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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 dates11,980Searchable applications
334Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 7,786 approved or refused records
628Refused applications
7,158 approved · 628 refused · 513 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/00252/LBC
Radon sump to be placed in the staff room/office in basement in the space between existing false floor and original solid basement floor
15A Cumberland Street Plymouth PL1 4DX
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00253/MJR
Pre-application for a three-storey residential building containing 18 flats
375 Blandford Road Plymouth PL3 6JD
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00254/MJR
Pre-application for development of a new energy centre to serve Plymouth heat network. Through installation of heat pumps, thermal store and associated equipment
Regent Street Multistorey Car Park Plymouth PL4 8BA
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00255/MJR
Pre-application for demolition of a vacant office building and construction of 15 houses and 6 flats
Douglass House, Douglass Road Plymouth PL3 6NP
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00256/FUL
Change of use of part of ground and first floors to 5 one bed flats and 2 studio flats, and use of basement to enlarge existing commercial unit with storage, bin/cycle store and rear access.
4 Fore Street Devonport Plymouth PL1 4DW
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00257/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 4 (Landscape Ecological Management Plan), Condition 5 (Environmental Management Plan), Condition 6 (Lighting Strategy) and Biodiversity Gain Plan of application 25/00220/FUL
Hoe Park, Armada Way The Hoe Plymouth PL1 2PA
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00258/TPO
Fell one Alder tree
Errill Retail Park, Plymouth Road Plymouth PL7 4JP
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00259/HHR
Pre-application to build a parking space in the garden, by removing a section of the back wall and putting in a gate for access to the new parking space
55 Pemros Road Plymouth PL5 1LY
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00260/FUL
Front porch, single storey extension with associated internal alterations and the construction of a garden room/store
34 Torridge Road Plymouth PL7 2DQ
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00261/S73
Variation of Conditions 4 and 5 (hours of use and external lighting) of application 23/01568/FUL to allow extended hours of use and alternative lighting scheme
Plympton Tennis Club Harewood Playing Fields Ridgeway Plymouth PL7 2AS
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00262/EXUS
Establish use as a Sui Generis 8 bedroom HMO.
34 Sutherland Road Plymouth PL4 6BN
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00264/MOR
Pre-application for conversion of outbuilding to residential use
46 Bayswater Road Plymouth PL1 5BX
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00265/FUL
Two-storey extension to side
38 Huxham Close Plymouth PL6 5LH
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00266/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 4 (Cycle Provision) of application 25/01055/FUL
23 Stentaway Close Plymouth PL9 8TD
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00267/FUL
Front porch and two-storey side extension with associated internal and external alterations
16 Collaford Close Plymouth PL7 1XR
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00268/S73
Variation of Condition 1 (Approved Plans), 3 (Further Details) & 6 (Ecological Mitigation) for application 23/01442/S73 to alter the front elevation design and confirm ecological mitigation details (retrospective)
26 Penlee Road Plymouth PL3 4AR
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00269/TCO
T1 Ash, Fell due to ash die back G1, Holly and Pittosporum, Fell,
First Floor Flat, 89 Mannamead Road Plymouth PL3 4SX
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00270/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 4 (Grampian Off-Site Mitigation) of application 23/00774/FUL
Regimental Training Wing Hoe Road Plymouth
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00271/MOR
Pre-application to discuss proposed bin stores
11 Pentamar Street Plymouth PL2 1DA
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Refused26/00272/FUL
Creation of new parking spaces to the rear of Miles Mitchell Avenue.
Land Adj. 247 - 263 Linketty Lane East Plymouth PL6 5JZ
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00273/TPO
Reduce Beech tree
3 Esthwaite Lane Plymouth PL6 5FQ
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00274/FUL
Loft conversion with rear dormer
15 Row Lane Plymouth PL5 2EE
Received 25 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00275/MOR
Pre-application for change of use of land to provide temporary car park for contractors working on the new emergency department at Derriford Hospital
11 Research Way Plymouth PL6 8BT
Received 25 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00276/TPO
T1 Oak - Lateral crown reduction retaining an average crown spread of approx. 7m.
Longcause Community Special School Longcause Plymouth PL7 1JB
Received 25 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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