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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 dates8,601Searchable applications
336Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 5,416 approved or refused records
472Refused applications
4,944 approved · 472 refused · 325 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided24/00432/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 2 of application 23/01747/REM
North Prospect Library Greatlands Place Plymouth PL2 3JG
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00433/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 3 of application 23/00926/FUL
28 Athenaeum Street Plymouth PL1 2RQ
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Refused24/00434/FUL
Erection of detached dwelling and provision of parking platform (part retrospective)
Land At Yeats Close Plymouth PL5 3SD
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Agree Minor Amendment24/00435/AMD
Non-material amendment: To amend the description of the application to remove the number of units and their specific use and secure them via conditions of application 17/00140/REM
Mayflower Court Plot C2 Millbay Plymouth PL1 3EG
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00438/TPO
Chestnut - remove ivy and the suckers around the base.
7 Queens Gate Lipson Plymouth PL4 7PW
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00439/FUL
Loft conversion with rear dormer and roof alterations to provide balcony at first floor level
178 Peverell Park Road Plymouth PL3 4QE
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00441/EXUS
Establish existing use of property as a 6-bed HMO (Class C4)
93 Salisbury Road Plymouth PL4 8TB
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00442/FUL
Annex to provide additional family unit and dayroom
26 And 28 Ridge Road Plymouth PL7 1UF
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00443/FUL
New boundary walls and fencing to property including entrance piers and gate (retrospective)
16 Powisland Drive Plymouth PL6 6AA
Received 10 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00445/TPO
3x Lime (T1, T2, T3) -Pollard
1 Belmont Villas Plymouth PL3 4DP
Received 10 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00446/FUL
Single storey rear extension
51 White Lady Road Plymouth PL9 9GA
Received 10 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00447/LBC
New door to existing wall facing Hoegate Street. Ashlared stone quoins and lintel to match the existing. Timber door to match existing joinery.
60 Southside Street Plymouth PL1 2LA
Received 10 Apr 2024 - Refused24/00449/S73
Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) to make amendments to the house and garage design including removal and addition of windows, new entrance porch, extension to the balcony, new external walls, underbuild to the garage to create a store and other associated development, and removal of Conditions 3 (CEMP), 5 (Provision of Sight Lines) & 8 (Car Parking Provision) of application 15/02183/FUL (retrospective)
Land Adjacent 865 Wolseley Road Plymouth PL5 1JX
Received 10 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00450/FUL
Replacement of internal plant comprising installation of 2no. air conditioning condenser units to rear external plant area
14 Barbican Approach Plymouth PL4 0LG
Received 10 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00451/FUL
Replacement porch
83 Peters Park Lane Plymouth PL5 1PT
Received 11 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00452/TCO
Beech - Crown lift and removal of bottom branches that hang low over the garden and garage
14 Seymour Drive Plymouth PL3 5BG
Received 11 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00455/TPO
Eucalyptus - Fell dead tree
Seymour House, Mount Wise Garrison Cumberland Road Plymouth PL1 4JQ
Received 11 Apr 2024 - Agree Minor Amendment24/00456/AMD
Non-material Amendment: Change to wording of Conditions 1 & 5 of application 23/01592/FUL
Land At Stonehouse Playing Fields Stonehouse Plymouth PL1 3SF
Received 11 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00457/FUL
Removal of existing rear conservatory and the construction of a single storey rear extension
2 The Hollows Plymouth PL9 8TX
Received 11 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00458/FUL
Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of single storey extension
32 Powisland Drive Plymouth PL6 6AB
Received 12 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00459/EXUS
Establish existing use of property as 4no. self-contained flats (Class C3)
231 Citadel Road East Plymouth PL1 2NG
Received 12 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00461/PRDE
Replacement conservatory with a single storey extension 4m long from original house wall and 4.35m wide.
60 Looseleigh Lane Plymouth PL6 5HQ
Received 15 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00462/FUL
Single storey side, front and rear extensions
The Birches, Plymbridge Road Plymouth PL6 7LF
Received 15 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00463/TCO
2x Sycamore (G1) - Fell to ground level.
63 George Street Plymouth PL1 4HS
Received 15 Apr 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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