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8 Laira Street Plymouth PL4 9JT

26/00561/EXUSRefused

Proposal

Establish existing use as 6-bed HMO (Class C4)

Received
28 April 2026
Decided
4 June 2026 · Refuse lawful certificate (Existing)
Ward
SUTTON AND MOUNT GOULD
Site boundary (council red line)
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Jun

Decided in 37 days

This is a planning application at 8 Laira Street Plymouth PL4 9JT. Plymouth has handled 1,942 applications of this type and approves 93% of them, typically deciding them in 50 days. This one was decided in 37 days, 13 days quicker than Plymouth's median. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across SUTTON AND MOUNT GOULD. We hold 256 applications in total for the PL4 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
26/00561/EXUS
Address
8 Laira Street Plymouth PL4 9JT
Postcode
PL4 9JT
Local Authority
Plymouth
Decision Status
Rejected
Ward
SUTTON AND MOUNT GOULD

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
17 April 2026
Date Decided
4 June 2026
Date Validated
28 April 2026
Date Submitted
28 April 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Refuse lawful certificate (Existing)
Case Officer
Mr Sam Lewis

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
50.371124, -4.120626
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Plymouth

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Planning constraints

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 2026-10-09. 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.

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