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.
6,130 approved · 553 refused · 420 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Apr 2020 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Radford Road Plymouth PL1 3BY
Received 7 Apr 202541 Torridge Way Plymouth PL3 6JG
Received 7 Apr 2025Glenfield House, Whitsoncross Lane Plymouth PL5 4NR
Received 8 Apr 20253 Alpha Way Plymouth PL6 5ZF
Received 7 Apr 2025Wakehams Quarry The Ride Plymouth
Received 8 Apr 202527 Furzehatt Road Plymouth PL9 8QX
Received 8 Apr 202524 New Street Plymouth PL1 2NB
Received 8 Apr 2025Block A, B And Studio, 163 Notte Street Plymouth PL1 2AQ
Received 9 Apr 2025Land At Mary Dean Avenue Tamerton Foliot Plymouth PL5 4LS
Received 9 Apr 20256 Victoria Place Millbay Road Plymouth PL1 3LP
Received 10 Apr 2025Brickfields Sports Centre 80 Madden Road Plymouth PL1 4NE
Received 10 Apr 2025Brickfields Sports Centre 80 Madden Road Plymouth PL1 4NE
Received 10 Apr 202582 Church Way Plymouth PL5 1AH
Received 11 Apr 2025Derriford Hospital Derriford Road Plymouth PL6 8DH
Received 11 Apr 202516 Staddon Green Plymouth PL9 9LH
Received 11 Apr 2025Brickfields Sports Centre 80 Madden Road Plymouth PL1 4NE
Received 11 Apr 20251 Sir Leonard Rogers Close Plymouth PL3 5AQ
Received 11 Apr 202577 Union Street Plymouth And 1 Martin Street Plymouth PL1 3NE
Received 11 Apr 2025196 Pike Road Plymouth PL3 6HJ
Received 14 Apr 20251 Lopwell Close Plymouth PL6 5BP
Received 14 Apr 2025Land To The Rear Of Drakes Drum 19 Radford Park Road Plymouth PL9 9DN
Received 14 Apr 202535 Wolrige Avenue Plymouth PL7 2RT
Received 14 Apr 2025Land Rear Of 232 Albert Road Plymouth PL2 1AW
Received 14 Apr 2025Unit 7 & 8 Grace Mill Business Park Maxwell Road Plymouth PL4 0SN
Received 14 Apr 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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