Plymouth freeport to get ?3.5m of land for ‘hundreds of jobs’

Two other tax exempt sites within the freeport have also received seed funding.

The city council has allocated £4m to the freeport’s largest site at Beaumont Way in Langage and £1.3m for Millbay Docks in Plymouth.

The local authority was given nearly £20m for the freeport^[1] by the from the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Levelling Up in November.

Plymouth City Council leader Tudor Evans said: “This decision will help speed up the ground and preparation work needed on this allocated freeport site to get it ready for development.

“In a nutshell, this means more jobs will be available sooner.”

The land near Sherford is currently owned by the Sherford Consortium, a partnership between award-winning national housebuilders, Taylor Wimpey and Vistry Group.

The freeport authority said it would unlock millions of pounds in funding and create 3,500 jobs, mainly in maritime and defence industries.

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1. ^{^} was given nearly £20m for the freeport (www.bbc.co.uk)