Camelford Place Based Issues Paper February 2011
Contents
CORNWALL LDF: CORE STRATEGY PLACE-BASED ISSUES 1 PAPER: CAMELFORD COMMUNITY NETWORK AREA Summary 1 Purpose of paper 1 Camelford Community Network Area 2 Key Facts 3 Introduction 4 Housing 5 Local Economy 7 Retail and Town Centres 9 Transport and Accessibility 10 Community facilities 11 People 13 Environment 14 Coast 16 Summary and Key Spatial Issues 18 Appendix A - Community Planning Area Visions / Key Objectives 18 Appendix B - Landscape Character information from the 2007 20 Cornwall Landscape Character Assessment February 2011 Camelford Place Based Issues Paper
Contents Camelford Place Based Issues Paper February 2011 1
Cornwall LDF: Core Strategy Place-based Issues Paper: Camelford Community Network Area
Cornwall LDF: Core Strategy Place-based Issues Paper: Camelford Community Network Area
Summary
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This paper explores and brings together the key emerging issues to be addressed by the Cornwall Core Strategy that are specific to the Camelford Community Network Area.
The key issues:
Issue 1 – Enable the provision of affordable housing, without major development being directed to the area.
Issue 2 – Address congestion within Camelford town centre.
Issue 3 – Improve and encourage the use of public and community transport within the area and with adjoining areas.
Issue 4 – Strengthen community facilities and services in Camelford and the villages, including co-location of facilities.
Issue 5 – Enable new employment opportunities to align housing and employment provision.
Issue 6 – Promote renewable energy generation other than through major windfarms.
Purpose of paper
This is one of a series of papers whose main purpose is to identify the key issues for a specific area of Cornwall. There are nineteen Community Network Areas in Cornwall, based on groupings of parishes as shown on the map below. Community Network Areas were introduced to give communities a stronger voice in helping them deal with complex issues. In this they offer a valuable conduit through which proposed Core Strategy area policies can be refined to reflect local issues through engagement, policy formulation, delivery and local ownership. Further information on Community Network Areas can be found at http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12439.
The various issues have been identified from a range of sources including plans and proposals of other organisations. Parish Plans have been very useful in identifying issues, and a summary of the ‘visions’ for each of the Parish Plans undertaken in the Camelford Community Network Area is included in Appendix 1. A full list of the Core Strategy Issues Papers can be found on the Council’s website www.cornwall.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=17394.
For the purposes of this paper, ‘Camelford’ is used to refer to the town and its immediate surroundings, and the ‘rural hinterland’ to the wider Camelford area outside of the town. 2 February 2011 Camelford Place Based Issues Paper
Cornwall LDF: Core Strategy Place-based Issues Paper: Camelford Community Network Area
Camelford Community Network Area
Description ~ The Camelford Community Network Area covers 18 parishes that contain a range of settlements of different types and sizes as shown on the map below. The settlement pattern in this Community Network Area is characterised by a relatively large number of small settlements and a small market town. Camelford is the principal settlement within this area, and acts as the local service centre to the many smaller settlements in the area. Larger villages in the area include Boscastle, Delabole, St Breward, St Teath, Tintagel and Warbstow Cross.
The main transport link to and within this Community Network Area is the A39 which runs approximately north-south through the area, connecting the area to north Devon and mid Cornwall. Despite this road link however, much of the area can be classified as remote, because of the distances between settlements, type of roads and sparse public transport options in the area. Camelford and the larger villages provide for the basic day to day needs of the area’s inhabitants, with a number of mobile services serving the smaller settlements. For other services and facilities inhabitants must travel to larger service centres outside the area, notably Wadebridge, Bodmin and Truro.
Links with other areas: The area does have employment related links with the Bude, Launceston, Wadebridge and Bodmin Community Network Areas. Inhabitants of the easternmost part of the area look to Launceston for employment and services, although east-west links are time-consuming. Camelford Place Based Issues Paper February 2011 3
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Key Facts
Key facts about the Camelford Community Network Area include the following (http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=20177 for the latest version of the Camelford Community Network Profile which gives more information):
PARISHES: Advent, Camelford, Davidstow, Forrabury & Minster, Lesnewth, Michaelstow, Otterham, St Breward, St Clether, St Juliot, St Teath, Tintagel, Tremaine, Treneglos, Tresmeer, Trevalga and Warbstow.
POPULATION: The Camelford Community Network Area had a population of just over 12,000 (in 2007), which is approximately 2% of Cornwall's population. Between 2001 and 2007 the population grew 1.5 times faster than the Cornwall average. The size of the area is nearly 25,000 hectares, which equates to 15% of Cornwall’s land area. The population density of the area is only a third of that for the whole of Cornwall (0.5 per hectare as opposed to 1.5 per hectare), making this a predominantly rural area.
ENVIRONMENT: The coastal strip in the west is an AONB, as is Bodmin Moor, a large part of which lies within this Community Network Area. The River Camel corridor is designated a Special Area of Conservation. Boscastle has a well-documented area at higher risk of flooding. Building conservation areas are designated in Camelford, Boscastle, St Teath and Tintagel. 4 February 2011 Camelford Place Based Issues Paper
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HOUSING: There were 5,265 dwellings in March 2010 within the network area - 690 of which were constructed in the period 2001-2010. As of March 2010 the total number of dwellings included 557 second homes and 148 empty homes. In addition there were 111 dwellings under construction and a further 270 permitted dwellings where work has not commenced; when completed these dwellings will be counted towards the overall growth total. The number of affordable houses needed each year for the next 10 years in the Camelford CNA to meet the backlog is 30 (approx. net annual need).
EMPLOYMENT: Camelford has a manufacturing focus, albeit on a small scale; the coastal area has a high proportion of employment in the hotel and restaurant sector.
TRAVEL: The A39 runs almost north-south through the area. The area does not have strategic east-west links and there are no alternative transport links, such as rail.
FACILITIES: Camelford and the larger villages has relatively comprehensive facilities that serve a wide rural area. For instance Camelford has a secondary school and an indoor swimming pool. Boscastle, Tintagel, St Teath and St Breward each have a range of shops, a post office and a primary school.
Introduction
The following tables provide the link between the ‘Topic Based Issues Papers’ and the ‘Place Based Issues Papers’. Each table explores the evidence relating to this Community Network Area against the main themes from a policy and community viewpoint, and concludes by identifying specific issues. Housing Cornwall Table .2
Housing: This table will explore the evidence relating to housing – future growth, balance in the housing stock, tenure mix, quality, deprivation, second homes, in-migration, affordability and housing need. Evidence that highlights specific issues for this area will be identified under ‘Issues for Consideration’ and in the summary box at the end of the table – evidence that shows no difference LDF: between this area and the average for Cornwall will not.
(1) Evidence & Policy Context Community View Issues for Consideration Core
The draft Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) did direct Develop locally identified Housing affordability across
13,400 new dwellings to the former North Cornwall area affordable housing the area Strategy and some of this growth would be accommodated in (identifying sites, bringing Affordable housing need, Camelford. However with the abolition of the RSS by the together landowners, especially in Camelford, current government, housing targets will need to be developers, Housing Delabole and Tintagel determined more locally. Associations etc)
Number of new homes Place-based The number of households on the housing waiting list in Discuss possible required to enhance the area is approximately 320 (June ‘09), with the highest developments of homes sustainability of the smaller numbers in Camelford, Delabole and Tintagel (also St for local people, settlements in the area Breward: 28). especially homes for Options for growth directions House prices in the area averaged at approximately single people and rented in Camelford. Physical Camelford
£200,000, excluding the coastal belt where they averaged accommodation. Also constraints to growth in Community at about £240,000 (’08). discuss need for Camelford Issues sheltered The affordability ratio (number by which to multiply the Number of second homes in Place area’s average wage to get to the area’s average house accommodation. the area Based
price) is approx 8 in the rural part of the area and in Concerns about number Paper: Camelford (Cornish average is 6.6). of second homes Issues The mixture of house sizes is similar to that across the Use Parish Plans to Network county. inform housing growth Paper Gypsies and Travellers – A need for 2 separate transit and to inform need for Camelford
sites of 3-5 pitches each and 5 residential pitches was February Area 201 1 The views in this column reflect the views expressed by communities, predominantly in their parish and town plans, where these are available. A more comprehensive list of views as expressed 1 in parish and town plans in this Community Network Area is shown as an appendix to this document. 5 6 February Community identified in the former North Cornwall area to meet the housing and (un)suitable Cornwall needs until 2011(2). Between 2011- 2026 further pitches locations.
will be required in the former North Cornwall area. Prevent further 2nd 201 1
homes should be Camelford
returned to community LDF: housing stock Network Place Core
Summary: As in most areas of Cornwall the provision of affordable housing is a top priority. House prices are high and Based second home ownership has driven prices up even higher in the coastal belt. The challenge in the area is to provide Issues Strategy housing that is needed, in the right places and of the right type and mix, whilst enhancing the viability of the existing Area communities and their services and facilities. Parish groups indicated that they would like to be involved in the selection and realisation of sites for affordable housing; Parish Plans could be a suitable vehicle for this. Paper Place-based Issues Paper: Camelford
2 Draft Regional Spatial Strategy, Secretary of State Proposed Changes (2008) Local Economy Cornwall Table .3
Local Economy: This table will explore the evidence relating to the local economy, including regeneration and tourism – economic activity, unemployment, deprivation, regeneration, dominant industries, occupation levels, skills, and the ability to work locally.
Evidence that highlights specific issues for this area will be identified under ‘Issues for consideration’ and in the summary box at LDF: the end of the table – evidence that shows no difference between this area and the average for Cornwall will not.
Evidence & Policy Context Community View Issues for Consideration Core
The draft North Cornwall LDF promoted safeguarding of Develop Camelford’s Need to create new
existing employment land at Camelford tourism potential employment opportunities to Strategy The North Cornwall Employment Land Assessment(3) Hi-tech business centre align with housing growth identified the need for approx 2 ha of land to meet future in Camelot area Need to attract higher paid employment needs Roll out broadband jobs
The growth of housing numbers has out stretched the across area Improve access to higher and Place-based employment opportunities and if not addressed will result Local food further education (4) in a dormitory town . visitor/information centre Protection of existing There is no capacity for development within the existing at Camelford, farmers’ employment space in Highfield Estate in Camelford(5). market Camelford to align provision with housing growth
Unemployment in the area has recently seen an overall High-tech business Camelford
increase: in Camelford it is higher than the Cornwall centre at Camelford Appropriate provision of new Community
(6) Issues average, but the rural average is still lower Develop low cost employment space in the
Dominant industries in the area are: agriculture (in rural business units at St villages Place area), tourism (in coastal strip). Camelford has a mixture Teath once financial Sustainability of small Based
of manufacturing, wholesale/retailing and some service climate improves businesses, including post Paper: industries such as education. Attract employers who offices Issues More than half of Camelford’s employees work locally. can offer higher wages Safeguarding the slate Network Work related self containment (where people work in the deposits in Tintagel/Delabole
Improve access to further Paper and higher education to area for future use. Camelford February Area 3 North Cornwall Employment Land Assessment (NCDC, 2005)
4 Cornwall Council Economic Intelligence (2009) 201 5 North Cornwall Employment Land Assessment (NCDC, 2005) 1 6 Office for National Statistics (2009) - Claimant count data ‘08 and ‘09 7 8 February Community community in which they live) is relatively high within this improve skills and job Cornwall area prospects
There are daily travel-to-work bus services from Use Credit Unions to 201 1
Camelford (to Wadebridge and Launceston); the largest control debt. Camelford
villages and some of the smaller villages have a daily LDF: travel-to-work bus service (for example Delabole to Network
Wadebridge; Tintagel to Boscastle, Wadebridge and Place
Camelford Core Tintagel is a major tourist attraction due to its history. Based Tourism is an important source of income for the village. Issues Strategy Slate deposits around the Delabole/Tintagel area have Area
been, and still are actively worked and provide significant Paper local employment. Place-based Summary: Camelford has only a small employment basis but work related self containment is relatively high in the area. To maintain and increase self containment, some further employment provision would need to be made in step with housing provision and in line with the aspirations as expressed by the community. Well paying employers should be attracted. Employment provision in the smaller settlements could bolster the sustainability of these remote communities. Issues Paper: Camelford Retail and Town Centres Cornwall Table .4
Retail and Town Centres: This table will explore the evidence relating to retail and town centres – levels of convenience, comparison and service retail outlets, self-containment, competition from other centres’, shopper needs, capacity for growth, and loss of facilities. Evidence that highlights specific issues for this area will be identified under ‘Issues for Consideration’ and in the LDF: summary box at the end of the table – evidence that shows no difference between this area and the average for Cornwall will not.
Evidence & Policy Context Community View Issues for Consideration Core
Camelford area residents shop in Bodmin or Wadebridge Possible farmers’ market Consider the retail roles of
for food (47% shop for food in Wadebridge, 22% in in St Teath Camelford, as well as that of Strategy Bodmin), locally for food ‘top-ups’. Shopping for clothes, the larger villages domestic appliances, electrical goods etc is more likely Consider how shopping (7) done in Truro functions across the area can Camelford’s centre is a designated conservation area complement to form stronger Place-based which has benefitted from Historic Environment retail network Regeneration Scheme funding The A39 runs straight through the centre of Camelford, causing much congestion in the centre as well as impacting negatively on the shopping experience Camelford Community Issues Summary: It is important that Camelford’s retail function is improved to keep pace with recent and with future population growth, to meet the needs of local residents. The retail offer in the larger villages in the area could be improved to reduce Place shopping related travel and enhance the villages’ sustainability. Solutions to reduce congestion and traffic flows through Based the centre of Camelford would enhance the attraction of this historic town as a shopping destination. Paper: Issues Network Paper Camelford February Area 201 1 7 Cornwall Council/GVA Grimley, (2008), Household telephone retail survey 9 10 February Community Transport and Accessibility Cornwall
Table .5 201 1 Transport and Accessibility: This table will explore the evidence relating to transport and accessibility – opportunities for walking Camelford and cycling, use of private vehicles and public transport, road/rail/air/water networks, and connections within and outside the area. LDF:
Evidence that highlights specific issues for this area will be identified under ‘Issues for consideration’ and in the summary box at Network the end of the table – evidence that shows no difference between this area and the average for Cornwall will not. Place Core Evidence & Policy Context Community View Issues for Consideration Based Issues Strategy Congestion on the A39 within Camelford Consider community transport schemes Transport solutions should be Area Proposal for A39 bypass at Consider use/needs of alternative fuel considered for Camelford, Paper Camelford(8), which is however not transport systems Transport solutions for travel included in the 2006-2011 Cornwall Consider traffic management solutions in between the many small (9)
Local Transport Plan Camelford and villages settlements and Camelford Place-based The scattered nature of the many small Make Camelford more pedestrian-friendly and the larger towns outside settlements in the area impacts on the Reduce traffic speeds in St Teath the area - Including community viability of public transport Promote use of existing bus services transport schemes. Public transport travel times are Provide 'Safe Route' cycle and footpaths Safe cycle and footpaths to significantly longer than in less remote to schools an other facilities to improve local facilities. areas of the county
health and wellbeing Issues
Summary: Congestion is a significant issue to be addressed in Camelford. Enhanced public and community transport
for the area and encouraging its use are issues to be considered for this and adjacent Community Network Areas. Paper: Camelford
8 Cornwall County Council/Atlantic Consultants, (2001), viability study of Camelford distributor road 9 Cornwall County Council, (2006), Local Transport Plan 2006-2011 Community facilities Cornwall Table .6
Community facilities: This table will explore the evidence relating to community facilities, including health, recreation and open space – health care, education, meeting places, formal and informal sports spaces, open space, and loss of facilities. Evidence that highlights specific issues for this area will be identified under ‘Issues for consideration’ and in the summary box at the end of LDF: the table – evidence that shows no difference between this area and the average for Cornwall will not.
Evidence & Policy Context Community View Issues for Consideration Core
Large networks of small settlements rely Promote shared community uses of Co-location of different
on community facilities in the larger existing community buildings (schools, community facilities in the Strategy settlements; settlements have relatively village halls etc) area’s many smaller large catchments Skatepark and other youth facilities at settlements Plans to reduce services from post Delabole Co-location of office in Boscastle proposed for a lesser medical/dentistry services in Develop community centres at Camelford Place-based service. and Delabole new Camelford health service Plans to enhance the Camelford health Environmental improvements at Enfield Regeneration/development of centre. Park, Camelford existing community facilities Enhance health facilities in towns and Identifying the need for and provision of new facilities
villages and access to health facilities Camelford
elsewhere Consider parish councils as Community New FE/HE(10) learning centre in providers for services Issues
Camelford Sharing of facilities between Place New Camelford medical centre as hub for smallest settlements, including Based
outreach services (especially dentistry) access solutions Paper: Lack of community facilities in Advent Issues parish Network
More local service delivery by parish Paper Camelford councils and other organisations February Area 201 1 10 FE = Further Education; HE = Higher Education 1 1 12 February Community Summary: Camelford is the main service centre within this Community Network Area, serving a large rural area. Cornwall Strengthening community facilities and services in the town and villages, including sharing community uses of existing buildings, as well as improving access to facilities elsewhere are to be considered for this area. 201 1 Camelford LDF: Network Place Core Based Issues Strategy Area Paper Place-based Issues Paper: Camelford People Cornwall Table .7
People: This table will explore the evidence relating to people, including demographics, education & skills, social inclusion, crime & anti-social behaviour – age profile, social deprivation, health, safety, perceptions’ of crime, qualifications and skills. Evidence that highlights specific issues for this area will be identified under ‘Issues for Consideration’ and in the summary box at the end LDF: of the table – evidence that shows no difference between this area and the average for Cornwall will not.
Evidence & Policy Context Community View Issues for Consideration Core
Camelford has a much smaller than Work with young people and partners to Suitable facilities and housing
average 15-30 age group and much develop youth initiatives for the youngest and oldest Strategy larger than average 50-70 age group age groups Some pockets of rural deprivation: Address deprivation overall most deprived in the network area is Delabole, which is also most Place-based deprived for income and education/skills/training. Most deprived for employment, health and indoors living environment is Tintagel. Most deprived for housing and services are Camelford
Davidstow, Egloskerry and Community
Warbstow(11). Issues Place Summary: Camelford does not have an even age distribution and encouraging younger people to stay and providing for Based the large older age group gives an indication of the type of development required in the area. Paper: Issues Network Paper Camelford February Area 201 1 11 DCLG, Index of Multiple Deprivation 2007 13 14 February Community Environment Cornwall
Table .8 201 1 Environment: This table will explore the evidence relating to the environment – biodiversity, geodiversity, landscape & seascape, Camelford historic environment, flooding, soil, air and water. Evidence that highlights specific issues for this area will be identified under LDF:
‘Issues for Consideration’ and in the summary box at the end of the table – evidence that shows no difference between this area Network and the average for Cornwall will not. Place Core Evidence & Policy Context Community View Issues for Consideration Based Issues Strategy A wide coastal belt of the area and most Monitor noise at night in St Teath Reduction of flood risk, Area of Bodmin Moor is part of the Cornwall Reducing waste and recycling initiatives especially in Boscastle Paper AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural in Camelot area Linking protection and Beauty). Generate sustainable energy other than enhancement of semi natural
Much of Bodmin Moor is designated as windfarms and reduce energy use areas with catchment wide Place-based SSSI (Sites of Special Scientific Encourage more recycling reduction of surface water Interest); the River Camel corridor and runoff sites on the coast are Special Areas of Air quality in Camelford Conservation. Location of wind farms Landscape character: The area contains Consider renewable energy (parts of) a number of landscape generation options other than Issues character areas as described in windfarms (12) Appendix B . Reduce energy use and Camelford, Boscastle, St Teath and increase recycling
Tintagel each have a Conservation Area Paper: Landscape character: The area contains (parts of) a number of landscape character areas as described in Appendix B.(13). Camelford River and tidal flood risk in Boscastle(14).
12 Cornwall Landscape Character Assessment (2007) 13 Cornwall Landscape Character Assessment (2007) 14 Cornwall SFRA (2009) Restoration and recreation of upland
heath on Bodmin Moor and of the area’s Cornwall woodlands and coastal habitats in accordance with Nature Map(15) Air quality issue in Camelford owing to congestion LDF: Pressure for additional wind farms
Summary: This Community Network Area has a varied and high quality natural environment but also experiences Core considerable pressures from tourism and for wind farms. Renewable energy generation other than through large windfarms
should be explored in this area. Flooding is an issue at Boscastle. Strategy Place-based Camelford Community Issues Place Based Paper: Issues Network Paper Camelford February Area 201 1 15 Biodiversity South West, South West Regional Nature Map 15 16 February Community Coast Cornwall
Table .9 201 1 Coast: This table will explore the evidence relating to the coast. Evidence that highlights specific issues for this area will be Camelford identified under ‘Issues for consideration’ and in the summary box at the end of the table – evidence that shows no difference LDF: between this area and the average for Cornwall will not. Network Place
Evidence & Policy Context Community View Issues for Consideration Core Based Coast of hard geology (cliffs) with Concerns about number of second homes Affordable housing and second Issues Strategy ‘pocket’ beaches and coves. home ownership in the coastal Area Coast is mostly unspoilt and rugged area Paper All of coastal area is within the AONB Future of Boscastle harbour and is defined Heritage Coast Flooding at Boscastle
Area covers part of Management of tourism Place-based Tintagel–Marshland–Clovelly Coast facilities and access in coastal Special Area of Conservation area Tintagel Castle is a special historic Balance recreation/tourism feature along this stretch of coast and opportunities and pressures an important tourist attraction. with need to safeguard historic Fishing harbour at Boscastle with listed and natural environment Issues harbour structure, including harbour (including SAC, AONB and arm. undeveloped coast) Sea level rise related flooding at Need to define coastal zone
Boscastle. Paper: Shoreline Management Plan draft objectives for this stretch of coast: allow natural evolution of the coast (which Camelford should allow retention of tourism and amenity values and recognises the need to maintain the identity of coastal settlements); national Heritage Coast objectives. High house prices and high percentage
second homeownership in the coastal Cornwall area Tourism pressure especially on beaches in summer LDF: Summary: The coast of this Community Network Area is a strong asset and is protected for its landscape and biodiversity interest. It forms the foundation for the area’s attraction for tourists, which brings economic benefits to the area but also results in pressure on roads, facilities and house prices. Sea level rise will challenge the long term future of Boscastle Core harbour. Strategy Place-based Camelford Community Issues Place Based Paper: Issues Network Paper Camelford February Area 201 1 17 18 February 2011 Camelford Place Based Issues Paper
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Summary and Key Spatial Issues
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This paper explores and brings together the key emerging issues to be addressed by the Cornwall Core Strategy that are specific to the Camelford Community Network Area.
The key issues:
Issue 1 – Enable the provision of affordable housing, without major development being directed to the area.
Issue 2 – Address congestion within Camelford town centre.
Issue 3 – Improve and encourage the use of public and community transport within the area and with adjoining areas.
Issue 4 – Strengthen community facilities and services in Camelford and the villages, including co-location of facilities.
Issue 5 – Enable new employment opportunities to align housing and employment provision.
Issue 6 – Promote renewable energy generation other than through major windfarms.
Appendix A - Community Planning Area Visions / Key Objectives
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Document Summary of “vision”
Camelot Country “to create an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable community” Community Development Plan by braiding together four strategic ‘strands’:- (2004) Promoting a prosperous and sustainable local economy Strengthening the local social environment Reducing the impact of human activity on the local environment Promoting community involvement in the planning, decision making and delivery of initiatives
St. Teath Parish Plan Actions relating to dental services; parking charges at hospital; the (2009) need for extended surgery hours and enhanced use of Bodmin Hospital. Increase and publicise activities available for older people; and share details of activities between two villages. Camelford Place Based Issues Paper February 2011 19
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Develop additional housing for local people, more sheltered housing and ensure that over-development doesn't occur. Concerns about second homes. Actions concerning footpaths, cycle tracks and playing fields. Actions relating to Farmers Market; making use of Gaia Centre; broadband etc. Enhancing current transport options. Actions in relation to litter/refuse/ dog waste; noise pollution; oil buying consortium; Credit Union, and policing. Work with young people to increase activities etc. Tackling problems of speeding; parking and improving road safety in general.
St Breward Parish (Summary of key points) Plan 2010 There is a strong perceived need for affordable homes for local people either for rent, shared equity or self-build. There is a strong desire and need to restrict the number of holiday or second homes in our community. Acceptable rate of development. If gardens had not been built on there would be less need for allotments. Sympathetic future planning of homes including character and size – over-development and in-fill. St Breward needs to keep its stock of smaller cottages and homes. Almost total lack of organised activities for children and young people to do and places for them to go. There is little opportunity for youngsters to gain structured jobs that offer training or advancement up the employment chain. Rural households of two adults need two cars (and parking spaces) as they need to go in different directions. Need better hospital and NHS dental care access. More village services sought e.g. cafe.
Tintagel Parish Plan (Summary of Aims and Actions) (2009) Identify affordable housing need. Identify potential sites for new housing. Improve community venues. Permanent bank. Provision of NHS dental services. Improved access to chiropodist services. Improved recreation facilities. New picnic garden. Investigate potential for allotments. 20 February 2011 Camelford Place Based Issues Paper
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Improve and additional pavements. Improve bus services. Improve access to hospitals. Improve leisure facilities for young people. Support proposals for a community centre complex.
Appendix B - Landscape Character information from the 2007 Cornwall Landscape Character Assessment
COMMUNITY NETWORK AREA 5 - CAMELFORD
Evidence and Policy Context
Landscape Character Areas (LCA):
LCA 26 East Cornwall and Tamar Moorland Fringe LCA 31 Upper Tamar and Ottery Valleys LCA 32 Bodmin Moor LCA 33 Camel and Allen Valleys LCA 35 Kellan Head to Millook Haven Coast LCA 36 Delabole Plateau
www.cornwall.gov.uk/cornwall_landscape (underscore between cornwall and landscape)
Issues for Consideration
Environment
Develop recreation strategy for controlled access to Bodmin Moor. Develop coastal management in conjunction with National Trust to conserve remaining natural habitats, make provision for tourism development and management of traffic. Encourage appropriate planting around expanding settlements in exposed locations, including use of beech on high plateau. Support retention of free standing trees especially on flood plain. Enhance biodiversity and river landscapes by encouraging retention and expansion of semi-natural habitat in river valleys. Manage ancient woodlands and encourage establishment of new broadleaved woodland. Replace coniferous plantations with broadleaved woodland over time. Conserve mire and lowland woodland pasture BAP habitats. Consider restoration of Lowland Heathland at Wilsey Down conifer plantation. Conserve moorland habitats and their landscape character. Conserve mining and quarrying landscapes. Conserve field patterns within valleys by encouraging re-stocking Camelford Place Based Issues Paper February 2011 21
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Consider strategy for conserving archaeological features especially earthworks and burrows. Link the management and strategic planning of Network Area 5 with other adjacent network areas:-
Pentire Point to Widemouth - Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty - Network Areas 2, 5, 19. Bodmin Moor - Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty - Network Areas 1, 3, 5 10, 11.