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.
7,883 approved · 689 refused · 565 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
92 Mannamead Road Plymouth PL3 4SZ
Received 8 Jul 2026Goschen Centre, Saltash Road Keyham Plymouth PL2 2DP
Received 8 Jul 202639 Holland Road Plymstock Plymouth PL9 9BJ
Received 7 Jul 202611 Radnor Place Plymouth PL4 8DW
Received 8 Jul 202611 Seymour Avenue Plymouth PL4 8RA
Received 9 Jul 202614 Church Road Plymstock Plymouth PL9 9AH
Received 9 Jul 20261 Harbour View, Boringdon Road Turnchapel Plymouth PL9 9TA
Received 9 Jul 2026Building N203, Devonport Dockyard Saltash Road Keyham Plymouth PL1 4SG
Received 9 Jul 202672 Highglen Drive Plymouth PL7 5LJ
Received 9 Jul 2026The Terrace, 74 Madeira Road Plymouth PL1 2JU
Received 10 Jul 20261 Glenholt Close Plymouth PL6 7HZ
Received 10 Jul 202644 Southwell Road Plymouth PL6 5BQ
Received 10 Jul 20262 Old Town Street Plymouth PL1 1DP
Received 10 Jul 2026Saltram Meadow Development (Former Plymstock Quarry Site), Encombe Street, Off Billacombe Road (A379) Plymouth PL9 7GN
Received 10 Jul 2026Cressy Cottage, Whitsoncross Lane Plymouth PL5 4NR
Received 13 Jul 2026Upper Floors Of 125-147 (Odd No's) Armada Way And 53-63 (Odd No's) Cornwall Street And Ground Floors Of 129 Armada Way And 53-55 Cornwall Street Plymouth PL1 1HX
Received 13 Jul 2026Land To The North Of Southway Drive Plymouth
Received 14 Jul 202680 Bearsdown Road Plymouth PL6 5TS
Received 14 Jul 202616 Rosewood Close Plymouth PL9 9JB
Received 14 Jul 2026The Guildhall, Royal Parade Plymouth PL1 2EL
Received 14 Jul 202657A George Street Plymouth PL1 4HR
Received 14 Jul 202628 Broad Park Road Plymouth PL3 4PX
Received 14 Jul 202610 Glenfield Road Plymouth PL6 7LN
Received 15 Jul 20264 New George Street Plymouth PL1 1RL
Received 15 Jul 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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