The Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan (JLP) is a joint plan between Plymouth City Council, South Hams District Council and West Devon Borough Council covering the period 2014-2034. 

The three councils joined up to create this plan which looks at every aspect of how we want our cities, towns and villages to look and feel over the next 20 years. Adopted in 2019, the Joint Local Plan replaces all previous development plans in each local authority and in Plymouth, the Joint Local Plan is the spatial expression of the Plymouth Plan.

Following the decision of the JLP Partnership Board in January 2025, work on a new Local Plan for Plymouth based on the city’s administrative boundaries has now begun. This new local plan, once adopted, will replace the Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan (JLP) in so far as it relates Plymouth. Find out more about the new Plymouth Local Plan, 

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.

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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.

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There are 160 policies in the Joint Local Plan:

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