The Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan has now been adopted! To find out more please visit the Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan: Adoption page.
You can also view the plan on the South Hams District Council and West Devon Borough Council websites.
Visit the interactive Plymouth Plan to see other policies that affect decision making across Plymouth City including the Council and its partners.
Welcome to the Plymouth & South West Devon Joint Local Plan
Use the filters on the left to explore the parts of the plan that are of interest to you. This page shows you some parts of the plan that you might be interested in to get you started. To find out more about the plan and how it was put together go to the about page.
There are 160 policies in the Joint Local Plan:
- SO1 - Delivering the spatial strategy
- SO2 - Strengthening Plymouth's role in the region
- SO3 - Delivering growth in Plymouth's City Centre and Waterfront Growth Area
- SO4 - Delivering growth in the Derriford and Northern Corridor Growth Area
- SO5 - Delivering growth in Plymouth's Eastern Corridor Growth Area
- SO6 - Delivering a prosperous and sustainable South West Devon
- SO7 - Maintaining a strong network of Main Towns
- SO8 - Maintaining the vitality and viability of the Smaller Towns and Key Villag...
- SO9 - Maintaining the viability of the many sustainable villages in the rural ar...
- SO10 - Maintaining a beautiful and thriving countryside
- SO11 - Delivering high quality development
- SO12 - Delivering infrastructure and investment
- SPT1 - Delivering sustainable development
- SPT2 - Sustainable linked neighbourhoods and sustainable rural communities
- SPT3 - Provision for new homes
- SPT4 - Provision for employment floorspace
- SPT5 - Provision for retail development
- SPT6 - Spatial provision of retail and main town centre uses
- SPT7 - Working with neighbouring areas
- SPT8 - Strategic connectivity
- SPT9 - Strategic principles for transport planning and strategy
- SPT10 - Balanced transport strategy for growth and healthy and sustainable commu...
- SPT11 - Strategic approach to the historic environment
- SPT12 - Strategic approach to the natural environment
- SPT13 - Strategic infrastructure measures to deliver the spatial strategy
- SPT14 - European Sites – mitigation of recreational impacts from development
- PLY1 - Enhancing Plymouth's strategic role
- PLY2 - Unlocking Plymouth's regional growth potential
- PLY3 - Utilising Plymouth's regional economic assets
- PLY4 - Protecting and strengthening Devonport Naval Base and Dockyard's strategi...
- PLY5 - Sustainable use of Plymouth's mineral resources
- PLY6 - Improving Plymouth's city centre
- PLY7 - Colin Campbell Court
- PLY8 - Land at Royal Parade (between Armada Way and Old Town Street)
- PLY9 - Mayflower Street East, City Centre
- PLY10 - Cornwall Street East, City Centre
- PLY11 - Cornwall Street West, City Centre
- PLY12 - New George Street West, City Centre
- PLY13 - Royal Assurance site, Armada Way, City Centre
- PLY14 - Land at 19 The Crescent, Derry's Cross, City Centre
- PLY15 - Civic Centre and Council House Site
- PLY16 - Plymouth Railway Station
- PLY17 - Plymouth University and Plymouth College of Art
- PLY18 - Plymouth History Centre and land at Tavistock Place / Chapel Street
- PLY19 - Central Park - Strategic Green Space Site
- PLY20 - Managing and enhancing Plymouth’s waterfront
- PLY21 - Supporting the visitor economy
- PLY22 - Cultural quarters
- PLY23 - Plymouth Fruit Sales site, Sutton Road, Sutton Harbour
- PLY24 - Sutton Road West, Sutton Harbour
- PLY25 - Sugar House, Sutton Harbour
- PLY26 - Sutton Harbour Fish Quay
- PLY27 - Register Office, Lockyer Street, The Hoe
- PLY28 - Land north of Cliff Road, The Hoe
- PLY29 - Millbay Waterfront
- PLY30 - Bath Street West
- PLY31 - Bath Street East
- PLY32 - Stonehouse Barracks
- PLY33 - Oceansgate
- PLY34 - Union Street
- PLY35 - Drake's Island
- PLY36 - Other site allocations in the City Centre and Waterfront Growth Area
- PLY37 - Strategic infrastructure measures for the City Centre and Waterfront Gro...
- PLY38 - Derriford commercial centre
- PLY39 - Glacis Park, Derriford
- PLY40 - Seaton Neighbourhood
- PLY41 - Derriford Community Park Strategic Greenspace
- PLY42 - Plymouth Airport
- PLY43 - University of St Mark and St John
- PLY44 - Woolwell sustainable urban extension and community park
- PLY45 - Plym Valley Strategic Greenspace
- PLY46 - Other sites allocations in the Derriford and Northern Corridor Growth Ar...
- PLY47 - Strategic infrastructure measures for the Derriford and Northern Corrido...
- PLY48 - Sherford new community
- PLY49 - Sherford Community Park Strategic Greenspace
- PLY50 - Saltram Meadow, Plymstock
- PLY51 - Langage
- PLY52 - Land at West Park Hill, Newnham
- PLY53 - Former China Clay dryer complex, Coypool
- PLY54 - Saltram Countryside Park Strategic Greenspace
- PLY55 - Hazeldene Quarry Minerals Safeguarding Area and buffer zone
- PLY56 - Other sites allocations in the Eastern Corridor Growth Area
- PLY57 - Strategic infrastructure measures for the Eastern Corridor Growth Area
- PLY58 - Site allocations in the south of Plymouth
- PLY59 - Site allocations in the north of Plymouth
- PLY60 - Site allocations in Plympton and Plymstock
- PLY61 - Development in Plymouth's urban fringe
- PLY62 - Strategic infrastructure measures
- TTV1 - Prioritising growth through a hierarchy of sustainable settlements
- TTV2 - Delivering sustainable development in the Thriving Towns and Villages Pol...
- TTV3 - Strategic infrastructure measures for the Main Towns
- SP1 - Spatial priorities for development in Dartmouth
- TTV4 - Land at Cotton
- TTV5 - Noss on Dart
- SP2 - Spatial priorities for development in Ivybridge
- TTV6 - East of Ivybridge
- TTV7 - Land at Filham
- TTV8 - Land at Stibb Lane
- TTV9 - Other sites allocations at Ivybridge
- SP3 - Spatial priorities for development in Kingsbridge
- TTV10 - The Quayside
- TTV11 - West of Belle Hill
- TTV12 - Other sites allocations at Kingsbridge
- SP4 - Spatial priorities for development in Okehampton
- TTV13 - Land at Exeter Road, Okehampton
- TTV14 - East of Okehampton
- TTV15 - Land at Stockley
- SP5 - Spatial priorities for development in Tavistock
- TTV16 - Callington Road, Tavistock
- TTV17 - Plymouth Road, Tavistock
- TTV18 - Pixon Lane Employment Area, Tavistock
- TTV19 - Other sites allocations in Tavistock
- SP6- Spatial priorities for development in Totnes
- TTV20 - Land at KEVICC
- TTV21 - Land at Baltic Wharf
- TTV22 - Other sites allocations in the Totnes
- TTV23 - Dartington Hall Estate
- TTV24 - Site allocations in the Smaller Towns and Key Villages
- TTV25 - Development in the Sustainable Villages
- TTV26 - Development in the Countryside
- TTV27 - Meeting local housing needs in rural areas
- TTV28 - Horse related developments in the countryside
- TTV29 - Residential extensions and replacement dwellings in the countryside
- DEV1 - Protecting health and amenity
- DEV2 - Air, water, soil, noise, land and light
- DEV3 - Sport and recreation
- DEV4 - Playing pitches
- DEV5 - Community food growing and allotments
- DEV6 - Hot food take aways in Plymouth
- DEV7 - Meeting local housing need in the Plymouth Policy Area
- DEV8 - Meeting local housing need in the Thriving Towns and Villages Policy Area
- DEV9 - Meeting local housing need in the Plan Area
- DEV10 - Delivering high quality housing
- DEV11 - Houses in Multiple Occupation in the Plymouth Article 4 Direction Area
- DEV12 - Purpose built student accommodation in the Plymouth Policy Area
- DEV13 - Consideration of sites for Travellers and Travelling Showpeople
- DEV14 - Maintaining a flexible mix of employment sites
- DEV15 - Supporting the rural economy
- DEV16 - Providing retail and town centre uses in appropriate locations
- DEV17 - Promoting competitive town centres
- DEV18 - Protecting local shops and services
- DEV19 - Provisions for local employment and skills
- DEV20 - Place shaping and the quality of the built environment
- DEV21 - Development affecting the historic environment
- DEV22 - Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site
- DEV23 - Landscape character
- DEV24 - Undeveloped Coast and Heritage Coast
- DEV25 - Nationally protected landscapes
- DEV26 - Protecting and enhancing biodiversity and geological conservation
- DEV27 - Green and play spaces
- DEV28 - Trees, woodlands and hedgerows
- DEV29 - Specific provisions relating to transport
- DEV30 - Meeting the community infrastructure needs of new homes
- DEV31 - Waste management
- DEV32 - Delivering low carbon development
- DEV33 - Renewable and low carbon energy (including heat)
- DEV34 - Community energy
- DEV35 - Managing flood risk and water quality impacts
- DEV36 - Coastal Change Management Areas
- DEL1 - Approach to development delivery and viability, planning obligations and ...