Evidence Base for the Hoe Neighbourhood Plan

Official Hoe Neighbourhood Plan document (89 pages, 4.1MB)

Appendix to the Hoe Neighbourhood Plan that provides a map and photographs to support the Plan’s Policy H3: Protection of Iconic Views. Map, which identifies 27 iconic views within the Hoe Neighbourhood Area that are worthy of protection

Appendix to the Hoe Neighbourhood Plan identifying local architectural and/or historic features within the Hoe Neighbourhood Area that are worthy of inclusion in Policy H4 and are not nationally listed (e.g., Grade I, Grade II, etc.)

Audit of local buildings and assets undertaken by members of the Hoe Neighbourhood Forum Steering Group to identify Non-Designated Heritage Assets (NDHAs), recognising their value to the local character of the area

Appendix to the Hoe Neighbourhood Plan identifying buildings of negative quality within the Hoe Conservation Area 

Statement explaining how the Hoe Neighbourhood Plan meets the requirements of paragraph 8 of Schedule 4B to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (15 pages, 913KB)

Statement that meets the requirements laid down in the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 by setting out the details of the persons and bodies who were consulted about the plan, how the consultation was carried out, a summary of the main issues and concerns raised through the consultation, and a description of how those issues and concerns have been considered and addressed in the plan (12 pages, 1.55MB)

Plymouth City Council’s 2007 appraisal of the Barbican Conservation Area, identifying risks and opportunities, and providing a framework for decision-making to protect and enhance the Barbican area (58 pages, 7.74MB)

Audit of heritage assets in 2019 for Hoe Neighbourhood Plan Area, including buildings at risk, buildings of heritage value, monuments and memorials, hidden features, and significant architectural or landscape features (16 pages, 1.15MB)

Independent assessment of the sites available for designation as local green spaces with a view to informing the choice of which spaces in the Neighbourhood Plan area to designate as LGSs and identifying opportunities for enhancing areas that are special to the local community (68 pages, 5.72MB)

Statistical report on the Hoe Neighbourhood Plan area showing local data on population, employment and unemployment, housing, crime, education, environment, and transport (44 pages, 1.2MB)

Official Ordnance Survey map of the Hoe Conservation Area (1 page, 1.67MB)

Inspection report on St Andrews C of E VA Primary School from October 2022 (7 pages, 153KB)

Assessment of the Hoe waterfront’s wildlife status in 2009 and recommendations for its management (5 pages, 461KB)

Design Guide for Plymouth Hoe, which provides guidelines for developers and home owners to help them understand how to apply the policies set out in the Hoe Neighbourhood Plan with respect to design, layout, materials and landscape in the preparation of planning applications (137 pages, 126MB)

PCC’s planning statement providing guidance for the redevelopment of the Register Office site and including key planning and design issues (4 pages, 896KB)

Report providing evidence for amending Plymouth City Council’s policy PLY27 within the Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan concerning future development of the former Register Office site (referred to as ‘the PLY27 site’) to bring it into line with what the local community wants to see on that site (50 pages, 2.1MB)

Plymouth City Council’s 2008 appraisal of the Hoe Conservation Area, identifying risks and opportunities, and providing a framework for decision-making to protect and enhance the Hoe area (50 pages, 8.65MB)

A housing needs assessment for the Hoe Neighbourhood Plan Area prepared by AECOM providing recommendations on future housing needs and evidence based on a range of housing trends, issues, and analysis (68 pages, 1.61MB)

Plymouth City Council’s management plan for the Hoe Park over 2017-2020, which set out aspirations and objectives for the park’s ongoing protection, management and continuing development (34 pages, 5.8MB)

Plymouth City Council’s management plan for the Hoe Park over 2024-2029, which sets out aspirations and objectives for the park’s ongoing protection, management and continuing development (29 pages, 13MB)

Plymouth City Council’s management plan for West Hoe Park over 2019-2024, which sets out aspirations and objectives for the park’s ongoing protection, management and continuing development (30 pages, 1.3MB)

Constitution adopted by the Hoe Neighbourhood Forum in 2016 (6 pages, 84KB)

Final report from AECOM on the evidence required to support the policies proposed in the Hoe Neighbourhood Plan (103 pages, 1.55MB)

Action plan proposed by the Sustainable Transport Group of Climate Action Plymouth to achieve zero-combustion transport within the city of Plymouth, involving better pedestrian and cycle routes and measures to drastically reduce the number of fossil-fuel vehicles in our city (57 pages, 4.74MB)

PCC's Declaration on Climate Emergency of March 2019 (2 pages, 121KB)

Plymouth's strategy for the development of tall buildings in the city

PCC report on the impact of the site allocations in the Joint Local Plan on the historic environment of the area, specifically Policy DEV21 (Conserving the Historic Environment) and Policy DEV22 (Development affecting the historic environment), which aim to protect and encourage the enhancement of heritage assets (176 pages, 11.1MB)

Independent report for PCC by Land Use Consultants (LUC) Ltd on the quality, quantity and accessibility of Plymouth’s open spaces (127 pages, 10MB)

Independent report for PCC by Treeconomics and Forest Research on tree canopy cover in the Plymouth area, including identifying where there are opportunities to increase tree cover by highlighting areas of low tree canopy cover and available plantable space (55 pages, 2.58MB)

PCC report analysing the data for Plymouth in the government’s 2019 Index of Deprivation, which provides statistics on income, employment, education, health, crime, public services, and environment for every neighbourhood in England (18 pages, 1.8MB)

Report providing updated market signals (June 2016) for the Strategic Housing Market Assessment, considering house price trends, private rental market, housing market activity and rates of development, overcrowding, homelessness, and those in temporary accommodation (10 pages, 808KB)

Strategic plan for 2014-2034 adopted by Plymouth, West Devon, and South Hams in 2019, which sets out the spatial strategy for growth in the region and specific plans for areas within the region (368 pages, 32MB)

Supplementary document for the Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan (JLP), which amplifies and gives guidance on the implementation of JLP policies (308 pages, 8.35MB)

Overview of transport and travel patterns in the Plymouth and South West Devon JLP area, along with a review of relevant studies into transport issues, bringing together existing information and data on transport conditions, highlighting key issues on transport to, from, or within Plymouth and its urban fringes (114 pages, 3.93MB)

Report setting out the transport infrastructure requirements for the Joint Local Plan area (24 pages, 576KB)

Document explaining the process of creating the Plymouth and South West Devon biodiversity network, which forms part of the evidence base for the Joint Local Plan developed by Plymouth City Council, South Hams District Council and West Devon Borough Council (11 pages, 1.21MB)

PCC’s 2022 overview of actions that will be implemented by to tackle the climate emergency (38 pages, 11.6MB)

Plymouth Park Services’ 2008-2023 plan for protecting and improving the city’s green spaces to secure attractive, safe and easily accessible spaces for all to enjoy (59 pages, 3.14MB)

PCC 2019 market study of the overall accommodation market (hotels, guest houses, etc.) in Plymouth in terms of supply, demand and future developments (72 pages, 3.19MB)

Plymouth’s Third Local Transport Plan (LTP3), which sets out the transport strategy for the city and provides a framework for the Plymouth Transport and Highways Service within the Council to deliver a high-quality transport network enabling the transformation of the city over 15 years of 2011-2026 (104 pages, 20.2MB)

Study by Pell Frischmann to identify Plymouth open spaces that could be used to supplement existing surface water drainage or provide space for attenuation

Appendix A of Drainage Study containing relevant maps

Appendix B of Drainage Study identifying catchment areas

PCC's overall plan up to 2034, which sets the direction for the city's economy, transport, housing, and spatial strategy; plans to improve the lives of children and young people and address the issues that lead to child poverty; sets out the aspiration to be a healthy and prosperous city with a rich cultural environment  (101 pages, 2.53MB)

Brochure summarising PCC’s plans to build 5000 new homes over the period 2016-2021, including goals for affordable housing, starter homes, and social rented accommodation (4 pages, 750KB)

Brochure summarising PCC’s strategic plan for the development of sport within Plymouth to encourage collaboration and to guide the work of anyone involved in the planning and delivery of sport in the city (4 pages, 4.67MB)

Brochure summarising PCC’s vision and plans for improving the number, health, and diversity of trees in Plymouth, particularly in areas that have fewer trees (8 pages, 3.73MB)

PCC management strategy for the trees within its ownership to ensure they have a positive impact on communities, including pruning and in certain circumstances felling and replanting 274 pages, 274KB)

Report for PCC by Blue Sail consultants on what needs to happen to develop the Plymouth’s visitor economy over the 10-year period from 2020-2030 (16 pages, 411KB)

Evidence base for the 2014 Waterfront Topic Paper of the Plymouth Plan (72 pages, 1.94MB)

Waterfront Masterplan by LDA Design for PCC, providing a spatial plan to direct change and investment in a way that brings the greatest benefit to Plymouth and ensuring that the city’s built, natural and historic environments and its neighbourhoods and communities are sustainable well into the next century (88 pages, 7.34MB)

Plan by PCC, Natural England, and other organisations setting out a blueprint for the management of existing spaces, how future spaces will be created, and how they will be linked; identifying projects and interventions that will allow the city to grow sustainably (110 pages, 19MB)

Report providing background information for Plymouth's Green Space Strategy, which sets out the links between the Strategy and other strategies and policies at local, regional, and national level; describes how data for the Strategy has been collected and analysed; and examines what the data says about the state of green space in Plymouth (55 pages, 1.23MB)

Report setting out the detail available about the effect of climate change on Plymouth in the 2020s, 2050s and 2080s, taking in to account the city’s microclimate and location and considering aspects of business continuity and risk assessment that will assist in addressing the impacts of climate change (53 pages, 553KB) 

Strategic Housing Market Assessment for Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon that updates of the whole area’s housing need, testing alternative scenarios and considering employment issues to determine whether the indicators demonstrate that a market signals uplift is appropriate

Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) that calculates the level of affordable housing need and the size and tenure of all dwellings required within the overall Objectively Assessed Need identified in Part 1 of the SHMA (156 pages, 1.66MB)

Report that examines evidence and information (relating to Plymouth) regarding disability to assess disabled housing need (particularly wheelchair accessible specification housing for physically disabled people) and make recommendations about developing a housing delivery programme for wheelchair user housing and other recommendations regarding disabled housing (68 pages, 2.53MB)

Appendices for the chartered surveyor’s report on the economic viability of the proposed housing on the former Plymouth Register Office site (50 pages, 8.85MB)

Chartered surveyor’s report on the economic viability of the proposed housing on the former Plymouth Register Office site comparing  different proportions of affordable housing and market price housing (17 pages, 552KB)

RIBA Stage 2 report on the concept design (Royal Institute of Architects Plan of Work Stage 2) for proposed housing on the Former Plymouth Register Office site (56 pages, 5.4MB)

Feasibility study prepared by LHC Design in 2021 for the Hoe Neighbourhood Forum proposing options for affordable housing on the former Plymouth Register Office site, providing evidence for an evolution of JLP Policy PLY 27 that will allow a less dense, more positive contribution to the Hoe Conservation Area (122 pages, 21.3MB)

Heritage Statement prepared by LHC Design for the Hoe Neighbourhood Forum on the former Plymouth Register Office in 2021, assessing heritage value of the building itself and its location on the Hoe (40 pages, 10.4MB)

Pre-Application Design Statement prepared by LHC Design in 2021 for the Hoe Neighbourhood Forum proposing options for housing on the Former Plymouth Registry Office site, providing evidence for an evolution of JLP Policy PLY 27 that will allow a less dense, more positive contribution to the Hoe Conservation Area (54 pages, 8.3MB )

Appendices providing evidence for the proposals in the Pre-Application Design Statement (67 pages, 12.6MB)

Appendices for the initial scoping report on the economic viability of proposed housing on the former Plymouth Register Office site as rental properties (20 pages, 2.53MB) 

Initial scoping report prepared by chartered surveyors on the economic viability of proposed housing on the former Plymouth Register Office site as rental properties (14 pages, 512KB)

PCC's planning statement that provides guidance for the redevelopment of the former Plymouth Register Office site, including key planning and design issues (4 pages, 896KB)

Detailed plan drawing by Aspect Tree Consultancy identifying the existing trees on the former Plymouth Register Office site (1 page, 1.33MB)

Recommendations from Aspect Tree Consultancy regarding which trees could be removed or replaced on the former Register Office site (4 pages, 364KB)

Detailed survey by Aspect Tree Consultancy of existing trees on the former Plymouth  Register Office site, identifying the species, size, approximate age, and health of each tree (10 pages, 760KB)

Report on the Forum’s community engagement activities in early 2018, including the messages that came out of this consultation and the key themes identified (20 pages, 1.42MB)

Presentation given at the Forum meeting in May 2020 regarding the proposal to limit vehicle traffic on Madeira Road (4 pages, 1.78MB) 

Flyer used in 2020 to publicise HNF’s public consultation regarding the former Plymouth Register Office (2 pages, 5.16MB)

Presentation given at the April 2021 Forum meeting by architectural consultants LHC Design and Form Design Group Architects summarising a proposal for sustainable housing on the former Plymouth Register Office site (22 pages, 4.46MB)

Flyer providing a high-level summary of the results of the Forum's 2020 public consultation regarding the future plans for the Plymouth Register Office site (2 pages, 252KB)

Presentation summarising the results of the social media surveys conducted by the Forum in 2021 on five key policy areas proposed for the neighbourhood plan (52 pages, 2.67MB)

A set of common questions that may arise during the consultation period to assist our volunteers in helping people understand how the Hoe Neighbourhood Plan was created and the steps required to bring the Plan into force. This is also Appendix 14 of the Consultation Statement. (4 pages, 95KB)

Initial leaflet distributed to homes and businesses in the Hoe Neighbourhood Area in April 2020 (2 pages, 397KB)

Report on the Forum's survey of local businesses for the Hoe Neighbourhood Plan (2 pages, 406KB)

List of the statutory consultees and other organisations with an interest in the Plymouth Hoe area who have been invited to comment on the Hoe Neighbourhood Plan during the Regulation 14 consultation (2 pages, 84KB)

Letter from Plymouth City Council Planning Department providing detailed comments on the June 2023 draft of the Hoe Neighbourhood Plan (16 pages, 211KB)

Table summarising Plymouth City Council's feedback on the initial policies proposed for the Hoe Neighbourhood Plan in May 2020 (7 pages, 178KB)

Flyer used to advertise the Reg 14 public consultation on the Hoe Neighbourhood Plan (2 pages, 3.3MB)

Plymouth City Council’s screening report on whether the policies and recommendations in the draft Hoe Neighbourhood Plan will require a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and/or a Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA). The report concludes that neither SEA nor HRA is required for the Hoe Neighbourhood Plan. (71 pages, 5.8MB)

The National Planning Policy Framework setting out the Government’s planning policies for England and how these should be applied, including a framework within which locally-prepared plans can provide for sufficient housing and other development in a sustainable manner (78 pages, 829KB)