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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
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 dates13,053Searchable applications
334Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 8,547 approved or refused records
689Refused applications
7,858 approved · 689 refused · 564 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Dec 2018 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Refused26/00936/PIP
Permission in principle for addition of up to 4no. floors to create 8no. dwellings (Class C3)
St Thomas Mission Hall Palace Street Plymouth PL1 2AY
Received 1 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00937/GPD
Installation of 213x 470Wp PV panels on Arts University Plymouth
Arts University Plymouth Tavistock Place Plymouth PL4 8AT
Received 1 Jul 2026 - Decided26/00938/TPO
T1 - Reduce canopy in accordance with the submitted photograph referenced Pic 1
16 Caradon Close Plymouth PL6 6BW
Received 1 Jul 2026 - Decided26/00939/FUL
Single storey rear extension with associated external works
16 Shallowford Road Plymouth PL6 5TW
Received 2 Jul 2026 - Decided26/00940/FUL
Single storey rear extension
11A Stanborough Road Plymouth PL9 8SP
Received 2 Jul 2026 - Decided26/00941/EXUS
Use of property as 6-bed HMO (Class C4)
61 Houndiscombe Road Plymouth PL4 6HB
Received 2 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00942/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 5 (Drainage Strategy) of application 26/00211/S73
28 Woodland Terrace Lane Plymouth PL4 8QL
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Decided26/00943/FUL
Single storey side/ rear extension with associated works
247 Crownhill Road Plymouth PL5 3SJ
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Decided26/00944/FUL
Proposed front and rear ground floor and first floor side extensions, internal alterations and rear garden summer house
41 Broomfield Drive Plymouth PL9 9PG
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Decided26/00945/TCO
Tree 1: Remove 3 lowest branches. Tree 2: Prune 5 small branches between 30-60mm diameter to the boundary. Tree 3: Prune 3 small branches between 20-30mm diameter to the boundary.
10 Widewell Road Plymouth PL6 7DN
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Decided26/00946/FUL
Single storey front and side extension, with rear raised deck
21 Manor Lane Plymouth PL3 6DL
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/00948/FUL
Change of use from student restricted HMO to non-student restricted HMO
152 North Road East Plymouth PL4 6AQ
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/00949/FUL
Single storey rear extension and front store with associated hardstand
14 Vapron Road Plymouth PL3 5NJ
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/00950/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 3 of appeal decision 6003833
130 Elburton Road Plymouth PL9 8JB
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/00951/HHR
Pre-application for single storey extension
36 Burniston Close Plymouth PL7 1PQ
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Agree Minor Amendment26/00952/AMD
Non Material Amendment to application 21/02071/FUL to allow for revisions to windows, doors and porch canopies at plots 7-15
Land To The West Of Phase 9, Seaton Neighbourhood (Palmerston Heights) Plymouth
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/00953/CDM
Condition Discharge: Partial discharge, for units 45-50 only, Conditions 11 (Cycle Storage) & 13 (Bin and Recycling Storage) of application 21/02071/FUL
Land To The West Of Phase 9, Seaton Neighbourhood (Palmerston Heights) Plymouth
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/00954/ADV
Erection of an illuminated small format advertising display
Petrol Filling Station, Budshead Road Plymouth PL6 5DY
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/00955/GP1
Single storey rear extension which extends beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse by 5.0m, has a maximum height of 4.0m, and has an eaves height of 2.85m
16 Rosewood Close Plymouth PL9 9JB
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Decided26/00956/FUL
EV charging point
28 Braemar Close Plymouth PL7 2FA
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Decided26/00957/MOR
Pre-application for proposed second-floor extension to form additional flat and partial change of use of ground floor from Class E(a) (Retail) to Class Sui Generis (Hot Food Takeaway), together with alterations to the existing shopfront, a rear extension, and associated works.
25 - 27 Stuart Road Plymouth PL3 4EB
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Decided26/00958/FUL
Ground floor single storey rear extension
32 Goodwin Crescent Plymouth PL2 3JJ
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Decided26/00959/TPO
3 Limes- 20% Crown thin and reduction to previous pruning points.
The Carriage House, Boringdon Hill Plymouth PL7 4DF
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Decided26/00960/FUL
Conversion of the existing loft space into habitable accommodation including front dormer and rooflights
47 Broadland Gardens Plymouth PL9 8TU
Received 8 Jul 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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