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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 dates8,799Searchable applications
335Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 5,539 approved or refused records
478Refused applications
5,061 approved · 478 refused · 334 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided24/01409/FUL
Extension and conversion of existing garage to habitable rooms together with the erection of detached garage
1 Hedingham Gardens Plymouth PL6 7DX
Received 24 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01410/FUL
Conversion of Conservatory into Single Storey Rear Extension & Garage Conversion
297 Outland Road Plymouth PL2 3SP
Received 24 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01411/FUL
Part-single-storey, part-two-storey rear and side infill extension and roofworks to garage and utility room
11 Widewell Road Plymouth PL6 7DN
Received 24 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01412/FUL
Replacement of lean-to with single storey rear extension
27 Kingswood Park Avenue Plymouth PL3 4NQ
Received 24 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01413/GP1
A single-storey rear extension which extends beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse by 4m, has a maximum height of 3.5m, and has an eaves height of 3m
12 Lympne Avenue Plymouth PL5 2PR
Received 24 Oct 2024 - Agree Minor Amendment24/01414/AMD
Non-material Amendment: Variation of conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10.
Plymouth Railway Station Plymouth Station Plymouth PL4 6AA
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01415/FUL
Replacement pitched roof to garage and utility room along with garage conversion into office/study
67 Moorland View Derriford Plymouth PL6 6AW
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01416/FUL
Replacement side storage shed with roof terrace and associated external staircase
6 Tapson Drive Plymouth PL9 9UA
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01417/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 4 (Odour from Commercial Kitchen Extraction System) for application 23/00945/FUL
36 Marlborough Street Plymouth PL1 4AH
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01418/CDM
Condition Discharge: Conditions 3 (Biodiversity Net Gain), 4 (CEMP - Biodiversity), 5 (Surface Water Drainage) & 6 Tree Planting) of application 21/01495/FUL
Units 21 - 29, Devon Enterprise Facility Belliver Way Plymouth PL6 7BP
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01419/TCO
T1 - Maple - Crown raise to achieve a clearance of 2.5m from ground level. T2 - Magnolia - Crown raise to achieve a clearance of 2.5m from ground level.
102 Molesworth Road Stoke Plymouth PL3 4AQ
Received 28 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01421/HHR
Pre-application for a loft conversion
30 St Barnabas Terrace Plymouth PL1 5NN
Received 28 Oct 2024 - Agree Minor Amendment24/01422/AMD
Non-material amendment: Removal of Medpoint branding and reduction in prescription collection machine size for application 24/00246/FUL
8 Leypark Drive Plymouth PL6 8UD
Received 28 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01423/MOR
Pre-application for the demolition of existing single and two storey extensions to Hepworth House and construction of a three storey extension to create new Centre for Eyecare Excellence for the University of Plymouth. Creation of new vehicular access from James Street to provide drop off spaces.
Hepworth House University Of Plymouth Plymouth PL4 6AW
Received 24 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01424/GP1
Proposed rear conservatory
18 Highbury Crescent Plymouth PL7 4HB
Received 28 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01425/FUL
Extension and alterations to garage
22 Widewell Road Plymouth PL6 7DW
Received 28 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01426/FUL
Single storey rear extension
29 Laira Park Place Plymouth PL4 7HT
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01427/TPO
(T1) Oak nearest to house. Reduce to leave 10 metre crown.(T2) Oak in woodland. Reduce to leave 10 metre crown
64B Glenfield Road Plymouth PL6 7LN
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01428/TPO
(T1) Macrocarpa To crown raise up to height of 4 metres and to reduce tree to leave crown of 15m.
House 5, 32 George Lane Plymouth PL7 2JJ
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01429/TPO
(T1) Yew Tree- Fell to ground level. (T2) Yew Reduce crown to height of 6 metres.
81 Mannamead Road Plymouth PL3 4SX
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01432/PRDE
Loft conversion with hip to gable and rear dormer
175 Victoria Road Plymouth PL5 1QT
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01433/TCO
T1, Sycamore. 4.5m reduction in height to first major unions, leaving as a pollard, finish height 12m aproximatly,
10 Providence Place Plymouth PL1 5QS
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01434/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 3 (Materials) of application 23/01470/FUL
Discovery Wharf 15 North Quay Plymouth PL4 0RB
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/01435/FUL
Proposed single storey rear/side extension with loft conversion above, including new porch, new terrace and roof terrace at the rear
Glen Devon, 297 Dean Cross Road Plymouth PL9 7AZ
Received 29 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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