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5 Gordon Terrace Plymouth PL4 6EP

25/00646/EXUSLDC Existing UseApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 1 May 2025

Council decision: Issue lawful certificate (Existing)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Confirm use as 6-bed HMO (Class C4)

Received
28 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
DRAKE
Agent
James Wells Planning Limited
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Jun
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 3 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 5 Gordon Terrace Plymouth PL4 6EP. Plymouth has handled 85 applications of this type. This one was decided in 3 days, 7 weeks quicker than Plymouth's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across DRAKE. We hold 268 applications in total for the PL4 postcode area.

94% of amendment applications at Plymouth City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PL4 6EP
Application type
LDC Existing Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2025
Target decision date
23 June 2025
Permission expires
1 May 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
James Wells Planning Limited
Agent address
Pendeen Plymouth PL9 9BQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: HMOs Mutley, Greenbank, City Centre and surrounding areas
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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