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.
7,431 approved · 652 refused · 539 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 May 2019 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
282 Outland Road Plymouth PL3 5UQ
Received 22 Apr 202641 Hill Top Crest Plymouth PL5 2DZ
Received 23 Apr 202616 Tillard Close Plymouth PL7 2YT
Received 23 Apr 2026160 Pasley Street Plymouth PL2 1DT
Received 23 Apr 2026Plymstock Quarry, The Ride Plymstock Plymouth
Received 23 Apr 20261 Rosebery Road Plymouth
Received 23 Apr 2026St Michaels Terrace Plymouth PL1 4QG
Received 24 Apr 202612 - 14 Durnford Street Plymouth PL1 3QL
Received 24 Apr 2026Land On The North East Side Of Glen Road Plympton PL7 2DY
Received 24 Apr 20261 Lifton Road Plymouth PL4 0NT
Received 24 Apr 202616 - 22 Royal Parade Plymouth PL1 1SA
Received 24 Apr 2026Council House Armada Way Plymouth PL1 2AA
Received 24 Apr 2026Former Dunstone Primary School Shortwood Crescent Plymouth
Received 24 Apr 202619 Pomphlett Road Plymouth PL9 7BH
Received 27 Apr 2026Units 5 - 6, 12 Newnham Road Plymouth PL7 4AW
Received 27 Apr 2026Stonehouse Barracks Durnford Street Plymouth PL1 3QS
Received 27 Apr 202646 Cornwood Road Plymouth PL7 1AL
Received 27 Apr 20267 Seymour Road Plympton Plymouth PL7 4NX
Received 27 Apr 202610 Okehampton Close Plymouth PL7 2RP
Received 28 Apr 202635 Vine Gardens Plymouth PL2 3HD
Received 28 Apr 2026Flat 12, 5 Elliot Terrace Plymouth PL1 2PL
Received 28 Apr 202661 Stangray Avenue Plymouth PL4 6PU
Received 28 Apr 2026857 Wolseley Road Plymouth PL5 1JR
Received 28 Apr 202612 Holcombe Drive Plymouth PL9 9JD
Received 29 Apr 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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