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66 Elm Road Plymouth PL4 7BB

26/00191/EXUSLDC Existing UseRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 26 March 2026

Council decision: Refuse lawful certificate (Existing)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Establish use of the property as 3no. flats (Class C3)

Received
6 February 2026
Ward
COMPTON
  1. Received6 Feb
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Apr
  5. Decided26 Mar

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 66 Elm Road Plymouth PL4 7BB. Plymouth has handled 85 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across COMPTON. 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 7BB
Application type
LDC Existing Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2026
Target decision date
3 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
66 Elm Road Plymouth PL4 7BB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
1

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

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 2026-11-03. 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.

Source: Plymouth

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