Plymouth port getting upgrade to help ferry passengers

Plans for a new passenger boarding facility at the Millbay Ferry terminal in Plymouth have been proposed. The scheme will improve the ferry servicing facilities available and reconfigure vehicle parking and queuing lanes associated with the existing passenger and freight ferry services that operate at the Port of Plymouth.

The Passenger Boarding Bridge no longer adhered to regulatory requirements and has reached the end of its serviceable life, so passengers embarking and disembarking the vessel currently use the Link Span. The existing jetty at the Millbay^[1] Ferry Terminal is not considered suitable to accommodate the proposed PBB design loads in its current state.

But under the new plans, the existing jetty will be modified through adding a new row of piles, installing concrete crosshead beams to join the pile heads in a row together and constructing a new deck on top. Associated British Ports (ABP) has now made a request for approval under Regulation 77 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 for the works.

ABP is embarking on a series of strategic infrastructure developments at Millbay to secure the long-term future of the ferry terminal, improve passenger experience, strengthen its freight capability as well as increase the port’s green credentials and grow the offer to the cruise market. Plymouth City Council^[4] earlier this year made a decision to allocate £1,300,000 of Freeport Seed Capital Funding into the Capital Programme for the Millbay terminal development.

The overall aim of the scheme would mean Plymouth is set to see more ships, more cargo and more business – as well as more growth. Dock owners ABP have already begun a programme of work to make improvements to the passenger experience at the ferry terminal.

Plymouth City Council planners will determine the fate of all the new applications listed below at a later date. Below is the full latest list of planning applications that have been submitted this week.

Plymouth planning list

· Single storey front and side extension – 126 Looseleigh Lane Plymouth PL6 5JD – https://planning.plymouth.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=S3UGT8MMKV600&activeTab=summary^[5]

· Conversion of 2no. flats occupying the ground, first, and second floors into 1no. dwellinghouse (Class C3) (part retrospective) – 30 Athenaeum Street Plymouth PL1 2RQ – https://planning.plymouth.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=S3UP6JMMKVC00&activeTab=summary^[6]

· Pre-application for change of use from solicitors to dwellinghouse – 4 St Lawrence Road Plymouth PL4 6HN – https://planning.plymouth.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=S3UVOLMM05L00&activeTab=summary^[7]

· New signages proposed to walls and railings of existing pub frontage – 9 Grand Parade Plymouth PL1 3DF – https://planning.plymouth.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=S3T03FMMKUR00&activeTab=summary^[8]

· Single storey side and front extension ( Resubmission of application 23/00767/FUL) – 4 Cotton Close Plymouth PL7 1JA – https://planning.plymouth.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=S3RLT6MMKUA00&activeTab=summary^[9]

· Replacement of entrance door – 14 Barbican Approach Plymouth PL4 0LG – https://planning.plymouth.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=S3RLRGMMKU500&activeTab=summary^[10][11]

· Pre-application for change the use from Class E to Sui Generis (drinking establishment) – 2A Westfield Plymouth PL7 2DY – https://planning.plymouth.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=S3R9MZMM05L00&activeTab=summary^[12]

· Pre-application for provision of parking for 2no cars together with dropped kerb – 10 Biggin Hill Plymouth PL5 2PN – https://planning.plymouth.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=S3R1XIMM05L00&activeTab=summary^[13]

· Variation of Condition 1 (Approved Plans) of application 22/01451/FUL to alter jumbrella layout, entrance archway, and store – The Ship, Quay Road Plymouth PL1 2JZ – https://planning.plymouth.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=S3RLRYMMKU800&activeTab=summary^[14]

· Establish existing use of property as a 5-bed HMO (Class C4) – 69 Houndiscombe Road Plymouth PL4 6HB – https://planning.plymouth.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=S3PONVMMKTH00&activeTab=summary^[15]

· Change of use from office to place of worship (Class F1) with ancillary offices, meeting rooms, and associated work – 55 – 57 Exeter Street Plymouth PL4 0AH – https://planning.plymouth.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=S3P9FMMM04Q00&activeTab=summary^[16]

· Loft conversion with enlarged North side dormer and single storey rear extension – 10 Springfield Close Plymouth PL9 8QE – https://planning.plymouth.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=S3PRG7MMKTK00&activeTab=summary^[17]

· Request for approval under Regulation 77 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 for works at Millbay Ferry Terminal Plymouth – Millbay Ferry Terminal Plymouth – https://planning.plymouth.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=S3P3CLMM05L00&activeTab=summary^[18]

· 3D signage letters mounted to top edge of roof parapet and illuminated with trough light at the base of the sign. Signage hand-painted directly to rendered parapet wall. Signage arch to existing gate posts with 3d signage letters and capped with new globe style lantern light. Illuminated brass menu board on gate post. Existing totem sign replaced with new totem hanging sign on oak post and topped with 3d castle/turret. Hand-painted signages to main entry gate posts with new illuminated brass menu board – 9 Grand Parade Plymouth PL1 3DF – https://planning.plymouth.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=S3JTJLMMKRS00&activeTab=summary^[19]

· Replacement of existing leaking bitumen felt roof covering, provision of insulation to current Building Regulation standard and new three layer bitumen felt system. Redecoration of external rendered walls and woodwork/metalwork in same colour as existing – Devonport Dockyard Saltash Road Keyham Plymouth PL1 4SG – https://planning.plymouth.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=S3FVVHMMKQM00&activeTab=summary^{[20][21][22][23]}

· Non-material Amendment: To remove dormer and replace with Velux and additional side windows of application 22/01911/S73 – 40 Dean Hill Plymouth PL9 9AE – https://planning.plymouth.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=S3CJ3RMM04Q00&activeTab=summary^[24]

· Establish existing use of property as 4 bed HMO – 2 Furzehill Road Plymouth PL4 7JY – https://planning.plymouth.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=S370F4MMKO400&activeTab=summary^[25]

· Detached single-storey garden house and new garage with flat roof over and surface mounted solar panels and new rear patio – 4 Homer Park Plymouth PL9 9NN – https://planning.plymouth.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=S352YRMMKNH00&activeTab=summary^[26]

· Two-storey side extension, replacement GF front porch extension and loft conversion, plus retrospective permission for a rear conservatory – 125 Fort Austin Avenue Plymouth PL6 5NR = https://planning.plymouth.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=S352Y2MMKNF00&activeTab=summary^[27]

· Proposal for roller shutter doors and associated works to Unit 10 together with external hard surfacing and car parking – 6 Burrington Road Plymouth PL5 3LX – https://planning.plymouth.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=S2B55ZMMKDI00&activeTab=summary^[28]

· Extension to existing forecourt shop/sales building, installation of new service compound and other associated works – 89 Outland Road Plymouth PL2 3DE – https://planning.plymouth.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=S0IPQ6MMJTX00&activeTab=summary^[29]

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