Civic Centre, Armada Way Plymouth PL1 2AA

26/00780/S19Removal/variation of condition LBCApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 21 August 2026

Council decision: Grant Conditionally

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Variation of conditions 4 (Demolition Works), 5 (Sample Of Transom/Spandrel Panel Material), 6 (East And West Fa�ade Detail), 7 (North And South Fa�ade Detail), 13 (Works to First Floor Balcony), 15 (North Block Works External), 16 (North Block Works Internal ), 20 (Basement Works) of application 23/00239/S19 to allow demolition works to take place

Received: 3 June 2026
Council: Plymouth City Council
Ward: ST PETER AND THE WATERFRONT

ReceivedReceived3 Jun
ValidatedValidated3 Jun
Consult.Consultation7 Jul
TargetTarget Date21 Aug
DecidedDecided21 Aug

Decided in 79 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Civic Centre, Armada Way Plymouth PL1 2AA. Plymouth has handled 44 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 4 weeks longer than Plymouth's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 12 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 225 applications across ST PETER AND THE WATERFRONT. We hold 469 applications in total for the PL1 postcode area.

97% of heritage 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: PL1 2AA
Application type: Removal/variation of condition LBC
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 June 2026
Last date for comments: 7 July 2026
Target decision date: 21 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent: Made it Together
Architect profile: MADE IT TOGETHER LIMITED
Agent address: Studio Nine 9 Stevenson Square Manchester M1 1DB

Planning decision

Case officer: Mrs Katherine Giles
Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 12
Constraints: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: City Centre
Listed building: Grade II: Council House and former Civic CentreOn this site · +1 more
Article 4 direction: HMOs Mutley, Greenbank, City Centre and surrounding areas
Registered park and garden: Civic Square, PlymouthPart of the site
Brownfield land register: Civic Centre and Council House siteRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.

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.

Associated applications

2026
1 Oct
Variation of condition 4 (Demolition Works) of application 26/00780/S19
PendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/01366/S19
2026
30 Sep
Discharge of Condition 4 Demolition Method Statement of 26/00780/S19
PendingDischarge of conditions26/01361/CDMLB
2026
8 Jun
Part discharge of conditions 3 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) , 5 (Phasing) , 6 (Construction…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside26/00809/CDM
2026
8 Jun
Non material amendment: Variation of conditions 4 (Employment and Skills Strategy), 7 and 8 (District…
ApprovedNon-material amendmentFiled alongside26/00810/AMD
2026
3 Jun
Variation of conditions 4 (Demolition Works), 5 (Sample Of Transom/Spandrel Panel Material), 6 (East And West…
This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)26/00780/S19
2026
3 Jun
Targeted and limited programme of intrusive investigations to the external reinforced concrete frame and…
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside26/00785/LBC
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1 Jun
Part discharge of conditions 12 (Internal Works to Tower) and 14 (Ground And First Floor Column Repairs) of…
PendingDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside26/00766/CDMLB

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