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25/01475/FUL - Full Application Withdrawn

Proposal

Demolition of existing car parking garage and replacement with a purpose built residential building, providing three apartments with associated private amenity spaces, bin and cycle store areas. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
7 Nov 2025
✓
Validated
19 Nov 2025
−
Withdrawn
17 Dec 2025
✗
Appeal dismissed
12 Aug 2026

Withdrawn on 17 Dec 2025 · Last checked 8 Oct 2026

Documents 33

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Special area of conservation 31 m away: Plymouth Sound & Estuaries
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
14 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: PERIMETER WALL ENCLOSING NORTH CORNER OF THE SOUTH YARD, South Yard, Devonport Dockyard, 45 m away · 6 Grade II*, 6 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 14 with distances
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Scheduled monument 246 m away: No 1 Basin and No 1 Dock, South Yard, Devonport Dockyard; Inside the Plymouth built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 8 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Plymouth
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
PL1 4PD
Received
7 Nov 2025
Validated
19 Nov 2025
Ward
DEVONPORT
Case officer
Show
Target decision
14 Jan 2026
Decision
Application Withdrawn
Decision date
17 Dec 2025
Appeal
Dismissed · 12 Aug 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6006140 ↗
Applicant
Show
Agent
HCL Architects

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

Last counted 8 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
14 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No
Plymouth
Planning Authority Score
7/10
Good
#63 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Plymouth is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #86 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Plymouth decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #64 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #114 of 296
74%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #86 of 296
32%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #67 of 296
88%
Minor dwellings approved
48 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
8 decided (10+ homes)
87%
Change of use approved
46 decided
680
Total decisions
50 refused in the year to March 2026