Regent Street Multistorey Car Park Plymouth PL4 8BA

26/00254/MJRMajor Pre Application EnquiryDecided

Outline / PiP

Decided on 10 July 2026

Council decision: Closed Development Enquiry

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Pre-application for development of a new energy centre to serve Plymouth heat network. Through installation of heat pumps, thermal store and associated equipment

Received: 19 February 2026
Council: Plymouth City Council
Ward: ST PETER AND THE WATERFRONT

ReceivedReceived19 Feb
ValidatedValidated27 Feb
Consult.Consultation26 Mar
TargetTarget Date26 Feb
DecidedDecided10 Jul

Decided in 133 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Regent Street Multistorey Car Park Plymouth PL4 8BA. Plymouth has handled 203 applications of this type. 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 225 applications across ST PETER AND THE WATERFRONT. We hold 268 applications in total for the PL4 postcode area.

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

Postcode: PL4 8BA
Application type: Major Pre Application Enquiry
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 February 2026
Last date for comments: 26 March 2026
Target decision date: 26 February 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent: Plymouth City Council
Agent address: Ballard House West Hoe Road Plymouth PL1 3BJ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 364 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 26
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.

Source: Plymouth

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