Our vision for Central Park is to create an outstanding venue of regional and national significance for active recreation, health, art, education culture and the environment, which will provide state of the art facilities for the people of Plymouth and the sub-region.
This Area Action Plan will set out land use policies and proposals to create the Life Centre; to make park improvements; to improve connections between the park and surrounding neighbourhoods and to provide an improved transport interchange.
Vision diagram
This diagram supersedes the Core Strategy Central Park vision diagram, by clarifying the boundary of the Life Centre, showing Plymouth Argyle's Home Park development, amending proposed new allotment site and reducing the amount of residential-led mixed use development.
The Central Park Area Action Plan was adopted by Full Council on 22 September 2008.
The Central Park Area Action Plan was adopted by Full Council on 22 September 2008.
The Central Park Area Action Plan was submitted along with its submitted sustainability appraisal to the Secretary of State on 20 December 2007.
A period for making representation on the soundness of this plan began on 16 January 2008 and ran until 27 February 2008. This wasn't a consultation stage with us, but an opportunity for people to inform the independent planning inspector whether they thought this was the best and most appropriate plan.
Representations to the plan and the Council's responses can be viewed on our consultation portal (Central Park).
All comments were considered by the Inspector at the public examination which was held on 4 June 2008 at the Jury's Inn, Exeter Street, Plymouth. The draft programme of issues for the examination, set out by the Inspector, can be viewed in the 'Programme of issues for examination' document below.
Those who appeared at the examination were given the opportunity to submit further statements and these together with our statements can be downloaded below.
The Inspector had arranged a separate session to hear the statement of one person who couldn't make the main examination day. This separate session took place on Tuesday 3 June 2008 (the day before the main examination day). For more information see the 'Programme Officer's announcement extra session' document below.
Examination process
Participant statements
Council statements
To view the plan/comment on the plan
You can view the submitted plan, comments made by yourself and others and the Strategic Environmental Assessment/Sustainability Appraisal report on our consultation portal.
Submitted plan
Supporting Strategic Environmental Assessment/Sustainability Assessment
Regulation 28 statement procedural documents
Evidence base
In preparing Plymouth's Local Development Framework there are a number of studies that have been undertaken that provide the evidence base.
Central Park Life Centre Business Case
Destination Central Park Strategic Development Brief
Community Planning Study: Drake
Community Planning Study: Trelawny
Plymouth Sustainable Neighbourhood Assessment: Beacon Park and Pennycross
Plymouth Sustainable Neighbourhood Assessment: Mutley and Greenbank
Plymouth Sustainable Neighbourhood Assessment: North Prospect
Plymouth Sustainable Neighbourhood Assessment: Peverell
Plymouth Sustainable Neighbourhood Assessment: Stoke
Plymouth Swimming Facilities Strategy
Extended Phase One Habitat Survey of Central Park
Peverell Park Road/Outland Road Corner Valuation Report
Pennycomequick Valuation Report
Milehouse Junction Traffic Modelling Study
The following documents also form part of the evidence base but are too large to put onto our website. If you require a CD version of any of these documents please contact us using the contact information above.
- Urban Capacity Study
- Greenspace Assessment (Land Use Consultants)
- Central Park Historic Landscape Assessment (Alan Baxter Associates)
- City of Plymouth Sports Plan
The Central Park Area Action Plan preferred options has been produced as part of the second stage of preparing Plymouth's Local Development Framework (LDF). It builds on the earlier issues and options consultation stage (Spring 2005).
The preferred options report sets out for consultation for proposed policy directions, and highlights alternatives where appropriate. The report will be a material consideration in the development control process.
Where there's a conflict between the preferred policy direction set out in this report and the provisions of Plymouth's First Deposit Local Plan, this report will take precedence.
There's also a sustainability appraisal which accompanies this document.
Preferred options reports
Evidence base
In preparing Plymouth's Local Development Framework there are a number of studies that have been undertaken that provide the evidence base.
Central Park Evening Herald articles
Central Park Life Centre Business Case
Destination Central Park Strategic Development Brief
Community Planning Study: Drake
Community Planning Study: Trelawny
Beacon Park and Pennycross Sustainable Neighbourhood Assessment
Mutley and Greenbank Sustainable Neighbourhood Assessment
North Prospect Sustainable Neighbourhood Assessment
Peverell Sustainable Neighbourhood Assessment
Stoke Sustainable Neighbourhood Assessment
The following documents also form part of the evidence base but are too large to put onto our website. If you require a CD version of any of these documents please contact us using the contact information above.
- Urban Capacity Study
- Greenspace Strategy
- Central Park Historic Landscape Assessment
This document has been produced as a part of the first stage in preparing Plymouth's Local Development Framework (LDF) and is accompanied by a preliminary Sustainability Appraisal.
The Government's aim is to create high quality towns and cities which people can be proud to live in. They must be attractive, clean, safe and well cared for, combining vitality and interest with practicality, sensitivity to the environment and continuity with the past. They must be well designed and planned, and to make the best use of previously developed land and buildings.
The Urban White Paper - Our Towns and Cities of the future 2000
We've prepared this planning and design brief as a result of the proposed disposal of this site. This document will be treated as a material consideration in the decision-making process. It is anticipated that it will be subject to full and proper public consultation, prior to being formally adopted, thereby giving it greater weight. The brief has been prepared within the context of the strategic design approach for the city. This is set out within our Local Plan 1995 to 2011 (First Deposit 2001) and includes the key urban design principles that will govern the design of new development in the future. These will be reproduced in the emerging Local Development Framework that will eventually replace the Local Plan.
Purpose of the brief
The aim of the design brief is to identify and established the main planning, urban design and conservation issues related to the site, that need to be considered by developers, when preparing schemes for re-development of the site. It communicates guiding principles for the development, taking into account the wider context, and will set out key constraints, and specific requirements.