PLY56 - Other sites allocations in the Eastern Corridor Growth Area
The following additional sites in the Eastern Corridor Growth Area are allocated for development.
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Site |
Proposal |
Est. of housing provision/employment floorspace |
Policy considerations/things to be provided for by the development |
| 1 | Former nursery site, Haye Road | Housing (this site is considered suitable for executive housing) | 9 homes |
- Cycleway/pedestrian link.
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| 2 | Pomphlett Industrial Estate | Mixed use - housing/retail | 44 homes | - Development should provide for a high quality entrance to Saltram Meadow which creates a positive sense of arrival and which integrates into the existing development.
- Removal of narrow strip of rock belt between the site and Saltram Meadow with the creation of compatible levels.
- Relocation of existing occupiers of the site to premises made available in Saltram Meadow, or other appropriate location in the city.
- Potential opportunity to relocate the local centre from Saltram Meadow to provide active road frontages.
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3 |
Chelson Meadow
| Waste management uses | |
- No adverse impact on the conservation value of the Plym Estuary.
- Appropriate landscape screening and design so there is no adverse impact on the setting of Saltram Countryside Park and on the adjacent national cycle route and nearby residential areas.
- The integrity of the landfill environmental protection measures to be protected.
- Mitigation measures to address the potential impacts that flooding events would have on access to the site.
- Access improvements on The Ride.
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| 4 |
Former Western National bus depot site
| Mixed use incorporating commercial uses (potentially small scale local retail, leisure and/or hotel) |
| - High quality design befitting the gateway location
- Improved pedestrian connections to the local area
- Retail provision, if included, should be limited to meet the needs of the surrounding local area.
- Flood mitigation measures to ensure development is safe and does not increase flood risk elsewhere.
- Highway access to be from Embankment Lane link road.
- Investigation and remediation of contaminated land.
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| 5 |
Prince Rock playing pitch site
| Mixed use development, potentially incorporating public house/restaurant and hotel with potential also for leisure related retail and cycle hire facilities exploiting waterfront location and cycle links. | |
- Development to take advantage of the site's locational assets.
- High quality design befitting the gateway location.
- Flood mitigation measures to ensure development is safe and does not increase flood risk elsewhere.
- Delivery of alternative playing pitch facilities.
- Highway access to be from Embankment Lane link road.
- Investigation and remediation of contaminated land.
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| 6 | Land at Moorcroft Quarry | Waste management uses for the recycling and recovery of construction and demolition waste (inert waste), including storage of imported and processed construction and demolition waste. |
| - A high standard of site design and management to avoid the risk of water pollution, and to reduce the risk of noise, dust and air pollution.
- The need to protect the amenity of nearby residents from unreasonable adverse impact arising from processing activity and transport movements.
- Arrangements for HGV access to be identified.
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