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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Plymouth City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,459 approved · 654 refused · 541 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Albion Drive Plymouth PL2 2QL
Received 29 Apr 202685 Mannamead Road Plymouth PL3 4SX
Received 30 Apr 2026Saltram Meadow New Community Plymstock Plymouth
Received 30 Apr 2026101 Kirkwall Road Plymouth PL5 3TJ
Received 30 Apr 202611 Pendennis Close Plymouth PL3 5SJ
Received 1 May 2026Saltram Meadow, Adj. 'The Ride' Plymouth PL9 7GJ
Received 1 May 202614 Springfield Road Plymouth PL9 8ED
Received 1 May 202635 Holdsworth Street Plymouth PL4 6NN
Received 1 May 202611 Homer Park Plymouth PL9 9NN
Received 5 May 2026First Floor Flat, 146 Peverell Park Road Plymouth PL3 4NF
Received 5 May 2026Saltram House Saltram Merafield Road Plymouth PL7 1UH
Received 5 May 2026Saltram House Saltram Merafield Road Plymouth PL7 1UH
Received 5 May 20262 Merafield Road Plymouth PL7 1TL
Received 5 May 202653 Newnham Road Plymouth PL7 4AW
Received 5 May 20268 Killerton Lane Plymouth PL9 7GA
Received 5 May 20265 St Johns Road Cattedown Plymouth PL4 0PA
Received 5 May 202622 Burrow Hill Plymouth PL9 9LE
Received 5 May 2026229 Fort Austin Avenue Plymouth PL6 5ST
Received 5 May 2026David Southgate Court 170 Union Street Plymouth PL1 3HL
Received 6 May 2026Millbay Marina Village, Custom House Lane Plymouth PL1 3TG
Received 6 May 2026Plot 3, Land North Of 802 Wolseley Road Plymouth PL5 1JP
Received 6 May 2026Sutton Court, George Street Plymouth PL1 4NZ
Received 6 May 20261 Princess Street Ope Plymouth PL1 2EJ
Received 6 May 2026Land Adj. Cunningham Road Tamerton Foliot Plymouth PL5 4PX
Received 6 May 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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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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