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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 dates15,186Searchable applications
338Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 10,128 approved or refused records
796Refused applications
9,332 approved · 796 refused · 667 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Sept 2017 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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More application records
- Decided26/01177/MOR
Pre-application advice sought regarding the proposed approach to demolition of Mayflower House, Congress Hall and 19 Mayflower Street
178 - 184 Armada Way Plymouth PL1 1LD
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01178/MOR
Pre-application for erection of a dwelling
906 Wolseley Road Plymouth PL5 1LA
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01180/FUL
Change of use of the bottom floor commercial unit to a flat and studio flat with elevation changes (installing windows).
52 Marlborough Street Plymouth PL1 4AP
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01181/PRDE
Single storey side extension and single storey rear extension
9 Lands Park Plymouth PL9 9BY
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Decided26/01182/FUL
Proposed rear extension
53 Huxham Close Plymouth PL6 5LH
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01183/FUL
Three storey residential building comprising 18 affordable flats with associated vehicular and pedestrian access, car parking, cycle and refuse storage, communal amenity space and associated works
Dell Childrens Centre, 375 Blandford Road Plymouth PL3 6JD
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01184/HHR
Pre-application for floor roof conversion, likely taking it past the ridge line.
63 Triumphal Crescent Plymouth PL7 4RW
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Decided26/01185/TCO
Fig Tree - Crown reduced by 2-3m. Laburnum Tree - Fell.
Denmark, Horsham Lane Tamerton Foliot Plymouth PL5 4NP
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Decided26/01186/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 10 (External Materials Building) of application 24/01661/S73
Derriford Hospital Derriford Road Plymouth PL6 8DH
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Decided26/01187/ADV
Installation of 1no digital marketing screen to shopfront
22 Cornwall Street City Centre Plymouth PL1 1LP
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01188/FUL
Construction of a single storey, pitched roof building and associated hardstanding to accommodate painting, shot blasting and workshop (Use Class B2) in addition to plant enclosure (retrospective)
186 - 190 Keyham Road Plymouth PL2 1RB
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01189/FUL
Extension over existing attached garage with associated roof works, single storey rear extension and front porch
25 Rockingham Road Plymouth PL3 5BW
Received 25 Aug 2026 - Decided26/01190/TPO
T1 Holm Oak Fell + G1 Holm Oaks - Lateral reduction on the N/E side leaving crown width of 4m.
6 Robert Adams Close Plymouth PL7 2FE
Received 26 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01191/FUL
Proposed alterations to existing roof, rear dormer and raising ridge by 450mm
37 Wardlow Gardens Plymouth PL6 5PU
Received 26 Aug 2026 - Decided26/01192/TPO
Two conifers and 1 apple tree - reduce their height
27 Whiteford Road Plymouth PL3 5LU
Received 26 Aug 2026 - Decided26/01193/S73
Variation of Condition 1 (Approved Plans) for application 25/00849/FUL to remove gable parapet walls, alter window/door materials, and alter PV panel layout of approved dwelling
Land At Fitzroy Road Plymouth PL1 5PY
Received 26 Aug 2026 - Decided26/01194/HHR
Pre-application for the proposed erection of a detached domestic garage on land opposite 1 Delgany Villas
1 Delgany Villas Delgany Drive Plymouth PL6 8AG
Received 26 Aug 2026 - Decided26/01195/CDM
Condition Discharge: Conditions 3 (Car Parking Provision), 4 (Cycle Provision) & 5 (Electric Vehicle Charging Provision) of application 22/02107/FUL
8 Woodside Plymouth PL4 8QE
Received 25 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01196/CDM
Condition Discharge: Condition 8 (DETAILS OF BOUNDARY TREATMENT) of application 25/00331/S73
90 - 92 Outland Road Plymouth PL2 3DE
Received 26 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01197/FUL
Installation of EV charger to facilitate pavement channel charging
51 Emma Place Plymouth PL1 3QU
Received 26 Aug 2026 - Decided26/01198/LBC
Replacement roof covering (part retrospective) and associated works
1 Berkeley Cottages Collingwood Road Plymouth PL1 5QT
Received 26 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01199/AMD
Non-material amendment to 25/00331/S73 to change paving levels , add drop kerbs and bollards, change courtyard paving pattern and block paving orientation, changes to mini bus parking layout and change colonnade roof covering
90 - 92 Outland Road Plymouth PL2 3DE
Received 26 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01200/FUL
Demolition of existing petrol filling station structures and re-development to rental vehicle premises including vehicle hire office and vehicle preparation workshop, car parking (including rental vehicle storage), hard and soft landscaping and associated works
201 Tavistock Road Plymouth PL6 5DA
Received 27 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01202/FUL
Single storey side extension
36 Burniston Close Plymouth PL7 1PQ
Received 27 Aug 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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