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.
4,935 approved · 472 refused · 324 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
105 Staddiscombe Road Plymouth PL9 9LU
Received 1 Apr 2024Flat 1, 9 Collingwood Villas Collingwood Road Plymouth PL1 5NZ
Received 2 Apr 202424 Clarence Place Stonehouse Plymouth PL1 3JP
Received 2 Apr 2024Car Park, Colin Campbell Court Plymouth PL1 1PZ
Received 2 Apr 202415 Berthon Road Plymouth PL5 1EX
Received 27 Mar 202432 Eggbuckland Road Plymouth PL3 5HG
Received 2 Apr 2024The Grenville Hotel, 82 - 84 Grenville Road Plymouth PL4 9PZ
Received 2 Apr 2024Brook Green Centre For Learning, 38 Bodmin Road Plymouth PL5 4DZ
Received 2 Apr 202410 Marsh Mills Park Plymouth PL6 8LX
Received 3 Apr 2024323 Tavistock Road Plymouth PL6 8AE
Received 28 Mar 202439 Brynmoor Park Plymouth PL3 5LB
Received 3 Apr 2024West Pier And Madeira Road Plymouth
Received 3 Apr 2024Plymstock Quarry, The Ride Plymstock Plymouth
Received 4 Apr 202462 Shaw Way Plymouth PL9 9XH
Received 4 Apr 2024180 Victoria Road Plymouth PL5 1QY
Received 4 Apr 202416 Boringdon Terrace Plymouth PL9 9TQ
Received 4 Apr 2024Unit G, Armada Centre Armada Way Plymouth PL1 1LE
Received 5 Apr 202411 Home Park Plymouth PL2 1BQ
Received 4 Apr 202410 Bedford Terrace Plymouth PL4 8EY
Received 4 Apr 202422 Haddington Road Plymouth PL2 1RR
Received 5 Apr 20241 Hemerdon Heights Plymouth PL7 2EX
Received 5 Apr 202416 Church Road Plymstock Plymouth PL9 9AH
Received 4 Apr 2024Tinside Pool Hoe Road Plymouth PL1 3NZ
Received 5 Apr 202456 Oreston Road Plymouth PL9 7JQ
Received 5 Apr 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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