Urban design has been described as the art of making places for people. It is concerned with the arrangement, appearance and function of our suburbs, towns and cities
We are delighted to announce the return of the Abercrombie awards.
Search for a listed building, how buildings get listed, get a building listed, carry out alterations, apply for listed building consent
The Plymouth City Centre High Street Heritage Action Zone (HSHAZ) programme – 'reinvigorating the Abercrombie Estate' is a four year programme about celebrating, enhancing and adapting the City Centre's post-war heritage and making it a more attractive, engaging and vibrant place for people to live, work and spend time.
Find out if you live in a conservation area, how to apply for planning permission for works in a conservation area and how to carry out works or demolition in a conservation area
Search for scheduled ancient monuments, apply for consent for works on a monument
Historic England have established a national record of historic parks and gardens which make an important contribution to our landscape heritage
Archaeology is the study of the past through the material remains left by our ancestors, the evidence can be buried or upstanding, deliberately constructed or the by-product of other activities
The Palmerston Forts, constructed to encircle Plymouth and to protect the Royal Dockyard against a landing by the French, were built during the 1860s and 1870s following a Royal Commission set up by the then Prime Minister Lord Palmerston.
Plymouth deserves an international reputation as one of Europe's finest maritime cities. A Vision for Plymouth requires much work and its delivery we're pleased to say has already started.