Unitary authority · England

Plymouth

Plymouth is a unitary authority. It is a single-tier authority, so it runs both local and larger services.

What this council is responsible for

Plymouth
Unitary authority · E06000026
  • Planning applications
  • Bin and recycling collection
  • Council tax and business rates collection
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Licensing
  • Environmental health
  • Parks and leisure
  • Local elections
  • Schools and education
  • Adult social care
  • Children’s services
  • Roads and highways
  • Waste disposal
  • Libraries
  • Trading standards
  • Public health
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Type
Unitary authority
Single tier
Official code
E06000026
ONS GSS code
Nation
England
Local planning authority
Yes. Decides planning applications in its area.

Other bodies covering this area

Devon & Somerset
Fire and rescue authority
  • Fire and rescue
35
Postcode sectors
19
Wards
3
Constituencies

4 of these postcode sectors are shared with a neighbouring council. Postcode sectors are a Royal Mail construct and do not follow council boundaries.

Boundary

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Ultra-generalised boundary (500 m) from the ONS Open Geography Portal, Open Government Licence v3. Indicative at this scale; not for legal or planning use. See it among its neighbours on the UK map →

Towns in this area

Parliamentary constituencies

Wards

19 wards recorded in this council area.

Budshead · Compton · Devonport · Drake · Efford and Lipson · Eggbuckland · Ham · Honicknowle · Moor View · Peverell · Plympton Chaddlewood · Plympton Erle · Plympton St Mary · Plymstock Dunstone · Plymstock Radford · Southway · St Budeaux · St Peter and the Waterfront · Sutton and Mount Gould

Postcode sectors

PL1 1 · PL1 2 · PL1 3 · PL1 4 · PL1 5 · PL1 9 · PL2 1 · PL2 2 · PL2 3 · PL2 9 · PL3 4 · PL3 5 · PL3 6 · PL4 0 · PL4 6 · PL4 7 · PL4 8 · PL4 9 · PL5 1 · PL5 2 · PL5 3 · PL5 4 · PL5 9 · PL6 5 · PL6 6 · PL6 7 · PL6 8 · PL7 1 · PL7 2 · PL7 4 · PL7 9 · PL9 7 · PL9 8 · PL9 9 · PL95 8

Sources: ONS Open Geography Portal (boundaries and names, retrieved 2026-09-05, Open Government Licence v3); National Statistics Postcode Lookup May 2026; Wikidata (official website, CC0). Official code E06000026.