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.
6,404 approved · 578 refused · 440 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 College Avenue Plymouth PL4 7AL
Received 14 Jul 2025Stonemasons Arms 142 Albert Road Plymouth PL2 1AQ
Received 14 Jul 202510 Endeavour Court Plymouth PL1 5AX
Received 14 Jul 202539 Linketty Lane West Plymouth PL3 5RY
Received 14 Jul 2025Land At Poole Park Road, Savage Road, Roberts Road & Roope Close Plymouth
Received 14 Jul 2025604 Wolseley Road Plymouth PL5 1TE
Received 15 Jul 202551 Beaconfield Road Plymouth PL2 3LE
Received 15 Jul 202573 Reddington Road Plymouth PL3 6PT
Received 15 Jul 2025Hamoaze House, Mount Wise Garrison Cumberland Road Plymouth PL1 4JQ
Received 16 Jul 2025Derriford Hospital Derriford Road Plymouth PL6 8DH
Received 16 Jul 2025Plympton Academy Moorland Road Plymouth PL7 2RS
Received 16 Jul 2025Saltram Meadows Plymouth Plymstock PL9 7JA
Received 16 Jul 202556 Staddon Lane Plymouth PL9 9SP
Received 16 Jul 2025Devonport Dockyard Saltash Road Keyham Plymouth PL1 4SG
Received 17 Jul 20257 Lodge Gardens Plymouth PL6 5DP
Received 17 Jul 2025Whitefield House Whitefield Terrace Greenbank Road Plymouth PL4 8NH
Received 17 Jul 20252 Hartley Park Gardens Plymouth PL3 5HU
Received 17 Jul 2025Stonehouse Barracks Durnford Street Plymouth PL1 3QS
Received 17 Jul 2025Chelson Meadow Plymouth PL9 7JS
Received 17 Jul 20258 St Michaels Terrace Plymouth PL1 4QG
Received 18 Jul 202570 Lawrence Road Plymouth PL9 9SJ
Received 18 Jul 20256 Cressbrook Close Plymouth PL6 8RX
Received 18 Jul 202526 Vanguard Close Plymouth PL5 3JX
Received 21 Jul 202528 Petersfield Close Plymouth PL3 6QP
Received 21 Jul 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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