5C Beechwood Avenue Plymouth PL4 6PN

26/00316/EXUSLDC Existing UseApproved

Lawful development certificate

Approved on 27 April 2026

Council decision: Issue lawful certificate (Existing)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Establish use as a C4 HMO (3-6 person HMO)

Received: 3 March 2026
Council: Plymouth City Council
Ward: DRAKE
Agent: James Wells Planning Limited

ReceivedReceived3 Mar
ValidatedValidated3 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date28 Apr
DecidedDecided27 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 5C Beechwood Avenue Plymouth PL4 6PN. Plymouth has handled 85 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer 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 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 6PN
Application type: LDC Existing Use
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 March 2026
Target decision date: 28 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: James Wells Planning Limited
Agent address: Pendeen Plymouth PL9 9BQ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 6
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
Tree Preservation Order: 00/00307/TPOProtected tree on or next to this site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Plymouth

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