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Plymouth Register Office 49 Lockyer Street Plymouth PL1 2QD

25/01654/FULRefused

Proposal

Demolition of existing building and construction of residential development with commercial (use class E) on ground floor and associated works.

Received
9 January 2026
Decided
8 May 2026 · Refuse
Site boundary (council red line)
  1. Received9 Jan
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 May

Decided in 119 days

This is a planning application for demolition at Plymouth Register Office 49 Lockyer Street Plymouth PL1 2QD. Plymouth has handled 1,942 applications of this type and approves 93% of them, typically deciding them in 50 days. This one was decided in 119 days, 10 weeks longer than Plymouth's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 441 applications in total for the PL1 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
25/01654/FUL
Address
Plymouth Register Office 49 Lockyer Street Plymouth PL1 2QD
Postcode
PL1 2QD
Local Authority
Plymouth
Decision Status
Rejected
Current Status
Refused

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
17 December 2025
Date Decided
8 May 2026
Date Validated
9 January 2026
Date Submitted
9 January 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Refuse

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
50.367060, -4.143149
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Plymouth

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: The Hoe
  • Listed building: Grade II: 1, Windsor VillasOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: HMOs Mutley, Greenbank, City Centre and surrounding areas
  • Brownfield land register: Register office, Lockyer Street, The HoeRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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 2026-10-09. 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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