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Objectives Objective 4 – Heritage and PP13 Bude Community Network Environment 16.1 Specifi c objectives to be addressed To maintain and enhance the area’s Area in planning for the Bude Community heritage and environmental assets for Network Area include: the benefi t of the local community Objective 1 – Employment and to use them to enhance the area’s Maintain Bude’s role as a local service tourism off er. Introduction centre meeting the needs of the town Objective 5 – Character and the rural hinterland and sustain 16.0 The Bude Community Network Area covers the 11 parishes of Bude- To maintain and enhance the distinct Stratton, Jacobstow, Kilkhampton, Launcells, Marhamchurch, Morwenstow, and enhance Bude’s role as one of the character of Bude, Stratton, Flexbury North Tamerton, Poundstock, St Gennys, Week St Mary and Whitstone. primary employment hubs in the north- and Poughill and in doing so protect east of the county – in doing so raising these from physical and/or perceived the quality and quantity of employment coalescence. Key Facts: opportunities. Objective 6 – Infrastructure Population 2007: 16,600 Objective 2 – Housing To deliver the highway and sustainable Dwellings 2010: 8,335 (3.3% Cornwall) To alleviate the demand for local transport infrastructure needed to aff ordable housing and improve the Past housing build rates 1991-2010: 1,563 support the delivery of future housing overall balance of housing in the area in and economic growth and deliver other Housing need (preferred area) 2012: 346 (Bands A-D) plus 475 (Band E) terms of tenure, type and aff ordability. infrastructure required for the growth equates to 3% and 3.2% of Cornwall total respectively Objective 3 – Community Services of the area. Enhance the quantity and Existing housing commitments 2010-2012: 719 Support the needs of communities quality of Bude, Stratton, Flexbury and Poughill’s publicly accessible green Bude employees estimate (2011): Full time: 1,880 Part-time: 1,751 in the rural hinterland through appropriate local needs development infrastructure to improve health and and the maintenance of community wellbeing. facilities.

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16.5 The town is heavily dependant on Figure 18: Bude CNA Map Development Strategy Bude Community Network Area - Environmental Designations its seasonal tourism industry and wants 16.2 The long term vision for Bude, to reduce seasonality by extending the Key Stratton, Flexbury and Poughill is to tourism season. In addition to tourism, AONB Shop (Morwenstow) increase the prosperity of the Bude SAC the town wants to focus on investment SSSI area, improving the quality of life while from the knowledge industry (design Flood Zone 2, 3a & 3b Kilkhampton maintaining and enhancing and area’s rather than manufacture) to encourage natural heritage and Cornish culture. more highly paid jobs. 16.3 Bude, along with the satellite settlements of Stratton, Flexbury and Housing Bude/Stratton/Flexbury/Poughill Poughill, is the principal settlement in 16.7 The provision of aff ordable Marhamchurch north east Cornwall. It is situated in a housing for local people is of predominantly rural area with relatively paramount importance to the residents A39 poor transport links to the rest of of Bude, Stratton, Flexbury and Poughill Cornwall and Devon. and the aim is to provide housing that will support the existing and future Week St Mary Employment aff ordable housing needs of the local 16.4 The local economy is largely community. However it is imperative based on retail and service sectors that any housing growth is balanced 0241 (in particular tourism activities). with growth in employment and is Km N © Crown copyright. All rights reserved. Cornwall Council, 100049047, 2011 There is also a concentration of more supported by the required level of specialist biotechnology research and infrastructure. The natural and historic 16.8 The Town Framework Plan (TFP) this will be further developed through a development activities, due in part environment is one of the areas greatest steering group for Bude, Stratton, neighbourhood plan for the area. to the legacy of the Tripos Receptor assets and this needs to be carefully Flexbury and Poughill looking at Research Centre. Local unemployment managed in order to protect and 16.9 The largest area for future growth facilitating these aims by promoting is low and there has been modest enhance its tourism off er. is already determined, having an an integrated approach where suitable employment growth in recent years. existing planning permission in place. land is identifi ed for future employment This area is referred to as Binhamy Farm. and residential uses. It is anticipated that An additional area to accommodate

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for future growth, over the 20 year Housing Requirements period, is identifi ed to the south of the town - this area being considered best 16.11 The Community Network Area placed to accommodate employment, should plan for around 1250 dwellings residential and community uses, (about 75 dwellings per year) over the presenting opportunities to develop period between 2010 and 2030. potential new sustainable transport 16.12 As the main settlement with good linkages to the town centre. employment and transport provision, 16.10 Fundamental to the delivery of Bude will be required to accommodate the strategy will be the enhancement of the majority of those dwellings. Co- Bude, Stratton, Flexbury and Poughill’s ordination will be needed amongst the infrastructure, including transportation; remaining parishes within the CNA to primary and secondary education; ensure that housing needs are met. The utilities; green space; healthcare; leisure Council will support the preparation Town Centre Notation - Bude facilities and burial capacity. of Neighbourhood Plans as a way of Key planning for the needs of those areas. Town centre boundary Primary retail frontages Primary shopping area (PSA)

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Policy PP13: Bude CNA d. Development proposals should b. Development should help rebalance maintain and enhance the distinct the communities by providing 1. Development will be permitted characters of Bude, Stratton, Flexbury facilities, economic development or where it can be demonstrated that and Poughill and in doing so protect housing for local needs of a scale that the following priorities for Bude- these from physical and/or perceived is appropriate to the settlement and Stratton can be satisfi ed: coalescence; reduces the need to travel; a. The protection of the vitality and e. The retention and enhancement of c. Development should deliver viability of Bude town centre through heritage assets with a particular focus community benefi ts in the form of the promotion of retail, offi ce and on enhancing the tourism off er of aff ordable housing for local people leisure uses. Proposals for change Bude-Stratton. and contributions to requirements for of use or redevelopment will only facilities, services and infrastructure 2. In the remainder of the be permitted within the Primary identifi ed locally. Shopping Area if the proposal Community Network Area adds to the attractiveness of the development will be permitted centre and does not reduce the where it supports the following predominance of A1 retail use; priorities: b . T h e n e e d f o r t h e p r o v i s i o n o f a r o u n d a. The provision of around 450 6,350sqm of B1a offi ce dwellings in the period up to 2030. accommodation and 6,350sqm Additional housing and employment of Industrial space has been growth should be of a size, nature identifi ed. This has the potential of and scale appropriate to the needs, accommodating 200 jobs in the CNA character, role and services available over the plan period; of the settlement; c. The provision of around 800 dwellings in the period up to 2030;

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