The architects Jellicoe, Ballantyne & Colleridge were subsequently given authority to make amendments to his design, although Stirling's general layout and concept remained.

After budget overruns, there were concerns over whether the tower building would ever be finished, but the Civic Centre was eventually completed at a cost of £1,600,000.

[3] It was handed over to the council on 21 March 1962 and Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the building on 26 July 1962.

[10] In January 2020, Urban Splash presented plans to convert the tower for residential use creating 144 apartments.

[11] In March 2024, Plymouth City Council announced that they would buy the Civic Centre back from Urban Splash for £1 after securing £8.7 million in levelling-up funding to convert the lower floors of the building into a new campus for City College Plymouth's "Blue-Green Skills Hub".

[1] The members' entrance to the Council House contains a mural depicting local scenes painted by Mary Adshead in 1962.