Plymouth City Council's Plan for Libraries takes a further step forward this month, with Crownhill Library the next to undergo refurbishment.
Investment includes a new meeting room complete with audio visual equipment, twice as many computers and a refreshed book stock. External and internal signage, including shelf guiding, will also be improved.
Fishing boat crews who live and work in Plymouth will be safer at sea, thanks to a project designed by Plymouth City Council with support from local fishing industry.
The Council has been awarded £77,000 from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the Maritime Management Organisation for the scheme to help reduce loss of life and accidents within the local fishing industry....
Letters will soon be landing on the doormats of every home in Plymouth to tell people about their new bin collection arrangements.
From 8 May the city will have an alternate weekly collection system, which means households will have their recycling – the green bins – collected by Plymouth City Council crews one week and their non-recyclable rubbish – the brown bins – the next.
There were over 1,200 homes completed in Plymouth last year, the second highest number since 1988/1989. In the year ending March 2016, a total of 1,244 homes were completed in the city smashing the City Council’s own Plan for Homes target of 1,000 homes a year.
Commenting on the figures, Councillor Patrick Nicholson, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Strategic Housing, Transport,...
Plymouth City Council have deployed cutting crews around the city so that tall grass can be cut after a month of warm weather and plenty of rain has left the city’s verges and parks looking particularly luscious.
In just two days, the Street Cleansing and Grounds team received over 80 calls asking for grass to be cut in all our neighbourhoods. There were also comments and requests on...
The ambitious Plan for Homes by Plymouth City Council which aims to deliver 5,000 new homes over five years, is the 2016 winner of the Royal Town Planning Institute’ (RTPI) Silver Jubilee Cup, the UK and Ireland’s most prestigious planning award.
Some of the 5,000 homes will be built on council owned land identified and released for development and the scheme will target institutional...
No party has secured a clear majority following yesterday’s local elections, with 27 Labour, 27 Conservative and three UKIP seats.
It is now up to the political parties to discuss what agreements can be made in order for an administration to be formed and agreed at the Annual Council Meeting on Friday 20 May.
Click here for Plymouth City Council's local election results page to...
A number of Ernesettle sites are being transferred to a community owned trust with the aim of providing jobs, green energy, learning and training opportunities, opportunities for community activity and improved community services and facilities.
Plymouth City Council is transferring the land off Ernesettle Lane to Four Greens Community Trust (FGCT) to give local people more control...
