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.
6,166 approved · 555 refused · 424 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Cheshire Drive Plymouth PL6 6SQ
Received 22 Apr 2025Derriford Hospital Derriford Road Plymouth PL6 8DH
Received 22 Apr 202595 Moorland View Derriford Plymouth PL6 6AP
Received 22 Apr 2025Marsh Mills Roundabout Plymouth
Received 22 Apr 2025Argosy House 1 Longbridge Road Plymouth
Received 22 Apr 202514 Rothbury Close Plymouth PL6 8TX
Received 23 Apr 2025Pinnacle Quay 4 Harbour Avenue Sutton Plymouth PL4 0BJ
Received 23 Apr 202531 Belle Vue Rise Plymouth PL9 9QD
Received 23 Apr 20251 Pier Street Plymouth PL1 3BS
Received 23 Apr 2025300 Tavistock Road Plymouth PL6 8AN
Received 24 Apr 20251 Collingwood Villas Collingwood Road Plymouth PL1 5NZ
Received 24 Apr 202598 St Levan Road Plymouth PL2 3AF
Received 24 Apr 202527 Boringdon Avenue Plymouth PL5 1UU
Received 25 Apr 20254 Manor Park Drive Plymouth PL7 2HT
Received 25 Apr 20256 Wollaton Grove Plymouth PL5 2JX
Received 25 Apr 202526 Furzeacre Close Plymouth PL7 5DZ
Received 25 Apr 202545 Warwick Orchard Close Plymouth PL5 3NZ
Received 25 Apr 202528 Fore Street Plympton Plymouth PL7 1NA
Received 25 Apr 202533 Salcombe Road Plymouth PL4 7NE
Received 25 Apr 2025162 Dunstone View Plymouth PL9 8QL
Received 25 Apr 202528 Athenaeum Street Plymouth PL1 2RQ
Received 25 Apr 202528 Athenaeum Street Plymouth PL1 2RQ
Received 25 Apr 2025Former Dispensary, 29 Widey View Plymouth PL3 5JQ
Received 28 Apr 202513 The Grove Stoke Plymouth PL3 4AL
Received 28 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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