Editing Plymouth (section)

=== Plymouth 2020 ===
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Since 2003, Plymouth Council has been undertaking a project of urban redevelopment called the "Vision for Plymouth" launched by the architect [[David Mackay (architect)|David Mackay]] and backed by both Plymouth City Council and the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce (PCC).<ref name="vision">{{cite web |title=A vision for Plymouth |url=http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/vision#city_centre |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609065746/http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/vision#city_centre |archive-date=9 June 2008 |access-date=20 February 2008 |website=plymouth.gov.org |publisher=Plymouth City Council}}</ref> With the aim of growing the population to 300,000 by building 33,000 new dwellings, its projects range from shopping centres, new public realm, a cruise terminal, rebalancing the underutilised city centre retail district and opening waterfront development linked by a new urban boulevard.<ref name="vision" />

[[File:Drake circus interior.jpg|thumb|left|Interior of the [[Drake Circus Shopping Centre]] in 2006]]
In 2004 the old Drake Circus shopping centre and Charles Cross car park were demolished and replaced by the latest [[Drake Circus Shopping Centre]], which opened in October 2006.<ref name="dccontroversy">{{Cite news |date=5 October 2006 |title=Controversy over £200m shops plan |publisher=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/5402112.stm |access-date=13 October 2007 |archive-date=26 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070826102931/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/5402112.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> It received negative feedback before opening when David Mackay said it was already "ten years out of date".<ref name="dccontroversy" /> It was awarded the first ever [[Carbuncle Cup]], awarded for Britain's ugliest building, in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=Carbuncle Cup|url=https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Carbuncle_Cup|access-date=29 March 2021|website=designingbuildings.co.uk|language=en-gb|archive-date=21 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921040231/https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Carbuncle_Cup|url-status=live}}</ref> In contrast, the [[Theatre Royal, Plymouth|Theatre Royal]]'s production and education centre, TR2, which was built on wasteland at [[Cattedown]], was a runner-up for the RIBA [[Stirling Prize]] for Architecture in 2003.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Laing |first=Jemima |date=5 October 2006 |title=Changing perceptions of Plymouth |publisher=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/5385206.stm |access-date=15 November 2008 |archive-date=15 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115110836/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/5385206.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

Proposals included the demolition of the [[Plymouth Pavilions]] [[Arena|entertainment arena]] to create a canal "boulevard" linking [[Millbay]] to the city centre delivered in 2020. Millbay is being regenerated with mixed residential, retail and office space alongside the ferry port.<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 December 2002 |title=Dock regeneration plan boosted |publisher=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2588159.stm |access-date=29 June 2008 |archive-date=15 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115081243/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2588159.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

Plymouth's Civic Centre was vacated by Plymouth City Council, and their operations were dispersed across the city centre—the vacant and dilapidated modernist building was proposed for demolition by the Council but was ultimately saved by a listing in 2007<ref>{{cite web | url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1392038?section=official-list-entry | title=Council House and former Civic Centre, non Civil Parish - 1392038 &#124; Historic England }}</ref> for its national architectural merit and was gifted to the developers [[Urban Splash]], who intend to refurbish the structure for a mixed-use regeneration including variable let accommodation.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.urbansplash.co.uk/regeneration/projects/civic-centre | title=Civic Centre, Plymouth }}</ref> The removal and relocation of [[Bretonside bus station]]—a site originally earmarked for the Council<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 September 2007 |title=Civic centre demolition backed |publisher=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7010433.stm |access-date=15 November 2008 |archive-date=15 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115110846/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7010433.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>—was ultimately released  for a mixed-use commercial leisure redevelopment including cinema and restaurants named 'Barcode' owned by [[British Land]] which also owns the adjacent Drake's Circus.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/barcode-drake-circus-mall-owner-8446510?int_source=nba | title=Barcode and Drake Circus owner makes £1bn loss | date=17 May 2023 }}</ref>

Jacka Bakery in the Barbican district is reputedly the oldest bakery in the UK,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://myfoodhunt.com/2020/09/11/jacka-bakery-in-plymouth/ | title=Jacka Bakery in Plymouth | date=29 November 2023 }}</ref> and has operated since the 1600s.