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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.
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Plymouth City Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Plymouth City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates11,710Searchable applications
333Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 7,600 approved or refused records
616Refused applications
6,984 approved · 616 refused · 487 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlContact planning Contact Planning technical supportLocal plan Planning policy and guidancePre-application advice Planning pre-application advice
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas15 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas1 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- Decided26/00146/FUL
Change of use from 6-bed HMO (Class C4) to 7-bed HMO (Sui Generis)
31 Tothill Road Plymouth PL4 9HU
Received 28 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00147/FUL
Single storey front infill extension and conversion of garage and existing utility and store to habitable rooms together with raising of roof
3 Woodway Plymouth PL9 8TR
Received 28 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00148/FUL
Change of use from Class E to Class F1 a (provision of education)
8 Lark Hill Plymouth PL2 2LL
Received 29 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00149/TCO
Mimosa - Fell.
59 George Street Plymouth PL1 4HS
Received 29 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00150/TPO
Grey Alder be reduced to a dead standing stump at 3 metres. Common Lime cut back the western lower crown by reducing branches in order to attain 2 to 3 metres clearance from the building.
99 Craigie Drive Plymouth PL1 3JL
Received 29 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00151/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 3 (Construction Traffic Management Plan) and Condition 6 (Decking on Balconies and Bridge Detail) of application 21/00920/FUL
Azure & Azure West, 1 Grand Hotel Road Plymouth PL1 2PQ
Received 28 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00152/FUL
Single storey rear extension, single storey side extension, single storey front porch canopy
14 Langmead Close Plymouth PL6 5TB
Received 29 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00153/FUL
EV charging point
637 Wolseley Road Plymouth PL5 1JJ
Received 29 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00154/FUL
External seating area with associated works (part retrospective)
12 Quay Road Plymouth PL1 2JZ
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00155/TPO
T1 - 2m reduction. H1- coppice Hazel, remove brambles and leaving the mature trees and species such as thorns.
Unit 17 - 22, 8 Bell Close Plymouth PL7 4FE
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00156/EXUS
Establish existing use of the property as a 5-bed HMO (Class C4)
1 Welbeck Avenue Plymouth PL4 6BG
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00157/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 7 (Habitat Creation Tiles) of application 25/00973/FUL
70 Lawrence Road Plymouth PL9 9SJ
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00158/TPO
T1 Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) Fell
Priory Lawn Terrace Plymouth
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00159/FUL
Removal of two existing garages replaced with proposed double garage in same location
30 Weir Close Plymouth PL6 8SD
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00160/TCO
T1 Birch - Reduce in accordance with photograph submitted on 27th Feb 2026
9 The Grove Stoke Plymouth PL3 4AL
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00161/S73
Variation of Condition 1 (Approved Plans) of application 25/00520/GPD to amend internal layout
1 Princess Street Ope Plymouth PL1 2EJ
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00162/FUL
Change of use of Unit 1 to an amusement arcade (Sui Generis) with flexibility to operate within Classes E(b), or as a drinking establishment (Sui Generis) or hot-food takeaway (Sui Generis)
Unit 1, 11 Bretonside Plymouth PL4 0FE
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00164/GP1
A single storey rear extension which extends beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse by 4.6m, has a maximum height of 3.1m, and has an eaves height of 2.6m
23 Kingswear Crescent Plymouth PL6 5PJ
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00166/FUL
Change of use from dwellinghouse (Class C3) to children's home (Class C2) for up to 3no. children
11A Church Road Plymstock Plymouth PL9 9AJ
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00167/FUL
Rear extension with loft room above, new pitched roof over garage and front hardstanding
38 Dunstone Road Plymstock Plymouth PL9 8RQ
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00168/FUL
Demolition of existing garage and construction of new garage
28 Pennycross Park Road Plymouth PL2 3NP
Received 3 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00169/TCO
T1 - Beech - Reduce tree in height by 3-4m and sides by 2-3m.
91 Mannamead Road Plymouth PL3 4SX
Received 3 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00170/PRDE
Single storey rear extension
46 Tithe Road Plymouth PL7 4QQ
Received 3 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00171/FUL
Proposed garage demolition and erection of new extension to form new entrance and care accommodation. Alterations to existing property to provide adapted home for disabled adult. New rear decking with ramping and carport to front.
38 Frensham Avenue Plymouth PL6 7JN
Received 3 Feb 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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