The eastern corridor of the city has long been identified as a key location for future growth given the major opportunities that it provides for supporting the long term prosperity of the city and the wider region.  Work on the Devon Structure Plan during the 1990s identified the great potential of the Sherford area, and then in the early 2000s further studies and policy development took place, articulating a wider strategy for growth focusing primarily on Langage, Sherford and the North Plymstock areas. 

The North Plymstock and Sherford Area Action Plans, adopted in 2007, provided for a new community at Sherford and a mixed-use neighbourhood within the former Plymstock Quarry, now called Saltram Meadow, both of which are now in the process of being constructed.  A proposal for a new Countryside Park focused on Saltram is also currently moving forward.  As a result, considerable investment has been made in transport and other infrastructure and this will continue to be the case.  This is essential not just for the Growth Area itself, but also for the wider growth of the city, given the key role of the A38.

Part One of the Plymouth Plan has continued and developed this established approach.  Policy 2 identifies the wider eastern corridor as one of three growth areas in the city in which a regionally significant scale of growth in new jobs and new homes will be delivered.  The Growth Area encompasses key strategic opportunities in Plympton and the urban fringe, the Marsh Mills and Forder Valley junctions and development opportunities along Embankment Road.  This acknowledges the need in the eastern area and urban fringe of the city for a wider strategic approach to growth and importantly the infrastructure requirements to support growth. 

The natural environment will have a particularly important role in this Growth Area in terms of providing for appropriate greenspace in the urban environment, safeguarding its biodiversity and providing high quality informal recreation opportunities.  This is important to help ease the potential recreational pressures of a growing city on Dartmoor National Park and other protected landscapes and to accommodate the needs generated by new development and its residents. 

Key Developments

Plymouth is in the middle of its biggest ever investment programme. The city has a range of exciting examples of  recent successes, current major developments,  pipeline projects and development opportunities.

You can view all of the developments taking place in the Eastern Corridor area.