Consultation on the Cornwall Local Plan - Strategic Policies Proposed Submission Document –March 2014 Cornwall Local Plan Strategic Policies – Proposed Submission Document 2010-2030 The changes within this document are expressed in the conventional form of strikethrough for deletions and underling for additions of text. 1 Consultation on the Cornwall Local Plan - Strategic Policies Proposed Submission Document –March 2014 How to comment on Comment forms are also available this document from council offices and libraries. The Cornwall Local Plan – Strategic Completed response forms should be Policies (formerly known as the sent to: Core Strategy) has been subject of three rounds of consultation since Cornwall Council 2011. Unless we make significant Strategic Policy Team further changes this document will Carrick House be the final consultation before it is St Clement Street submitted to the Secretary of State Truro TR1 1EB and the Examination in Public. You now have the chance to tell us Next steps if the changes made to the Plan are The representations received during the right approach. If you don’t think this formal round of consultation so, you need to support the reasons will be reported to and considered by why it is not on the following the Council. Any significant changes grounds will be considered by the planning - are the changes to the Local Plan inspectorate, who will appoint an justified, effective and consistent inspector to conduct an examination with national policy? in public. The document must be based on a robust and credible evidence base and contain the most appropriate strategy for managing land use when considered against the reasonable alternatives. The Plan needs to be; • deliverable • flexible; • able to be monitored; and consistent with the National Planning Policy Framework. Further guidance on the requirements for submitting comments at this stage can be found on the Council’s website at www.cornwall.gov.uk, local libraries and council offices. Comments can be submitted by e-mail, using the form available at www.cornwall.gov.uk/ localplancornwall to the Strategic Policy Team on [email protected] 2 Consultation on the Cornwall Local Plan - Strategic Policies Proposed Submission Document –March 2014 Policy 19 Minerals safeguarding Policy 20 Strategic waste Contents management principles Policy 21 Managing the provision of waste management facilities 5 Foreword Policy 22 Best use of land and existing buildings 6 Introduction Policy 23 Natural environment Policy 24 Historic environment 10 Vision and objectives Policy 25 Green infrastructure Policy 26 Flood risk management 18 General policies and coastal change Policy 27 Transport and accessibility 52 Policy messages for places - Policy 28 Infrastructure local objectives Implementation and monitoring 135 Monitoring framework Foreword 143 Saved policies We all know Cornwall is a 146 Key diagram - policies map special place. We all have a responsibility for its future Schedule of policies and proper planning is a key part of this. Policy 1 Presumption in favour of To achieve our economic ambitions sustainable development we must provide a set of policies Policy 2 Key targets and spatial that supports the creation of jobs strategy and wealth. Policy 3 Role and function of places Policy 4 Shopping, services and This draft submission document is community facilities our proposed approach to Policy 5 Jobs and skills development and sets out the Policy 6 Housing mix policies we think should guide Policy 7 Housing in the countryside future planning decisions. We’ve Policy 8 Affordable housing heard views from extensive Policy 9 Affordable housing led consultation with and the schemes involvement of the community. Policy 10 Publicly owned sites Policy 11 Managing viability We also need to tackle issues such Policy 12 Gypsies, travellers and as the impact of climate change, the travelling showpeople provision of affordable homes and Policy 13 Design renewable energy and the Policy 14 Development standards management of waste as well as Policy 15 Renewable and low carbon infrastructure while safeguarding the energy environment. We’ve made some Policy 16 Safeguarding renewable tough decisions and made a plan for energy Cornwall that positively and pro- Policy 17 Health and wellbeing actively deals with change in the Policy 18 Minerals – general principles 3 Consultation on the Cornwall Local Plan - Strategic Policies Proposed Submission Document –March 2014 most sustainable way over the next 20 years. Posedhek on a-dro dhe’n termyn a dheu mes an dowlen ma, orth hy We are positive about our future but, holon, yw ragowgh hwi ha rag at its heart, this plan is for you and henedhow a dheu, ytho yth yw bysi future generations, so it is important hwi dhe ri dhyn agas tybyansow. that you give us your thoughts. Leverewgh dhyn, mar pleg, erbyn Please let us know by 22nd April dy’Lun an 22ves a vis Hwevrer, 2013; are we doing the right thing, if 2013; a wren ni an dra ewn, mar ny not, what should we do? wren, pandr’a dal dhyn y wul? Planning Future Raglavar Cornwall 1.1 This part of the Local Plan (the Ni oll a wor bos Kernow tyller Plan) sets out our main planning arbennek. Yma approach and policies for Cornwall. charj dhyn ni oll rag an Further details including allocations are provided by additional Local Plan devedhek anedhi ha and Supplementary Planning towlennans gwiw yw rann a Documents. vri a hemma. Neighbourhood Plans, prepared by city, town and parish councils will be Rag kowlwul agan uhelhwansow part of the statutory whole Plan too. erbysiethek y tal dhyn provia fardel The Plan also sets out how we will a bolicis a skoodh an gwrians a manage development to 2030. sodhow hag a rychys ha puptra a’n keveyl. 1.2 The Plan is intended to help deliver the vision and objectives of An profyans kyns-skrif ma yw agan ‘Future Cornwall’1, our sustainable fordh gynigys dhe dhisplegyans hag community strategy. The underlying y tiskwedh an policis a goodh principles of the strategy seek to kevarwodha, del dybyn, erviransow manage future development to towlenansel y’n termyn a dheu. Ni re ensure all communities in Cornwall glewas gwelvaow wosa kussulyans have an appropriate balance of jobs, efan gans an gemeneth hag services, facilities and homes. omvyskans gensi. Future growth in Cornwall will be Yma edhom dhyn ynwedh a attamya controlled through a ‘plan, monitor maters kepar ha chanj hinek, trevow and manage approach’ ensuring that resnadow, nerth nowedhadow hag the right policies are in place to atal keff rys hag isframweythyow, reflect changing circumstances. To hag yn kettermyn difres an enable this more flexible approach kerhynnedh. the Cornwall Local Plan will be subject to periodic review over the Ni re wrug erviransow kales ha gul Plan period. towlen rag Kernow a dhyght chanj yn posedhek ha ragvewek yn fordh an moyha sostenadow dres an 20 bledhen a dheu. 4 Consultation on the Cornwall Local Plan - Strategic Policies Proposed Submission Document –March 2014 Topic based - which will be How to use this plan applicable to most proposals; and The policies avoid repetition so it Place based - specific for each is important they are all read as community network area setting out a whole. The policies are the the priorities for each area. strategic policies for the purpose of providing context for 1.6 In addition the Plan will be 2 Neighbourhood Plans . supported by other formal documents, these include: 1.3 These policies set out how we will consider planning applications, Neighbourhood Plans – prepared set targets for growth and the broad by local councils in conformity with distribution of development that national policy and the policies and reflects identified needs. They are proposals of this Plan, also intended to provide sufficient flexibility to respond to opportunities Development Plan Documents – and changing priorities. They give providing further detail for policies scope for our communities to and forming part of the statutory manage the delivery of the Plan framework including site locally. allocations and mineral safeguarding, 1.4 We also intend the Plan to As well as: provide a suitable framework for a range of key service providers and Supplementary Planning Documents stakeholders, whose input and that help guide decisions by giving delivery of services and additional evidence and advice, and; infrastructure will be essential to the successful implementation of the A range of site specific and thematic strategy. plans giving greater detail on how these proposals will be implemented. 1.5 The National Planning Policy Framework sets out the Government’s planning policies for Figure 1: Hierarchy of Planning England and how these are expected Documents – no change to pre- to be applied. It provides the submission document framework within which local communities and councils can produce their own distinctive local New diagram – How it all fits and neighbourhood plans. together The policies are in four groups; Cornwall in context National - developed from the National Planning Policy Framework; 1.7 Cornwall is the most south westerly tip of the United Kingdom, The Cornwall Local Plan: Strategic covering an area of 3,559 sq km. It Policies document sets out policies is the second largest local authority that are: area in the South West. Cornwall is distinctive with a coastline 697km Spatial - setting the overall strategy; long. The sea forms the northern, southern and western boundaries, 5 Consultation on the Cornwall Local Plan - Strategic Policies Proposed Submission Document –March 2014 with the River Tamar forming the Cornwall’s distinctiveness and eastern border with Devon and cultural identity. Plymouth, giving it its strong maritime character. 1.12 For many years the Council has sought to promote higher incomes 1.8 Cornwall encompasses a diverse with a more diverse economy and environment and rich economic make Cornwall less dependent on and cultural history; the quality of seasonal employment, based largely which attracts residents, visitors in the tourism sector.