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.
6,539 approved · 581 refused · 451 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Nov 2019 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Telegraph Wharf Plymouth PL1 3RD
Received 28 Aug 202550 Dunstone Road Plymstock Plymouth PL9 8SF
Received 29 Aug 202528 Cobham Close Plymouth PL6 7FE
Received 1 Sept 2025102C Durnford Street Plymouth PL1 3QP
Received 1 Sept 202561 North Hill Plymouth PL4 8HB
Received 1 Sept 20255 Verna Place St Budeaux Plymouth PL5 2EJ
Received 1 Sept 202561 Windermere Crescent Plymouth PL6 5HX
Received 1 Sept 202556 Stone Barton Road Plymouth PL7 4LS
Received 1 Sept 2025Wychbury, Fernleigh Road Plymouth PL3 5AN
Received 1 Sept 202512 Ocean Street Plymouth PL2 2DJ
Received 1 Sept 202517 Butt Park Road Plymouth PL5 3NW
Received 1 Sept 20252A Roborough Close Plymouth PL6 6AH
Received 2 Sept 202556 Ford Hill Plymouth PL2 1HN
Received 2 Sept 202541 Houndiscombe Road Plymouth PL4 6EX
Received 3 Sept 2025126 Compton Avenue Plymouth PL3 5DE
Received 3 Sept 202544 Burnett Road Plymouth PL6 5BH
Received 3 Sept 202531 Kimberly Drive Plymouth PL6 5WA
Received 3 Sept 202528 Millennium Street Plymouth PL2 3EE
Received 3 Sept 2025The Guildhall, Royal Parade Plymouth PL1 2BJ
Received 4 Sept 202513 Berry Park Road Plymouth PL9 9AG
Received 4 Sept 202512 Craigmore Avenue Plymouth PL2 1HX
Received 4 Sept 20251 Mills Road Plymouth PL1 4NF
Received 5 Sept 2025Car Park, 2 Harbour Avenue Sutton Plymouth
Received 5 Sept 20259 Ravenglass Close Plymouth PL6 8EP
Received 5 Sept 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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