Mowlem is currently obtaining planning permission from South Hams District Council (SHDC) and also a Marine Consent Licence from the Environment Agency.

The £1m project is expected to commence at the end of May and a wide scope of works will be involved.

An extension is to be built to an Engineering Workshop on the site and modifications made to the main workshop to create a new boat repair facility requiring 7m high access doors.

In addition, repairs will be carried out on the main concrete slipway and an extension to a concrete jetty will be constructed on steel tubular piles with an overall size of 40m x 20m.

This extension will house a new crane, which will be used to lift boats of up to 70 tonnes into the new repair facility.

Finally, the project will involve the construction of a new two-storey teaching block to seat 48 naval cadets. This will involve the demolition of an existing boathouse and the construction of a retaining wall within an old tidal slipway. The contract is due for completion at the end of this year.