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.
4,983 approved · 473 refused · 328 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 2021 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Boniface Close Plymouth
Received 13 Jun 20245 Little Fancy Close Plymouth PL6 7DR
Received 13 Jun 202416 Chapel Street Devonport Plymouth PL1 4DP
Received 13 Jun 202416 Chapel Street Devonport Plymouth PL1 4DP
Received 13 Jun 202416 Caroline Place Plymouth PL1 3PS
Received 14 Jun 202439 Salcombe Road Plymouth PL4 7NE
Received 14 Jun 2024Scott Business Park Beacon Park Road Plymouth PL2 2PQ
Received 14 Jun 2024110 Furneaux Road Plymouth PL2 3EY
Received 14 Jun 202460 Southside Street Plymouth PL1 2LA
Received 14 Jun 2024131A Looseleigh Lane Plymouth PL6 5HW
Received 17 Jun 202427 Petersfield Close Plymouth PL3 6QP
Received 17 Jun 2024Holy Cross Catholic Primary School Beaumont Road Plymouth PL4 9BE
Received 17 Jun 20244 Moor View Plymstock Plymouth PL9 7RT
Received 17 Jun 2024Open Space, Peters Park Close Plymouth
Received 17 Jun 2024Land At Wixenford Saltram Estate Plympton PL7 1UH
Received 17 Jun 20246 Coltness Road Plymouth PL9 8HA
Received 18 Jun 202421 Whiteford Road Plymouth PL3 5LU
Received 18 Jun 202415 William Prance Road Plymouth PL6 5ZD
Received 18 Jun 202455 Beaumont Road Plymouth PL4 9BN
Received 18 Jun 2024301 Plymouth Road Plymouth PL7 4ND
Received 18 Jun 202444 Flamsteed Crescent Plymouth PL5 2AX
Received 18 Jun 2024Eglington, Mannamead Avenue Plymouth PL3 4SP
Received 19 Jun 2024Land Adjacent 865 Wolseley Road Plymouth PL5 1JX
Received 19 Jun 202492 Lipson Road Plymouth PL4 8RJ
Received 19 Jun 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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