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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 dates8,792Searchable applications
335Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 5,535 approved or refused records
478Refused applications
5,057 approved · 478 refused · 334 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided24/01353/MOR
Pre-application for internal rearrangement of existing 6-bed (Class C4) HMO to create 7-bed HMO (Sui Generis)
96 Saltash Road Keyham Plymouth PL2 1QS
Received 14 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01354/FUL
Proposed dropped kerb to serve existing vehicle hardstanding
13 St Maurice Road Plymouth PL7 1JT
Received 14 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01355/FUL
Conversion of dwelling to 4no 1-bed flats and associated external alterations including cycle storage
12 Lisson Grove Plymouth PL4 7DN
Received 14 Oct 2024 - Agree Minor Amendment24/01357/AMD
Non-material Amendment: Revisions to approved 'housetype', including changes to the design, appearance, height, massing, materials and unit sizes, in respect of two approved apartment buildings (Plots 1-6 and 45-50) of application 21/02071/FUL
Land To The West Of Phase 9, Seaton Neighbourhood (Palmerston Heights) Plymouth
Received 15 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01358/FUL
Removal of existing garage and construction of new detached garden room/outbuilding in the rear garden space
147 Springfield Road Plymouth PL9 8PU
Received 15 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01359/FUL
Proposed extension
1 Powderham Road Plymouth PL3 5SF
Received 15 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01360/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 6 (Further Details Drop Off / Taxi Rank) of application 24/01661/S73
Derriford Hospital Derriford Road Plymouth PL6 8DH
Received 15 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01361/FUL
Creation of additional flat in rear tenement, rear dormer, and provision of communal bike/bin storage
92 Lipson Road Plymouth PL4 8RJ
Received 16 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01362/MOR
Pre-application for an amended bus interchange and taxi rank drop-off reconfiguration
Derriford Hospital Derriford Road Plymouth PL6 8DH
Received 15 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01363/FUL
Single storey extension (Disabled WC)
109 Springfield Road Plymouth PL9 8PU
Received 16 Oct 2024 - Refused24/01364/CDM
Condition Discharge (part): Condition 14 (Surfacing Materials) (excluding materials used in construction of buildings) of application 23/01622/FUL
Brickfields Sports Centre 80 Madden Road Plymouth PL1 4NE
Received 16 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01366/TPO
T1 - Lime- Remove epicormic growth, crown raise 3m clearance from ground level.
18 Wantage Gardens Plymouth PL1 5DN
Received 16 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01367/FUL
Garden roof terrace over garage (retrospective)
12 Baylys Road Plymouth PL9 7NQ
Received 16 Oct 2024 - Unknown24/01368/MDPO
Request to vary the S106 for planning application 21/02071/FUL (Principle Deed) relating to Section 5 (Affordable Housing)
Land To The West Of Phase 9, Seaton Neighbourhood (Palmerston Heights) Plymouth
Received 17 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01371/EXUS
Establish existing use as a 5-Bed HMO (Class C4)
134 Lipson Road Plymouth PL4 7NU
Received 17 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01372/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 3 (Surface Water Drainage) of application 21/01254/FUL
35 Emma Place Plymouth PL1 3QT
Received 17 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01373/FUL
Two-storey side and single storey rear extensions
5 Sherborne Close Plymouth PL9 8UU
Received 17 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01375/FUL
Replacement of existing windows and a new door
The Moneycentre 1 Drake Circus Plymouth PL1 1QH
Received 18 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01376/TPO
G1 - Group of 6 Lime trees - Pollard to previous pruning points at approx 13m
7 Esthwaite Lane Plymouth PL6 5FQ
Received 18 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01377/FUL
First floor side extension, single rear extension and enlargement of front driveway
4 Greenwood Park Close Plymouth PL7 2WP
Received 18 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01378/ADV
Internally illuminated fascia sign, window vinyls and illuminated sign inside window
20 Old Town Street Plymouth PL1 1DQ
Received 18 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01379/FUL
Loft conversion including new rear dormer
34 Hollycroft Road Plymouth PL3 6PR
Received 18 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01380/FUL
Summer house in the back of the garden
7 Dartmeet Avenue Plymouth PL3 6NR
Received 21 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01381/S73
Variation of Conditions 1, 12, 15, 25, 26, 27 and 28 of application 23/01622/FUL to amend the design and layout
Brickfields Sports Centre 80 Madden Road Plymouth PL1 4NE
Received 21 Oct 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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