PLY38 Derriford Commercial Centre South – Land North of Future Inn

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Development Stage 4 – Consented

Land situated between Derriford hospital and William Prance Road, and incorporating the North West Quadrant site, Derriford Business Park and the former Seaton Barracks Parade Ground is allocated for a mix of uses comprising new commercial floorspace in the form of retail, medical / health related uses, B1 offices and workshops, leisure and community uses, education, and residential. The overall balance of uses will be influenced over time by market conditions.  However, the site should deliver a genuinely mixed use development of urban scale and intensity.  The site comprises land in different ownerships and will be developed over time in accordance with a strategic masterplan that sets out an overall framework for delivery and identifies key infrastructure fixes.

This site forms part of the wider site PLY38, which includes:

• Derriford Commercial Centre North

• Derriford Business Park

• Derriford Commercial Centre South, Land North of Future Inn

• Derriford Commercial Centre South, The Range

• Derriford Commercial Centre South, Land North of the Range

SITE INFORMATION

SITE AREA: 18.7 ha

OWNERSHIP: Multiple Owners, including: PCC, AVIVA Investors Pensions Ltd, Lone Eagle Properties Ltd, South Western Ambulance Service.

EXISTING USE: Offices, Car Parking, Cleared Land

JOINT LOCAL PLAN ALLOCATION PLY38

Mixed use Commercial Centre (including ‘District Centre’) comprising of retail, medical / health related uses, B1 offices and workshops (c34,000sq m), leisure and community uses, education and residential (c660 dwellings)

DELIVERY TRAJECTORY: 2018-2031

DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS

1. Planning permissions granted in July 2022 for new commercial centre including retail food stores (Class E), other mixed units (Class E/Sui Generis (hot-food takeaway)), gym (Class E), coffee shop with drive thru facility (Class E) and associated access, car parking and landscaping under consent reference: 22/00129/FUL and associated link road connecting site to Derriford Business Park for pedestrians, cyclists and buses only under consent reference: 22/00295/FUL.

2. Seaton Arc being delivered north-south and new pedestrian and cycling route being delivered west-east along the northern boundary connecting the site into the REI site currently under construction to the east.         

3. Land safeguarded for landing area for potential future bridge link across A386 to connect site up with the Joint Local Plan allocated site PLY39.

PLYMOUTH CITY COUNCIL NEXT STEPS

1. Facilitate delivery of new District Centre granted consent under application reference: 22/00129/FUL and associated link road through to Derriford Business Park granted consent under application reference: 22/00295/FUL by supporting applicant team during construction and condition determination process.

CONTACTS

Marie Stainwright, T +44 (0) 1752 305188

E Marie.Stainwright@plymouth.gov.uk