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70 & 72 Embankment Road Plymouth PL4 9HY

Refused Plymouth 20/00871/FUL Full Application

Works: New dwelling

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor retail units (Class E) to two residential flats (Class C3)

As published by the council, reference 20/00871/FUL

Application record

Reference
20/00871/FUL
Type
Full Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse
Received
19 Jun 2020
Validated
29 Jul 2020
Decided
19 Nov 2020
Ward
SUTTON AND MOUNT GOULD
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
PL4 9HY

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 19 Jun 2020

    Received by Plymouth

  2. 29 Jul 2020

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 19 Nov 2020

    Decision issued: Refuse

  4. 1 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Mark Evans Planning Limited Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Plymouth

Active · incorporated 2014 · Plymouth

29 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils · 87% granted

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

58 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Plymouth refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About full applications

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

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