Site safeguarding

As the city grows it is important that we protect sites with significant employment opportunities.

Core Strategy Target 6.4

Identification of at least one site to be safeguarded for a major high quality inward investment opportunity, including potentially a public sector office relocation or a private sector regional headquarters.

This target is on track.

In 2007 the Council began the preparation of the Sustainable Neighbourhoods including Key Site Allocations DPD with the aims of creating a network of sustainable linked communities, and ensuring that new development would meet the needs of communities as well as those of the city as a whole.

The process identified key sites in Plymouth in areas not already covered by Area Action Plans for development in partnership with local communities. In conjunction with the Area Action Plans this would ensure a range of employment sites, of the right quantity and quality and in the right locations to accommodate prestige relocations of the kind envisaged by Core Strategy Target 6.4.

Following the changes to the Planning system being introduced through the Localism Bill, sites identified for such office opportunities will now be confirmed through the Plymouth Plan.

This page of the annual monitoring report was updated December 2011.