Cornwall Local Plan: Strategic Policies 2010-2030 Combined document to support submission to the Secretary of State (January 2016) 2 This is a version of the Cornwall Local Plan: Strategic Policies containing Further Significant Changes (January 2016) The original versions of the Proposed submission document (March 2014) and the Schedule of Focused Changes (September 2014). can be viewed by visiting www.cornwall.gov.uk/localplancornwall The document contains the amendments changed and consulted on during the further significant changes consultation and are expressed in the conventional form of strikethrough for deletions and underlining for additions of text. Cornwall Local Plan: Strategic Policies 2010-2030 Combined document to support submission to the Secretary of State (January 2016) Contents 72 Policy 18 Minerals – general principles 73 Policy 19 Minerals safeguarding 6 Introduction – Planning Future Cornwall 77 Policy 20 Strategic waste management principles 10 Vision and objectives 78 Policy 21 Managing the provision of waste 13 Spatial Strategy management facilities 36 General policies 79 Policy 22 Best use of land and existing buildings 106 Policy messages for places – Community Network Areas 80 Policy 22A Protection of the Countryside 206 Monitoring framework 85 Policy 23a European protected sites 218 Saved policies 88 Policy 23 Natural environment 224 Key diagram – policies map 97 Policy 24 Historic environment Schedule of policies 99 Policy 25 Green infrastructure 12 Policy 1 Presumption in favour of sustainable 101 Policy 26 Flood risk management and coastal development change 12 Policy 2 Spatial strategy 103 Policy 27 Transport and accessibility 24 Policy 2a Key targets and spatial strategy 105 Policy 28 Infrastructure 29 Policy 3 Role and function of places 114 PP1 West Penwith 34 Policy 4 Shopping, services and community facilities 121 PP2 Hayle and St Ives 40 Policy 5 Jobs and skills 127 PP3 Helston and the Lizard 45 Policy 6 Housing mix 133 PP4 Camborne, Pool and Redruth 46 Policy 7 Housing in the countryside 139 PP5 Falmouth and Penryn 51 Policy 8 Affordable housing 147 PP6 Truro and Roseland 54 Policy 9 Rural Exception Schemes Affordable housing 151 PP7 St Agnes and Perranporth led schemes 155 PP8 Newquay and St Columb 55 Policy 10 Publicly owned sites 168 PP9 St Austell and Mevagissey; China Clay; St 56 Policy 11 Managing viability Blazey, Fowey and Lostwithiel 58 Policy 12 Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling 174 PP10 Wadebridge and Padstow Showpeople 178 PP11 Bodmin 61 Policy 13 Design 182 PP12 Camelford 64 Policy 14 Development standards 186 PP13 Bude 66 Policy 15 Renewable and low carbon energy 190 PP14 Launceston 68 Policy 16 Safeguarding renewable energy 194 PP15 Liskeard and Looe 69 Policy 17 Health and wellbeing 198 PP16 Caradon 205 PP17 Cornwall Gateway 5 Cornwall Local Plan: Strategic Policies 2010-2030 Combined document to support submission to the Secretary of State (January 2016) Planning Future Cornwall 1.3 These policies set out how we will consider planning applications, set targets for growth and the broad 1.1 This part of the Local Plan (the Plan) sets out our main distribution of development that reflects identified needs. planning approach and policies for Cornwall. Further details They are also intended to provide sufficient flexibility to including allocations are provided by additional Local Plan respond to opportunities and changing priorities. They give and Supplementary Planning Documents. Neighbourhood scope for our communities to manage the delivery of the Plans, prepared by city, town and parish councils will be Plan locally. part of the statutory whole Plan too. The Plan also sets out how we will manage development to 2030. 1.4 We also intend the Plan to provide a suitable framework for a range of key service providers and 1.2 The Plan is intended to help deliver the vision and stakeholders, whose input and delivery of services and objectives of ‘Future Cornwall’, our sustainable community infrastructure will be essential to the successful strategy. The underlying principles of the strategy seek to implementation of the strategy. manage future development to ensure all communities in Cornwall have an appropriate balance of jobs, services, 1.5 The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets facilities and homes. out the Government’s planning policies for England and how these are expected to be applied. It provides the Future growth in Cornwall will be controlled through a framework within which local communities and councils can ‘plan, monitor and manage approach’ ensuring that the produce their own distinctive local and neighbourhood right policies are in place to reflect changing plans. The Cornwall Local Plan seeks to be fully consistent circumstances. To enable this more flexible approach the with the NPPF and does not repeat national policy but sets Cornwall Local Plan will be subject to periodic review over out a clear approach for dealing with proposals. the Plan period. The Cornwall Local Plan: Strategic Policies document sets out policies that are: How to use this plan Spatial – setting the overall strategy; and The policies avoid repetition so it is important they are all read as a whole. All policies will be Topic based – which will be applicable to most proposals; considered together in decision making. The and policies are the strategic policies for the purpose of providing context for Neighbourhood Plans. 6 Cornwall Local Plan: Strategic Policies 2010-2030 Combined document to support submission to the Secretary of State (January 2016) Place based – specific for each community network area setting out the priorities for each area. 1.6 In addition the Plan will be supported by other formal documents, these include: Neighbourhood Plans – prepared by local councils in conformity with national policy and the policies and proposals of this Plan, Development Plan Documents – providing further detail for policies and forming part of the statutory framework including site allocations and mineral safeguarding, As well as: Supplementary Planning Documents that help guide decisions by giving additional evidence and advice, and; A range of site specific and thematic plans giving greater detail on how these proposals will be implemented. 7 Cornwall Local Plan: Strategic Policies 2010-2030 Combined document to support submission to the Secretary of State (January 2016) which continue today. Nine towns have a population of Cornwall in context over 10,000 (five over 20,000) while a further seventeen small towns have around 5,000 residents. These sit 1.7 Cornwall is the most south westerly tip of the United among many other sizable villages and hamlets. Kingdom, covering an area of 3,559 sq km. It is the second largest local authority area in the South West. Cornwall is 1.11 Being a peninsula means that Cornwall does not and distinctive with a coastline 697km long. The sea forms the cannot rely heavily on neighbouring areas to supplement northern, southern and western boundaries, with the River many infrastructure requirements such as health, Tamar forming the eastern border with Devon and employment and education. While this geography creates Plymouth, giving it its strong maritime character. challenges for economic growth and accessibility it also provides us with opportunities. It has helped create 1.8 Cornwall encompasses a diverse environment and rich some of Cornwall’s distinctiveness and cultural identity. economic and cultural history; the quality of which attracts residents, visitors and businesses alike. Cornwall is an 1.12 For many years the Council has sought to promote area of many contrasts and varied landscapes with remote higher incomes with a more diverse economy and make rural, coastal and environmentally sensitive areas, Cornwall less dependent on seasonal employment, based interspersed with villages and historic market towns. Many largely in the tourism sector. With a combination of high areas are affluent contrasting with some areas being house prices, low average incomes aggravated by high among the most disadvantaged areas in the UK. second home and holiday let ownership has led to a situation where many parts of Cornwall have difficulty in 1.9 Cornwall is famous the world over for its ‘industrial and meeting their own communities’ housing needs. mining heritage’ recognised through its World Heritage status. Today we have a growing reputation in 1.13 Changes in the population present major challenges, environmental protection and technologies and the arts, an increase in the proportion of older residents’ impacts on alongside the growing role and reputation of its academic health facilities and services, while deprivation remains a institutions. persistent concern in key areas. 1.10 Cornwall is characterised by a dispersed settlement pattern. Our communities are equally diverse having developed strong local identities and traditions – many of 9 Cornwall Local Plan: Strategic Policies 2010-2030 Combined document to support submission to the Secretary of State (January 2016) delivery of housing to meet needs. The policies of the Local Vision and objectives Plan provide a particular priority on the support for affordable housing and as part of that a focus upon supporting the delivery of housing to meet local needs with 1.14 The vision of Future Cornwall (our adopted restrictions via a local connection. sustainable community strategy) is to: 1.18 We have a responsibility to ensure that change and “achieve a leading position in sustainable living” the new places we create meet our current and future needs and can be designed, in a way that is equally as 1.15 The strong and diverse character of Cornwall is rich, inclusive and distinctive as the best of what has come special. It gives us an important understanding of our before. place in the world. This Plan gives us the opportunity to protect what we know is special while taking responsibility 1.19 Our overall aim is to support sustainable to shape future development positively, for all our development. Ultimately this is a balance of decisions residents and visitors.