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.
9,412 approved · 807 refused · 676 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Evolution Cove, Durnford Street Plymouth PL1 3EU
Received 15 Sept 202673 Spindle Crescent Plymouth PL7 2JG
Received 15 Sept 202614 Springfield Road Plymouth PL9 8ED
Received 15 Sept 2026No. 16 Store, The Powder House (MO42), HMNB Devonport Plymouth PL1 4SG
Received 15 Sept 202619 Sea View Terrace Plymouth PL4 8RN
Received 15 Sept 2026Land At Saltram Meadows Plymouth
Received 16 Sept 2026Lyster Court, 2 Craigie Drive Plymouth PL1 3JB
Received 16 Sept 2026Dovecot Barn, 6 Hardwick Farm Drunken Bridge Hill Plymouth PL7 1UG
Received 16 Sept 2026The Bank, Old George Street Plymouth PL1 2TG
Received 16 Sept 2026The Bank, Old George Street Plymouth PL1 2TG
Received 16 Sept 20261 Glenholt Close Plymouth PL6 7HZ
Received 17 Sept 202623 Glenholt Road Plymouth PL6 7JA
Received 17 Sept 2026First Floor Flat, 39 Ford Hill Plymouth PL2 1HJ
Received 17 Sept 202696 Lucas Lane Plymouth PL7 4EY
Received 17 Sept 2026Drake House, HMS Drake Saltash Road Keyham Plymouth PL2 2DQ
Received 17 Sept 2026Office, Poole Farm Blunts Lane Plymouth PL6 8NF
Received 18 Sept 20261 St Andrew Street Plymouth PL1 2AH
Received 18 Sept 202640 Goosewell Park Road Plymouth PL9 8RA
Received 18 Sept 20267 Tavistock Road Plymouth PL5 3DG
Received 18 Sept 20269 Elmwood Close Plymouth PL6 7JY
Received 18 Sept 20263 Osborne Place Lockyer Street Plymouth PL1 2PU
Received 18 Sept 20263 Lipson Road Plymouth PL4 8PL
Received 18 Sept 202616 Elm Road, Glenholt Park Glenfield Road Plymouth PL6 7LS
Received 21 Sept 202620 Ivydale Road Plymouth PL4 7DF
Received 21 Sept 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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