Plymouth Register Office 49 Lockyer Street Plymouth PL1 2QD
Proposal
Demolition of former Register Office building and erection of security hoarding/fencing
- Received
- 10 July 2026
- Decided
- 23 September 2026 · Grant Conditionally
- Public comments
- 2 · last counted 12 October 2026
- Council
- Plymouth City Council
- Ward
- ST PETER AND THE WATERFRONT
- ReceivedSubmitted10 Jul
- ValidatedValidated10 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date4 Sep
- DecidedDecided23 Sep
Decided in 75 days
This is a planning application for demolition at Plymouth Register Office 49 Lockyer Street Plymouth PL1 2QD. 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 75 days, 4 weeks longer than Plymouth's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 165 applications across ST PETER AND THE WATERFRONT. We hold 441 applications in total for the PL1 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: The Hoe
- Article 4 direction: HMOs Mutley, Greenbank, City Centre and surrounding areas
- Brownfield land register: Register office, Lockyer Street, The HoeRegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, 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.
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© 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.
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