Area Action Plans (AAP)

Area Action Plans (AAPs) are planning policy documents which deliver significant changes in key growth areas, and which conserve the city's historic assets. This is done by setting a planning framework made up of objectives, policies and proposals for each area.

They are central to the delivery of Plymouth’s Local Development Framework. The Core Strategy was adopted 23 April 2007 and sets out the policies and proposals that direct development in the city’s waterfront regeneration areas as well as in the major Core Strategy opportunity sites located along Plymouth’s Eastern and Northern Corridors.

The following Area Action Plans have been adopted:

• City Centre and University - 26 April 2010
• Central Park AAP - 22 September 2008
• Sutton Harbour AAP - 28 July 2008
• North Plymstock AAP and Minerals Development Plan Document - 6 August 2007
• Devonport AAP - 6 August 2007
• Millbay and Stonehouse AAP - 6 August 2007

Area Action Plans are currently being prepared for:

• Derriford and Seaton
• East End and Eastern Gateway
• The Hoe

For consultation dates on the above documents, please refer to the get involved page. In addition to these Area Action Plans, plans are being prepared for the remainder of the city through:

• A Sustainable Neighbourhood
• Plymouth Waste