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Douglass House, Douglass Road Plymouth PL3 6NP

26/00856/11GPDO PT11Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 13 July 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Required & Given3 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior approval for the demolition of a vacant office building

Received
15 June 2026
Ward
EFFORD AND LIPSON
Agent
Sam Gilpin Demolition Ltd
  1. Received15 Jun
  2. Validated16 Jun
  3. Consult.7 Jul
  4. Target14 Jul
  5. Decided13 Jul

Decided in 27 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Douglass House, Douglass Road Plymouth PL3 6NP. Plymouth has handled 203 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 3 weeks quicker than Plymouth's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across EFFORD AND LIPSON. We hold 228 applications in total for the PL3 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
PL3 6NP
Application type
GPDO PT11
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 June 2026
Last date for comments
7 July 2026
Target decision date
14 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Sam Gilpin Demolition Ltd
Agent address
The Horsefield Clay Pits Way Newton Abbot TQ12 3RR

Planning decision

Case officer
Mr Daniel Thorning
Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
34
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: Douglass House, EffordRegister 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.

© 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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