Wharfside Developments Ltd

Wharfside Developments Ltd is a development company based in Ireland which instructed Clarke Willmott in relation to a proposal for a District Centre and mixed use development at Derriford in Plymouth comprising shops, cafes, restaurants, community facilities and 356 dwellings.

Problem

• Promoting a site about which Plymouth City Council had changed its mind mid way through the planning application process.

• Promoting a site against the proposed Area Action Plan proposals.

• Promoting a site for which viability was a critical issue.

Solution

• Progressing an appeal by way of public inquiry (lasting six weeks in all).

• Assembling evidence and mounting arguments to challenge the Council’s change of heart and revised proposals.

• Promoting novel solutions for the “planning gain” package to deal with issues of viability.

Benefit

• To provide a functioning District Centre for Derriford at an early stage in the Development Plan period.

• To bring into beneficial use an under used area of Plymouth.

• To provide development and jobs at a time when both are in short supply.