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.
5,450 approved · 506 refused · 360 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Nov 2020 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Headland Park Plymouth PL4 8HS
Received 4 Feb 2025Manadon Roundabout Plymouth
Received 4 Feb 202543 Sutherland Road Plymouth PL4 6BN
Received 4 Feb 202543 Sutherland Road Plymouth PL4 6BN
Received 4 Feb 2025Slipway Cover, HMNB Devonport Keyham Plymouth PL2 2DQ
Received 4 Feb 202536 Beacon Down Avenue Plymouth PL2 2RU
Received 4 Feb 202549 Popplestone Lane Plymouth PL3 5GA
Received 4 Feb 2025Ground Floor Front Flat, 3 Western College Road Plymouth PL4 7AG
Received 4 Feb 2025Agricultural Land To The West Of Tamerton Road / Belliver Way Roborough Plymouth PL6 7BQ
Received 5 Feb 2025190 Milford Lane Plymouth PL5 4LU
Received 5 Feb 202557 Craigie Drive Plymouth PL1 3JB
Received 5 Feb 2025Land At Sefton Avenue Plymouth PL4 7HB
Received 5 Feb 20258 The Old Laundry Plymouth PL1 3NL
Received 5 Feb 2025121 Underwood Road Plymouth PL7 1TB
Received 5 Feb 2025Building M042, Devonport Dockyard Saltash Road Keyham Plymouth PL1 4SG
Received 5 Feb 2025St Boniface Catholic College 21 Boniface Lane Plymouth PL5 3AG
Received 5 Feb 2025Notre Dame Roman Catholic School Notre Dame Close Plymouth PL6 5HN
Received 5 Feb 2025Unit 2, 10 Estover Road Plymouth PL6 7PY
Received 6 Feb 2025Derriford Hospital Derriford Road Plymouth PL6 8DH
Received 6 Feb 2025Vine Hotel, 5 Admirals Hard Plymouth PL1 3RJ
Received 6 Feb 202526 Mount Gould Road Plymouth PL4 7PS
Received 6 Feb 202524 Vine Gardens Plymouth PL2 3HD
Received 6 Feb 202529 Parade Road Plymouth PL5 2NT
Received 6 Feb 202531 Roborough Avenue Plymouth PL6 6AQ
Received 7 Feb 2025Records 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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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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