Plymouth City Council’s ‘Plan for Homes’ has won a top regional planning award and has been shortlisted for a national award.
Plan for Homes won the overall award in the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) South West Awards for Planning Excellence. It has also been shortlisted for an RTPI national award in the category ‘Excellence in Planning to Deliver Housing’.
Homeowners in Plymouth have made over £25,000 in additional income by renting out their empty driveways online, new figures from peer-to-peer parking website JustPark can reveal.
A growing number of residents are advertising their spare parking spaces on the platform - with JustPark now listing over twice as many driveways in the city as it was 12 months ago.
Buying land in Bath Street is a crucial step in Plymouth City Council’s long-held ambition of better linking the city centre to Millbay and the sea.
The Council is in discussions with the Homes & Communities Agency to fund the acquisition of five properties in Bath Street to help progress the development along the boulevard which will deliver over 170 new homes as well as new shops...
A brand new surgery and homes are to be built on West Hoe in Plymouth.
West Hoe Surgery will be getting a brand new expanded building to cater for more patients, and there will also be 14 new homes. The greenlight has now been given to go ahead with the new doctors surgery, eight town houses and six apartments.
West Hoe Developments are due to purchase the existing surgery from...
The New Year may not be very happy for hundreds of thousands of people in the South West, as research by Shelter reveals a fifth of rent or mortgage payers in the region are cutting back on winter heating and clothing to meet their housing payments. This is the equivalent to 500,000 people.
The study by housing and homelessness charity Shelter and YouGov shows the strain people in the...
Barratt Homes in Plymouth has celebrated National Tree Week with the planting of an oak tree to mark 7,300 trees planted by the division in the last 12 months.
“We have planted or retained more than 7,300 trees or shrubs at our developments throughout the south west and wanted to mark our ongoing commitment to the environment,’’ said managing director Paul Moran.
Temperatures may be dropping but tempers could be set to rise, according to new research which reveals that nearly 36% of people in the South West argue with their partners or housemates over the central heating.
As the nights are getting colder, things could be turning frosty in more ways than one. New research commissioned by Toolstation, the trade and DIY supplier, reveals that over...
It is also the time of year when the Environment Agency urges people to check their oil tanks to protect the environment and reduce the risk of potentially large financial losses.
Leaked oil can end up in drains, many of which lead directly to rivers, streams, lakes and even garden ponds, having the same effect as pouring it directly into the watercourse.
More homes in Plymouth are getting disabled adaptations, including the conversion of two houses into one for a severely disabled teenager.
The teenager and their family (who do not want to be named), will move into the latest house which has been adapted at Cherry Tree Gardens, Plymouth on Friday 3 July.
Plymouth City Council, Taylor Wimpey and Westward Housing Group had to...
A family-run housebuilder is accelerating its land acquisition programme to enable it to expand its output of quality new homes after securing a £15million facility from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.
Cavanna Homes operates across the South West region, but its current sites are concentrated in desirable locations along the South Devon coast at Plymouth, Orestone, Dartington, Paignton...
