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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 dates8,698Searchable applications
335Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 5,466 approved or refused records
474Refused applications
4,992 approved · 474 refused · 331 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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
- Decided24/00901/LBC
First floor rear extension, rear bike store, additional door and layout alterations to facilitate conversion to 3no. flats
31 North Road East Plymouth PL4 6AY
Received 15 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00902/TPO
Maple (T1) Fell.
11 Glenfield Close Glenholt Park Glenfield Road Plymouth PL6 7NT
Received 15 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00903/TPO
T1 Thuja- remove dead tree
12 Sycamore Way Glenholt Park Glenfield Road Plymouth PL6 7NQ
Received 15 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00905/FUL
Single storey rear extension
24 Wall Street Plymouth PL1 4FA
Received 15 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00906/MOR
Pre-application for change of use to HMO
8 Woodside Plymouth PL4 8QE
Received 16 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00907/TPO
T1 Sycamore- Fell, T2 Ash- Fell suffering from ADB, T3 Cypress- Fell, G1 Ash- Coppice
1 Woodlands Lane Plymouth PL6 8AS
Received 16 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00908/FUL
Alterations to existing dwelling including accessible entrances to house, raised decking and new additional hardstand with dropped kerb.
21 Reservoir Crescent Plymouth PL9 8NG
Received 16 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00909/FUL
Single storey rear extension on raised decking
6 Lawson Grove Plymouth PL9 7QJ
Received 16 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00910/FUL
Internal alterations to provide additional bedroom in ground floor flat, incorporation of loft space to first floor flat and window and door alterations
16 Anstis Street Plymouth PL1 5JU
Received 17 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00911/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 5 (Landscaping Details) of application 23/01596/FUL
Stoke Damerel Community College Somerset Place Plymouth PL3 4BD
Received 16 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00914/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 6 (Car Park Management Plan) of application 23/01592/FUL
Land At Stonehouse Playing Fields Stonehouse Plymouth PL1 3SF
Received 17 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00915/FUL
Two new build detached dwellings with double garages and the formation of a public footpath
Land To The West 123 Fort Austin Avenue Plymouth PL6 5NR
Received 17 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00916/FUL
Provision of external alterations/equipment and additional car parking in association with use of building as animal hospital (Use Class E).
26 William Prance Road Plymouth PL6 5WR
Received 18 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00917/FUL
Proposed driveway and off road parking for one vehicle
97 Hooe Road Plymouth PL9 9QP
Received 18 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00918/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 21 (Landscape Ecological Management Plan) of application 23/01622/FUL
Plymouth Albion Rugby Club Brickfields Sports Centre 80 Madden Road Plymouth PL1 4NE
Received 18 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00919/FUL
Conversion of existing outbuilding into incidental/ancillary annexe
217 Stuart Road Plymouth PL1 5LQ
Received 18 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00920/FUL
First floor rear extension, roof alterations including increase in ridge height and hipped to gable alterations to provide second floor extension to residential accommodation, installation of 2no. dormers to west elevation, and 3no. recessed balconies, window and door alterations and associated external works
Vine Hotel, 5 Admirals Hard Plymouth PL1 3RJ
Received 18 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00921/FUL
Loft conversion with rear dormer.
First Floor Flat, 3 St Paul Street Plymouth PL1 3RZ
Received 19 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00922/TCO
Removal of 1 no dead Fir tree
The Old School Rock Hill Plymouth PL5 4NY
Received 19 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00923/MJR
Pre-application enquiry for discharge of conditions 12 (Landscaping) and 23 (Tree Planting) on application 14/01264/FUL
Crescent Point, Notte Street, Plymouth Devon PL1 2BP
Received 19 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00924/FUL
Change of use from student HMO to large HMO (Sui Generis)
97 Mutley Plain Plymouth PL4 6JJ
Received 19 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00925/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 3 (Solar PV Panels) of application 23/00959/FUL
97 - 99 Mutley Plain Plymouth
Received 19 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00926/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 5 (Contaminated Land) of application 20/00253/FUL
Site Of Former E Block, The Quadrangle, Craigie Drive The Millfields Stonehouse Plymouth
Received 19 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00928/TPO
Scots Pine - Fell
26 St Boniface Drive Plymouth PL2 3QW
Received 19 Jul 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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