8 Western College Road Plymouth

26/00244/PRUSLDC Proposed UseApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 March 2026

Council decision: Issue lawful certificate (Proposed)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed change of use from dwellinghouse (Class C3) to residential accommodation (Class C2) to provide supported accommodation for young people

Received: 18 February 2026
Council: Plymouth City Council
Ward: COMPTON
Agent: Planning Potential Ltd

ReceivedReceived18 Feb
ValidatedValidated25 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date22 Apr
DecidedDecided27 Mar

Decided in 30 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 8 Western College Road Plymouth. Plymouth has handled 203 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 12 days quicker than Plymouth's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across COMPTON.

95% of outline 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

Application type: LDC Proposed Use
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 February 2026
Target decision date: 22 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Planning Potential Ltd
Agent address: Origin Workspace 40 Berkeley Square Bristol BS8 1HP

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 9
Constraints: 2

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Mannamead
Article 4 direction: HMOs Mutley, Greenbank, City Centre and surrounding areas
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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.

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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.

Source: Plymouth

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