34 Sutherland Road Plymouth PL4 6BN

26/00262/EXUSLDC Existing UseApproved

Lawful development certificate

Approved on 9 April 2026

Council decision: Issue lawful certificate (Existing)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

This 8-bed HMO house was purchased in 2012 with individual tenants in situ and has continued to be let as licensed HMO property.

Received: 23 February 2026
Council: Plymouth City Council
Ward: DRAKE

ReceivedReceived23 Feb
ValidatedValidated23 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date20 Apr
DecidedDecided9 Apr

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 34 Sutherland Road Plymouth PL4 6BN. Plymouth has handled 85 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 4 days 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 6BN
Application type: LDC Existing Use
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 February 2026
Target decision date: 20 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 1 Leighton Road Plymouth PL3 5RT

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 8
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
Brownfield land register: 33 Sutherland Road Plymouth PL4 6BNRegister site at or near this address
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 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 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: Plymouth

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