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.
6,800 approved · 604 refused · 469 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Nov 2019 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Pomphlett Close Plymouth PL9 7QT
Received 22 Dec 202513 Clarence Place Stonehouse Plymouth PL1 3JW
Received 19 Dec 202570 Lawrence Road Plymouth PL9 9SJ
Received 22 Dec 202513 Clarence Place Stonehouse Plymouth PL1 3JW
Received 19 Dec 2025Jewson Ltd, Sutton Road Plymouth PL4 0HN
Received 22 Dec 2025Stonemasons Arms, 142 Albert Road Plymouth PL2 1AQ
Received 22 Dec 2025Jewson Ltd, Sutton Road Plymouth PL4 0HN
Received 22 Dec 202569 Haye Road Plymouth PL9 8AT
Received 22 Dec 2025Island House, Boringdon Road Turnchapel Plymouth PL9 9TD
Received 23 Dec 202560 Merafield Drive Plymouth PL7 1TR
Received 23 Dec 2025Kings School, Hartley Road Plymouth PL3 5LW
Received 23 Dec 2025St Peters Church, 11 Boniface Lane Plymouth PL5 3AX
Received 23 Dec 202519 Craigie Drive Plymouth PL1 3JB
Received 23 Dec 202540 Goosewell Park Road Plymouth PL9 8RA
Received 23 Dec 202534 Montacute Avenue Plymouth PL5 3PW
Received 24 Dec 202573 Courtland Crescent Plymouth PL7 4HL
Received 29 Dec 2025Land Adjacent To 27A Stuart Road Plymouth PL3 4EB
Received 29 Dec 202539 Ford Hill Plymouth PL2 1HJ
Received 28 Dec 202558 - 60 Ocean Street Plymouth PL2 2DL
Received 29 Dec 2025Plymouth Store Generation Faraday Road Plymouth PL4 0ST
Received 29 Dec 202531 Powisland Drive Plymouth PL6 6AB
Received 2 Jan 202671 Citadel Road Plymouth PL1 3AX
Received 2 Jan 202671 Citadel Road Plymouth PL1 3AX
Received 2 Jan 202648 Rollis Park Road Plymouth PL9 7LY
Received 5 Jan 2026Records 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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