Crescent Plymouth PL5 2PY
Received 16 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00186/FUL
A heat pump to be fitted in the kitchen, with the external unit in the rear garden
23 Coleridge Road Plymouth PL4 7PA
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00187/FUL
Change of use of existing single storey garden/utility room attached to the rear garage to a nail salon.
17 Clifton Avenue Plymouth PL7 4BH
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00188/S73
Variation of Condition 1 (Approved Plans) of application 21/01353/FUL to amend elevations, boundary treatment and car park (Part -retrospective)
31 - 32 Emma Place Plymouth PL1 3QT
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00189/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 4 of application 24/00188/S73
31 - 32 Emma Place Plymouth PL1 3QT
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00190/MOR
Pre-application for the replacement of gas systems for listed buildings
Multiple Addresses In Southside Street, Quay Road, Basket Ope And The Parade, Plymouth
Received 16 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00191/FUL
Change of use from retail (Class E) to Retro Gaming Lounge (Sui Generis)
4 - 6 Royal Parade Plymouth PL1 1DS
Received 19 Feb 2024
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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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