Neighbourhood Planning in Cornwall 126 Town and parish

Neighbourhood Planning in Cornwall • 126 Town and parish councils are involved in the Neighbourhood Planning Process • 113 Designated Areas • 36 Pre – Submission Consultations held • 29 Plan Proposals Submitted to CC • 23 Examinations held • 20 Referendums held • 20 Made Plans

Top Tips – Early stages • Project management focus – keep going! • Recruit volunteers and use existing community resources and equipment before for funding • Focus on key issues – don’t replicate the Local Plan Communication and consultation • Consult residents via questionnaires, community events, tailoring engagement to demographic in parish • Keep Parishioners informed of progress through parish newsletter, local press • Create a NDP website/webpage and keep it updated with meeting minutes, consultation and progress • Engage early on with stakeholders

Examples • • Mawnan consultation branding Roche – publicity and questionnaire Carlyon Bay – Questionnaire analysis St Stephen in Brannel – Questionnaire Analysis

Top Tips – Drafting the Plan Attend CC Neighbourhood planning surgeries Discuss options for turning issues into options Use the policy drafting and document templates Be clear, state the objective and justify with evidence Get early draft screening for SEA from CC and receive advice from different services • Submit final draft NDP and supporting documents with contents pages, making sure information/maps are on the right page with clear links to evidence • Organise and publish clear evidence base document • Use the guide notes for pre-submission consultation and submission • • •

• • • Examples Topics analysis Carlyon / St Stephen in Brannel Templates and guidance Policy Template NDP template SEA Guide Note Presubmission Consultation Formal Submission Checklist Basic Conditions Statement Template Consultation Statement Template

Top Tips – Monitoring and Implementation • Brief your parish council members on the NDP • Reference the NDP when submitting comments on planning applications – specify section and reasons • Keep your website up to date – especially as the NDP is emerging • Consider triggers for review

What will Cornwall Council Do?

Weight of Emerging and Made NDPs excerpt from Briefing Note: Weight of Emerging Neighbourhood Plans

Examples • St Ives Town Council monitor their NDP in decisions made – we have review meetings with them • Liskeard are setting up a ‘watchdog’ group • Roseland monitored the implementation of the NDP for a year – plan to attend surgery • CC monitor delivery against allocations, delivery in ‘Principal Residence’ areas, appeals results

Recent Appeal Decisions • Principal Residence • Appeals to lift the condition dismissed in St Ives Area and St Minver Parishes • Condition applied when appeal to build new house in Rame Peninsula allowed • Development Boundary • Appeal for new site outside settlement boundary dismissed – St Minver Parishes • Development site allowed in line with emerging NDP Wadebridge • Appeal for site outside settlement boundary dismissed Liskeard • Design • Larger replacement dwelling allowed – Roseland

Lessons learned from Appeals • Make sure your justification and evidence is robust - the test at appeal will be tougher than examination • Design policies which describe character and ask proposals to respond are stronger than set restrictions