Plymouth planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to Plymouth City Council, updated daily. Plymouth City Council received 364 planning applications in the last 90 days, 9 of them major schemes. 98% of the applications it decided were approved, with a median decision time of 50 days.
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Recent applications in Plymouth
See all →Majors and higher-value work first, tree works, condition discharges and adverts last.
The Marsh Mill, 300 Plymouth Road Plymouth PL3 6RW
Restaurant-to-hotel conversion with external alterations, Plymouth, full application. 714 sqm former restaurant at The Marsh Mill reconfigured into hotel rooms with a guest restaurant, at full application stage. Fit-out, kitchen extraction, plumbing and joinery to guest rooms are the packages for…
Fit-outM&EJoinery
Unit 3, Plymouth Gateway Retail Park 270 Plymouth Road Plymouth PL6 8ET
Retail mezzanine addition, Plymouth Gateway Retail Park. Adds 604 sqm of mezzanine floorspace to Unit 3, a 1,347 sqm unit, at full application stage. Steel framing, decking, shopfit and M&E services are packages for specialist steel and fit-out subcontractors.
SteelFit-outM&E
Stoke Damerel Primary School Collingwood Road Plymouth PL1 5PA
School ramp and window alterations, Plymouth, full application stage. Installs a concrete access ramp and replaces windows and doors at Stoke Damerel Primary School. Groundworks for the ramp base, glazing and joinery packages are open to local contractors working in an occupied school.
GroundworksGlazingJoinery
2 Bush Park Plymouth PL6 7RG
Loading bay installation on a 1.73-hectare Plymouth site, full application. New loading bay on the Bush Park site to manage vehicle flow, at full application stage. Groundworks, concrete hardstanding, kerbing and drainage packages suit local civils subcontractors.
GroundworksHard landscapingDrainage
St Catherines House 5 Notte Street Plymouth PL1 2TW
Window and curtain walling replacement to a commercial building, Plymouth, full application. Replaces ground, first and second floor glazing and curtain walling at St Catherines House, part retrospective. Glazing units, aluminium framing and facade fixings are the packages for specialist glazing…
GlazingFaçade repair
3 Havelock Terrace Plymouth PL2 1AT
Pre-application for a two-bed flat above a garage, Plymouth. Proposes one two-bedroom flat on top of an existing garage at 3 Havelock Terrace, still at pre-application enquiry stage. Steel over the garage, upper-floor brickwork and glazing suit local subcontractors if the scheme progresses to full…
SteelBrickworkRoofing
1A Anson Place St Judes Plymouth PL4 9DD
Plymouth commercial external refurbishment, pre-application stage. Covers roller shutters, window and door changes, roof replacement with rainwater goods, and new staff parking and bin store across 500 sqm. Roofing, glazing and shutter installers, plus drainage and parking surfacing, are the…
Roof repairGlazingJoinery
Devonport Dockyard Saltash Road Keyham Plymouth PL1 4SG
Door replacement at a Devonport Dockyard store, Plymouth. Swaps the entrance and fire exit doors on Building M055 at full application stage. Fire-rated door sets, frames and ironmongery suit specialist door suppliers and secure-site joinery subcontractors.
Joinery
Athenaeum Building, Derrys Cross Plymouth PL1 2SW
Access ramp, window and extraction works to Athenaeum Building, Plymouth; full application. Adds access ramps, window changes, louvres and ventilation plant to an existing city-centre building at full stage. Glazing, louvre and M&E packages suit local joinery and ventilation subcontractors, with…
GroundworksSteelGlazing
14 Brunswick Place Plymouth PL2 1BR
Rear dormer and single-storey extension with dwellinghouse reversion, Plymouth. Reverts a Plymouth house to a single dwellinghouse, adding a rear dormer and extension at full stage. Roofing, joinery and steel for the dormer, plus brickwork and groundworks for the extension, are the packages for…
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
22 Tram Walk Plymouth PL9 9FS
Single-storey rear extension at a Plymouth house, full application stage. Adds ground-floor living space to an existing dwelling. Brickwork, roofing, groundworks and glazing packages suit local householder subcontractors, with steel over any new opening.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
97 Dryburgh Crescent Plymouth PL2 2NX
Two-storey side extension with cladding, Plymouth. Replaces a single-storey side extension with a two-storey addition and clads the first-floor walls, at full application stage. Demolition, groundworks, brickwork and horizontal cladding packages suit local trade subcontractors.
DemolitionGroundworksBrickwork
88 South View Terrace Plymouth PL4 9DH
Rear extension and garage replacement, Plymouth, at full application stage. A single-storey rear extension plus a replacement rear garage with roof terrace at a Plymouth house. Demolition, groundworks, brickwork and roofing open the job, with steel over the new opening and glazing for the terrace…
DemolitionGroundworksBrickwork
Derriford Hospital Derriford Road Plymouth PL6 8DH
Hospital bridge design variation, Derriford, Plymouth. Revises approved plans under 23/01637/FUL, changing the bridge design at Derriford Hospital. Structural steel and bridge contractors should check whether the revised design changes steel tonnage or the procurement package.
15 Providence Street Plymouth PL4 8JG
Certificate of lawfulness confirming 3-bed HMO use, Plymouth. Seeks confirmation that 15 Providence Street already operates as a Class C4 small HMO, with no physical works proposed. No trades are named here, but a confirmed HMO can later prompt fire-door and alarm upgrades for specialist fitters.
Planning appeals in Plymouth City Council
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so Plymouth City Council is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
Plymouth City Council, raw rate
21.5%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
30.6%
national rates applied to this caseload
9.1 percentage points below expected. Plymouth City Council's decisions are overturned less often than the national record predicts.
284 appeals counted, 274 judged either way (59 allowed, 215 dismissed), 10 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-08 to 2026-06.
By kind of appeal
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 17.8% | 28.8% | 159 | 157 | 28 |
| Householder (HAS) | 33.8% | 35.6% | 72 | 71 | 24 |
| Advertisement Appeal | 5.9% | 36% | 17 | 17 | 1 |
| Enforcement Notice | 12.5% | 13.5% | 12 | 8 | 1 |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 36.4% | 33.3% | 11 | 11 | 4 |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 16.7% | 25% | 6 | 6 | 1 |
5 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental | None judged | Not published | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tree Preservation Order | Too few judged | 20.6% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Commercial Appeals Service (Adverts) | Too few judged | 27.6% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| High Hedges | None judged | 28.5% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Section 106 Agreement | Too few judged | 39.8% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
How we calculate this
Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Money behind development in Plymouth City Council
Plymouth City Council's developer contribution register is not yet in SiteLens.
Affordable housing grant in Plymouth City Council
What central government confirmed: schemes in the area with Homes England grant agreed.
- Social rent100 homes
- Affordable rent50 homes
- Shared ownership83 homes
Source: Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, GOV.UK transparency data, as at 31 March 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Grant requested is the figure when grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by local authority name.
Plymouth City Council approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- other98% (227 decided)
- householder96% (221 decided)
- residential91% (68 decided)
- commercial93% (41 decided)
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