A NEW 2,000-home neighbourhood could be built on the northern edge of Plymouth, it has been revealed.
Plans to create the new 228-acre community at Woolwell have been unveiled by Plymouth City Council, which owns the land.
It is the latest twist in a long-running saga which is seeing a string of developers battling it out to build in the north of the city.
The council's new masterplan would see a school and health centre built, along with around 2,000 new homes.
A deal paving the way to make it a reality was signed by city chiefs as they made an executive decision today.
A council spokesman said the authority part-owned the land, which is in the South Hams District Council area.
Council leader Tudor Evans added: “It’s fantastic news that we can move this exciting project forward, which will provide much needed homes including affordable housing.
“Along with some 2,000 new homes there will also be the necessary infrastructure, including a new health centre and school.”
The spokesman said a ‘collaboration agreement’ would now be signed between Plymouth City Council, South Hams District Council and developers Hannick Homes, who will head up the project.
The company is behind a project to build at Rutt Lane in Ivybridge.
The Swindon-based firm has applied for permission for up to 198 homes, a neighbourhood centre and healthcare facilties in the town.
Plymouth City Council owns 29 acres of the land at Woolwell but plans to sell it off and cash in once planning permission has been secured in the South Hams.
It promised that money would be pumped back into frontline services.
The plan for Woolwell is the latest of several proposed for the north of Plymouth.
Among them is Sutton Harbour Holdings’ controversial bid to build 1,600 homes on the mothballed airport site.
Meanwhile, Wharfside Regeneration (Devon) wants to build a small supermarket, 356 homes, shops, restaurants, care facilities and a car park at Seaton Barracks and the North West Quadrant, near Derriford Hospital.
And rival Petros has plans for a department store, houses, shops and a multiplex cinema complex called Derriford Fortside next to Crownhill Fort, on the other side of Tavistock Road.
Building on land north of Woolwell has been talked about for more than a decade.
Proposals to build 2,000 homes there surfaced in 2003 as part of plans to find an alternative to the new town of Sherford.
Then in 2005 the council sold off 22 acres of land at Bickleigh Down, just off the A386.
Developers lined up to pay around £10million for the land near Towerfield Drive.
Then in 2012 a so-called 'eco-village' was given the go-ahead for Bickleigh Down.
Developers CornerstoneZED signed up to building 91 low-carbon homes just north of the Tesco in Roborough, though work has still not fully begun.
Plus a new permanent Gypsy and Travellers site
PLYMOUTH is to get a new permanent Gypsy and Travellers site, it has been confirmed.
The new site in the north of the city - which has been years in the planning - will be bigger than The Ride, which is currently Plymouth's only other permanent site.
A total of 16 pitches will be built at Broadley Park, near Roborough, after the council's plans were formally approved.
The site is being funded with a £790,000 grant from the Government's Homes and Communities Agency.
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