Scheme overlooking the Plym Valley in Plymouth will include 60 later living units

Plans for up to 550 homes on a brownfield site in Plymouth have finally been given outline planning consent.

Barratt subsidiary David Wilson and Homes England were granted conditional approval by Plymouth City Council for Coypool Park in 2021 but the decision was only finalised last week.

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Visualisation of the community hub and some of the homes proposed for Coypool Park in Plymouth

Architect LDA Design LDA said the scheme would transform the steep, derelict site – which used to house a china clay drying works – into a “welcoming, imaginative, and attractive landscape-led community” that is properly integrated into the wider neighbourhood.

The site overlooks the Plym Valley and is set in woodland that was originally planted to screen industrial activity.

The planning consent includes the delivery of a community hub of up to 700sq m and 400sq m of retail space. Sixty of the new homes are designated as “older persons living units”.

LDA said the new neighbourhood would benefit from 16ha of high-quality accessible woodland through a design code outlining how the woodland character would be “drawn into the residential streets and play areas”.

Themasterplan for Coypool Park was drawn up in conjunction with CampbellReith and The Environment Partnership.

Paul Connelly, design director at LDA Design, said the project was expected to become a blueprint for the transformation of other former industrial sites.

“We don’t want Coypool to be one of a kind – we want it to establish a benchmark for new landscape-led brownfield communities,” he said.

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“The masterplan will create a sociable place to live, for all ages, but one that is also well connected to the wider landscape and the city beyond.

“It combines creative urban design with innovative engineering to turn environmental challenges into great placemaking opportunities, in particular in the imaginative use of woodland.”

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Visualisation of an orchard at Coypool Park in Plymouth under the masterplan proposals, developed by LDA Design

Architect LDA Design said the new neighbourhood, which is around three miles from Plymouth city centre would be well-served by sustainable transport.

”The area already has a park-and-ride service with frequent buses into the city centre and the adjacent Drake’s Cycle Trail connects with the city centre.

 

 

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