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.
6,178 approved · 557 refused · 425 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Building BP017A, RNAD Bullpoint Kinterbury Road Plymouth
Received 28 Apr 20255 Gordon Terrace Plymouth PL4 6EP
Received 28 Apr 202569 Devonport Road Plymouth PL3 4DL
Received 28 Apr 202523 Lockyer Street Plymouth PL1 2QW
Received 28 Apr 202523 Lockyer Street Plymouth PL1 2QW
Received 28 Apr 202526 William Prance Road Plymouth PL6 5WR
Received 28 Apr 2025One School Global UK, Foulston Avenue Plymouth PL5 1HL
Received 28 Apr 2025Plymouth Garden Centre Fort Austin Avenue Plymouth PL6 5NU
Received 29 Apr 20257 Marlborough Street Plymouth PL1 4AE
Received 29 Apr 202522 Nelson Street Plymouth PL4 8ND
Received 29 Apr 202595 Temeraire Road Plymouth PL5 3UA
Received 30 Apr 20258 David Close Plymouth PL7 2BQ
Received 30 Apr 2025Building M042, Devonport Dockyard Saltash Road Keyham Plymouth PL1 4SG
Received 30 Apr 2025136 Ladysmith Road Plymouth PL4 7NW
Received 1 May 202520 Caradon Close Plymouth PL6 6AJ
Received 1 May 202549 Broadland Gardens Plymouth PL9 8TU
Received 2 May 202553 Lisson Grove Plymouth PL4 7DL
Received 2 May 202520 Benbow Street Plymouth PL2 1BX
Received 2 May 2025Land At Bath Street Plymouth PL1 3LT
Received 2 May 2025Derriford Hospital Derriford Road Plymouth PL6 8DH
Received 2 May 2025Chelson Meadow Plymouth PL9 7JS
Received 6 May 2025436 - 438 Tavistock Road Plymouth PL6 7HQ
Received 6 May 20256 Galileo Close Plymouth PL7 4JW
Received 7 May 2025Derriford Hospital Derriford Road Plymouth PL6 8DH
Received 7 May 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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