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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5,057 approved · 478 refused · 334 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided24/01382/HHR
Pre-application to demolish existing garage, Rebuild larger garage, orientation rotated 90 degrees, width, height and apex to be similar, construct free-standing garden room, reduce (by approx 540mm) width of existing decking and construct patio
27 Whiteford Road Plymouth PL3 5LU
Received 21 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01383/MOR
Pre-application for change of shopfront, new signage and installation of hoarding to allow access to work
26 - 28 Cornwall Street City Centre Plymouth PL1 1LP
Received 21 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01384/S73
Variation of Condition 1 (Approved Plans) of application 24/00223/FUL to allow roof / cladding change and relocation of extension.
Honicknowle Youth Centre Honicknowle Green Plymouth PL5 3PX
Received 21 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01385/S73
Variation of Condition 1 (Approved Plans) of application 24/00220/FUL to allow change to cladding.
Efford Community Centre Blandford Road Plymouth PL3 6HU
Received 21 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01386/GPD
Change of use of floors one, two, and three from offices (Class E) to 9no. flats (Class C3)
Anglia House, 10 Derrys Cross Plymouth PL1 2SH
Received 21 Oct 2024 - Agree Minor Amendment24/01387/AMD
Non-material Amendment: To change the existing roofing tiles from concrete to natural slate.
68 Compton Avenue Plymouth PL3 5DB
Received 21 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01389/GP1
Single storey rear extension
51 Abney Crescent Plymouth PL6 6LH
Received 22 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01390/ADV
26no. Illuminated and non-illuminated fascia signs
Unit 2, 145 Plymouth Road Plymouth PL7 4NF
Received 22 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01391/MOR
Pre-application for new purpose built student accommodation
Land At Armada Street Plymouth PL4 8LU
Received 22 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01392/FUL
Demolish existing garage and resite new garage, raise garden level with retaining wall
3 Mena Park Road Plymouth PL9 8PY
Received 22 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01395/MOR
Pre-application for re-development of site for residential purposes - 3 dwellings
Allotment Gardens, Commercial Place Teats Hill Road PL4 0LS
Received 22 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01396/CDM
Condition Discharge: Conditions 5 (Street Details) & 16 (Lighting Details) of application 21/02071/FUL
Land To The West Of Phase 9, Seaton Neighbourhood (Palmerston Heights) Plymouth
Received 22 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01397/FUL
Addition of roller shutter grill to shopfront approved via 24/00653/FUL
Ground Floor Flat, 143 King Street Plymouth PL1 5JE
Received 22 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01398/FUL
Alterations to house with two-storey side extension
25 Roberts Road Plymouth PL5 1DL
Received 22 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01399/S73
Variation of Condition 1 (Approved Plans) of application: 23/01094/FUL to allow various design amendments to the ramped access, veranda space, solar PV array, concrete pad foundations, construction of new external staircase and reconfiguration of windows.
Poole Farm, Blunts Lane Plymouth PL6 8NF
Received 22 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01400/EXDE
Single storey rear extension
303 St Peters Road Plymouth PL5 3DU
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01401/FUL
Raise garage roof ridge to form first floor habitable accommodation
31 Billacombe Road Plymouth PL9 7HX
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01402/EXUS
Establish use as a 5-Bed HMO (Class C4)
56 Lisson Grove Plymouth PL4 7DN
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01403/MOR
Pre Application for new detached dwelling
7 Tavistock Road Plymouth PL5 3DG
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01404/ADV
Two single-sided internally illuminated signs
Hope Baptist Church Peverell Park Road Plymouth PL3 4QG
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01405/LBC
Proposed roof replacement.
M042, Devonport Dockyard Saltash Road Keyham Plymouth PL1 4SG
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01406/GPD
Proposed change of use from office use (Class E) to residential (Class C3) to form 105 flats with associated vehicle and cycle parking
The Moneycentre 1 Drake Circus Plymouth PL1 1QH
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01407/FUL
Conversion of garage to annex and garage extension (part retrospective)
37 Tavistock Road Plymouth PL5 3AF
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01408/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 7 (Materials) of application 23/01122/FUL
Land Adj. 96 Sherford Road Plymouth PL9 8BG
Received 24 Oct 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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