Planning application
2 Armada Street Plymouth PL4 8LU
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
New purpose built student accommodation
As published by the council, reference 26/00695/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00695/FUL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 19 May 2026
- Validated
- 16 Jun 2026
- Ward
- DRAKE
- Postcode
- PL4 8LU
Site history
Applications at this address on the Plymouth register
This site has had 3 applications since 2019: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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20/00577/FUL Granted
2 Armada Street Plymouth PL4 8LU
Proposed construction of building containing an ancillary office and 13x dwellings (Class C3) and associated bike and bin storage (demolition of existing coachhouse)
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19/01740/FUL Withdrawn
2 Armada Street Plymouth PL4 8LU
Construction of 2 (two) buildings containing in total 7 Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMOs) (Class C4 and Sui Generis) and 7 flats (Class C3) and associated bike & bin storage and an ancillary office.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 May 2026
Received by Plymouth
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16 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 11 August 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Plymouth took a median of 54 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
RH Town Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Doncaster
Active · incorporated 2019 · Doncaster
47 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils · 87% granted
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
47 documents on file for this application
- OFFICER REPORT
- EXTENSION OF TIME
- HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- PROPOSED SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE PLAN
- DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT - APPENDIX B
- DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT - APPENDIX B
- DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT - APPENDIX A
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- PROPOSED 1ST, 2ND & 3RD FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR
- SITE LOCATION & BLOCK PLAN
- MR STUART WALSH
- PURPOSE-BUILT STUDENT ACCOMMODATION PLANNING SUPPORT EVIDENCE NOTE
- PBSA EVIDENCE LETTER
- HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- SOUTH WEST WATER
- MR G PARSONS
- DESIGNING OUT CRIME OFFICER
- CLLR STEVEN RICKETTS
- LEAD LOCAL FLOOD AUTHORITY
- SOUTH WEST WATER
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- MR STUART WALSH
- NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
- SITE NOTICE GENERAL
- (SUPERSEDED) EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- (SUPERSEDED) PROPOSED SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE PLAN
- CLIMATE EMERGENCY COMPLIANCE FORM
- APPLICATION FORM
- TRAVEL PLAN
- STUDENT MANAGEMENT PLAN
- REFUSE PLAN
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN
- (SUPERSEDED) SITE LOCATION AND BLOCK PLAN
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- (SUPERSEDED) PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- (SUPERSEDED) PROPOSED 1ST, 2ND & 3RD FLOOR PLAN
- (SUPERSEDED) PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- IMAGES
- ARMADA STREET PLANNING STATEMENT FULL-APP (1)
- APPENDIX A ARMADA STREET PREAPP RESPONSE
- APPENDIX B ARMADA STREET WTT
- CIL FORM
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Plymouth for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Plymouth decided full applications in a median of 62 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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