The latest updates from work around the Plan for Homes.
22 January 2025 - New affordable homes at Palmerston Heights
2 December 2024 - New lease of life for empty home
A dilapidated family home in Peverell has been restored to its former glory thanks to the intervention of the Council’s Empty Homes team.
See the before and after pictures
20 September 2024 - Memorial to former leader unveiled at Plan for Homes site
A tribute to a former leader of Plymouth City Council has been unveiled at a development that she had championed.
Honorary Alderwoman Vivien Pengelly passed away in June 2023 following a short illness having served on the Council for over 30 years.
In her later Council career, she worked as the Cabinet Member for Housing, and it was during this time that she brought forward the plans for Broadland Gardens, a development of ten new energy-efficient, sustainable homes, built on site of the former Morley Youth Centre.
With the site now nearly complete, a tree and accompanying bench has been installed at the site, which sits in Vivien's former Plymstock Dunstone ward.
25 October 2024 - Funding secured for brownfield sites
Two empty public buildings are set to make way for much-needed housing.
The buildings at the former DELL Children’s Centre and at Douglass House , both in Efford, are no longer in use and will be demolished early next year.
It comes after the Council were successful in securing £540,000 from the government’s Brownfield Land Release Fund, which helps local authorities support the delivery of housing.
14 October 2024 - Stirling Project complete with celebration
A veterans’ self-build scheme in Honicknowle has celebrated its official completion.
Based on the site of a former residential care home at Honicknowle Green, the Stirling Project has seen a number of previously homeless military veterans involved in the construction of the self-contained affordable homes to rent.
The project has helped the veterans with employment, learning skills for life and in some cases, new careers.
On Friday, the veterans welcomed representatives from the Council, partners LiveWest and Alabaré, as well as MPs Luke Pollard and Fred Thomas, to their new homes.
The whole development is made up of 25 homes social rent, architect-designed homes, each with air source heat pumps to improve energy efficiency and help resident’s save on their energy bills.
4 October 2024 - North Prospect redevelopment completes
30 August 2024 - Huge housing scheme planned for east of city
Plymouth City Council is spearheading the construction of a new housing development on the edge of the city.
The development, on land off Stoggy Lane in Plympton, will see 500 modern, energy efficient homes built, of which 150 will be affordable.
Also in the plans is new wetland greenspace, up to 2,000 new trees and a financial contribution towards a new sports hub at Boringdon.
12 August 2024 - Energy efficient homes near completion
The finishing touches are being applied to some of Plymouth's most impressive new homes.
The ten new energy-efficient, sustainable homes, built on site of the former Morley Youth Centre, off Broadland Gardens in Plymstock, are available in a mix of two, three and four bedroomed options.
25 July 2024 - Affordable bungalows complete in Plympton
6 March 2024 - Council prepares to compulsory purchase two derelict homes
Two derelict properties could be compulsory purchased by the Council as part of a crackdown on empty homes.
The two properties, one in Pennycomequick and the other in Tamerton Foliot, are in a serious state of disrepair and despite the best efforts of the Council's Housing Delivery team, the owners have refused to take the action required to bring them back into use.
1 March 2024 - Plan for Homes sets goal of 5,000 new houses
The latest edition of Plymouth's Plan for Homes is aiming yet again to deliver a minimum of 5,000 new properties across the city by 2029.
Having already delivered more than 7,500 new homes since its inception in 2013, the fourth incarnation of the Plan for Homes remains as ambitious as ever.
In short, the plan details the Council's priorities for ensuring that the city has the housing to tackle the local effects of the national housing crisis as well as cater for the city's growth agenda.
By supporting a variety of new and affordable housing to tackle housing needs and homelessness, it sets out a strategy for the future for housing in the city to support the delivery of the Joint Local Plan.
14 February 2024 - Plymouth's Plan for Homes celebrates success
Plymouth’s innovative Plan for Homes programme has now delivered more than 7,500 new homes across the city over the past nine years.
The Plan for Homes details the Council's priorities for ensuring that the city has the housing to tackle the local effects of the national housing crisis as well as cater for the city's growth agenda.
11 September 2023 - Sought after homes set for sale
New homes on one of Plymouth's newest energy-efficient housing developments are now available for purchase.
The ten new sustainable homes, built on site of the former Morley Youth Centre, off Broadland Gardens in Plymstock, are available in a mix of two, three and four bedroomed options.
With building work now at the 'topping out' stage, local estate agent Lang, Town and Country have begun marketing the homes for sale.
The new development has seen the direct delivery of new homes by the Council for the first time this century.
20 February 2023 - Work begins on homes fit for the future
Work has started on the building of ten brand new, sustainable homes in Plymstock.
The spacious two, three and four bedroomed properties are being built on site of the former Morley Youth Centre, off Broadland Gardens.
The new development will see the direct delivery of new homes by the Council for the first time this century.
1 December 2022 - North Prospect phase 5 completes
Ready the full story on Plymouth Community Home's website.
4 November 2022 - Stirling Project celebrates first phase completion
Houses completed as part of Plymouth’s latest veterans’ self-build scheme are set to become homes, as the first phase of the project completes.
The Stirling Project, based on the site of a former residential care home on Honicknowle Green, has seen nine previously homeless veterans involved in the construction of 25 self-contained affordable homes to rent.
Thanks to a partnership between Plymouth City Council, housing association LiveWest and veterans’ charity Alabaré, 12 of the plots are being built, and will be subsequently lived in, by the veterans themselves.
Read the full story for the Stirling Project.
31 August 2022 - Council intervention sees empty house become home
Read the full story for the empty housing becoming a home.
28 July 2022 - Eco-homes scheme gets funding boost
A ground-breaking eco-home scheme has taken a further step towards reality thanks to significant investment.
The scheme, which gained outline planning permission in December 2021, will see a council-owned site off Coombe Way, Kings Tamerton used for up to 70 affordable, net-zero carbon homes.
Read the full story for the eco-homes funding.
23 March 2022 - Work underway at two stalled housing sites
Building is underway on two development sites in Plymouth.
Land at the northern end of Prince Maurice Road in Lipson and the site of the former Whitleigh Community Centre will now provide the city with a total of 126 new homes of which 71 will be Affordable.
Development at both sites has had several false starts. Engineering challenges, escalating costs and of course COVID-19, have all seen the start of development pushed back.
But finally, work is well advanced on both sites, with developer G2 Housing Group brought on board after intervention from the Council.
Read the full story for the work at the housing sites.
16 February 2022 - Veteran goes from strength to strength on self-build scheme
A former army veteran who was on the verge of homelessness is thrilled to be building his own home as part of a self-build military project in Plymouth.
An exciting new Plymstock housing scheme has been given the green light.
The Council’s planning committee met on Thursday and unanimously approved planning permission for ten exceptionally well designed new homes on the site of the former Morley Youth Centre, off Broadland Gardens.
Read the full story for the self build scheme.
19 October 2021 - Housing agreement promises 153 new homes
More affordable homes are set to be built in Plymouth thanks to a new Housing Partnership Agreement between Plymouth City Council and housing association LiveWest.
LiveWest, who already own and manage more than 3,000 properties throughout Plymouth, has teamed up with the Council for the Agreement which will see construction of at least an additional 153 new homes in the city.