Plymouth city council has appointed masterplanners to identify key sites and development opportunities and determine improvements to streets and public areas in the city centre.
Bilfinger GVA, environment and sustainability consultancy LDA Design and engineering firm WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff have been appointed to generate and test ideas for development and to provide deliverable proposals that will form part of the Plymouth Plan.
Initial masterplan options will go out for public consultation later this year.
Councillor Mark Lowry, cabinet member for finance, said: “The city centre is constantly changing. We’ve got a new coach station on the way, a new library, a major leisure development is on the cards at Bretonside, plans are underway for a history centre and there’s lots of interest in Plymouth.
“A masterplan is needed to build on previous work and to develop a clear sense of what the city centre needs to do to make it the best it possibly can be over the next few decades and to use this to market the city to prospective investors and developers.”
