Bude Place Based Topic Paper - March 2013

Contents

CORNWALL LOCAL PLAN PLACE-BASED TOPIC PAPER: BUDE 1 COMMUNITY NETWORK AREA Summary 1 Purpose of paper 3 Bude Community Network Area 4 Key Facts 5 Community Planning Visions 6 Issues Tables 8 Introduction 8 Housing 9 Local Economy 11 Retail and Town Centres 13 Transport and Accessibility 15 Community facilities 17 People 19 Environment 21 Coast 23 Appendix A: Landscape Character information from the 2007 25 Cornwall Landscape Character Assessment Bude Place Based Topic Paper - March 2013

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Cornwall Local Plan Place-based Topic Paper: Bude Community Network Area

Cornwall Local Plan Place-based Topic Paper: Bude Community Network Area

Summary

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This paper summarises the key issues for the Bude Community Network Area brought together to inform the Cornwall Local Plan. The key issues are:

Issue 1 – Maintain Bude’s role as a local service centre meeting the needs of the town and rural hinterland and visitors.

Issue 2 – Manage growth in terms of housing, employment etc in Bude to integrate well with the existing settlement.

Issue 3 – Support the needs of communities in the rural hinterland through appropriate local needs development and the maintenance of community facilities. 2 Bude Place Based Topic Paper - March 2013

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Local Plan Objectives for Bude CNA

Objective 1 – Employment: Maintain Bude’s role as a local service centre meeting the needs of the town and the rural hinterland and sustain and enhance Bude’s role as one of the primary employment hubs in the northeast of the county – in doing so raising the quality and quantity of employment opportunities.

Objective 2 – Housing: To alleviate the demand for local affordable housing and improve the overall balance of housing in the area in terms of tenure, type and affordability.

Objective 3 – Community Services: Support the needs of communities in the rural hinterland through appropriate local needs development and the maintenance of community facilities.

Objective 4 – Heritage and Environment: To maintain and enhance the area’s heritage and environmental assets for the benefit of the local community and to use them to enhance the area’s

tourism offer.

Objective 5 – Character: To maintain and enhance the distinct character of Bude, Stratton, Flexbury

and Poughill and in doing so protect these from physical and/or perceived coalescence.

Objective 6 – Infrastructure: To deliver the highway and sustainable transport infrastructure needed to support the delivery of future housing and economic growth and deliver other infrastructure required for the growth of the area. Enhance the quantity and quality of Bude, Stratton, Flexbury and Poughill’s publicly accessible green infrastructure to improve health and wellbeing.

Local Plan Policy (PP13) for Bude CNA:

1. Development will be permitted where it can be demonstrated that the following priorities for Bude-

Stratton can be satisfied:

a. The protection of the vitality and viability of Bude town centre through the promotion of retail, office and leisure uses. Proposals for change of use or redevelopment will only be permitted within the Primary Shopping Area if the proposal adds to the attractiveness of the centre and does not reduce the predominance of A1 retail use.

b. The need for the provision of around 6,350sqm of B1a office accommodation and 6,350sqm

of Industrial space has been identified. This has the potential of accommodating 200 jobs in the CNA over the plan period.

c. The provision of around 800 dwellings in the period up to 2030. Bude Place Based Topic Paper - March 2013 3

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d. Development proposals should maintain and enhance the distinct characters of Bude, Stratton, Flexbury and Poughill and in doing so protect these from physical and/or perceived coalescence.

e. The retention and enhancement of heritage assets with a particular focus on enhancing the tourism offer of Bude-Stratton.

2.In the remainder of the Community Network Area development will be permitted where it supports

the following priorities:

a. The provision of around 450 dwellings in the period up to 2030. Additional housing and employment growth should be of a size, nature and scale appropriate to the needs, character, role and services available of the settlement.

b. Development should help rebalance the communities by providing facilities, economic development or housing for local needs of a scale that is appropriate to the settlement and reduces the need to travel.

c. Development should deliver community benefits in the form of affordable housing for local people and contributions to requirements for facilities, services and infrastructure identified locally.

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 the proposed Local Plan: Part 2 Policy Messages for Places 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 issues have been identified from a variety 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 Bude Community Network Area is included in the section on "Community Planning Visions". A full list of the Issues Papers can be accessed on the Council’s website at http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=22887.

For the purposes of this paper, ‘Bude-Stratton’ is used to refer to the town and its immediate surroundings, and the ‘rural hinterland’ to the wider Bude area outside of the town. 4 Bude Place Based Topic Paper - March 2013

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Bude Community Network Area

Description ~ The Bude Community Network Area contains eleven Parishes and a range of settlements as indicated in the maps below. Bude-Stratton (including Poughill) is the main settlement within this area, and acts as the local service centre to the many smaller settlements surrounding it. Larger villages in the area include Kilkhampton, Marhamchurch, and Week St Mary, whereas smaller villages include Grimscott, Jacobstow, and North Tamerton. Much of the coastal area is protected.

The Bude Community Network Area is remote from the rest of Cornwall and residents are as likely to look to Devon, particularly Bideford and Barnstaple, for strategic level services and facilities unavailable in the area, as they are to other settlements in Cornwall.

Links with other areas: The area does have employment related links with the Launceston Community Network Area, and good transport links with the Camelford Community Network Area. Bude Place Based Topic Paper - March 2013 5

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Key Facts

Key facts about the Bude Community Network Area include the following (www.cornwall.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=20177 for the latest version of the Bude Community Network Profile which gives more information):

PARISHES: Bude-Stratton, Jacobstow, Kilkhampton, Launcells, Marhamchurch, Morwenstow, North Tamerton, Poundstock, St Gennys, Week St Mary and Whitstone.

POPULATION: The population of the Bude Community Network Area is around 16,800, with around 9,900 living in Bude, Stratton, Flexbury and Poughill (2008 mid-year estimates). Between 2001 and 2008, the population grew by around 7%. The age distribution is similar to the Cornwall average, although there are slightly higher proportions of the population in the 60 plus age groups.

ENVIRONMENT: The area covers 23,734 hectares and much of the area along the coast is designated as Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Heritage Coast, and Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Away from the coast there are several Cornwall Nature Conservation Sites, a Local Nature Reserve, and two Historic Battlefield Sites. There are building conservation areas at Bude, Poughill, Stratton, Marhamchurch, Week St. Mary and Kilkhampton. There are higher risk flood areas along the coast and inland rivers. Flooding is mainly caused by fluvial flooding from the River Neet and 6 Bude Place Based Topic Paper - March 2013

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overtopping of the Bude Canal. Over 140 properties are estimated to be at risk of fluvial or tidal flooding in Bude. About 380 properties in Flexbury and 180 properties in Bude-Stratton are potentially at risk from surface water flooding.

HOUSING: There were around 8,335 dwellings in 2010 – 3.3% of Cornwall’s dwellings. During the period 1991-2010 there was a 23% increase in dwellings. As at 31st March 2011 there were 662 dwellings under construction and 597 unimplemented planning permissions. About 1.6% of dwellings were registered as empty properties - Cornwall average 1.7% (Council Tax, 2011) and 16.5% of properties were registered as second homes – Cornwall average 10.7%. These figures indicate that a low proportion of dwellings remain vacant, but that there is a great deal of competition between permanent and temporary residents. 34 affordable homes are required each year to meet need.

EMPLOYMENT: Employment is fairly self contained as many people live and work in their local area, or work in Bude itself. A small proportion work in Launceston and across the border into Devon. Bude-Stratton performs an important role as a tourist resort.

TRAVEL: The main road route through this area is the A39 (Atlantic Highway) which connects Bude to Camelford and Wadebridge to the West and Barnstaple and Bideford to the East. Buses run to Exeter, Okehampton, Plymouth and Launceston. Coach services connect Bude directly to London on Saturdays during the summer.

FACILITIES: Bude Town offers a wide range of services and facilities as expected, from banks and supermarkets to doctors, a sports centre, a secondary school and a minor injuries unit hospital. A number of the larger villages contain a range of facilities including general stores, primary schools, pubs and children’s equipped play areas.

Options Consultation Feedback

Feedback from the public exhibition held in Bude on 1st March 2011 show that 38% opted for medium growth across Cornwall (48,000 new homes) whilst 34% chose high growth (57,000 new homes) and 28% chose low growth (38,000 new homes).

The results regarding the approach to distribution showed that 50% preferred the dispersed approach to distribution (growth split between main towns and villages), whilst 27% chose the economy-led approach (development in key towns to aid regeneration in those areas).

Bude Town Council expressed a preference for low growth with an economy-led distribution, whilst the Parish Councils in the network area, who expressed a view, mainly opted for low growth with either a dispersed or economy-led distribution pattern.

Community Planning Visions

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Bude-Stratton Bude-Stratton Town Council is producing a Neighbourhood Plan for Neighbourhood Plan the Bude-Stratton area. The first formal stage of the process requires (2012) the Town Council to apply to Cornwall Council for the Neighbourhood Area to be formally designated. Bude-Stratton Town Council have applied to Cornwall Council to designate the parish of Bude and Stratton as a Neighbourhood Area, in accordance with the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations 2012. If this designation is made no alternative plan may be designated for that Neighbourhood Area until that designation expires or is withdrawn

Kilkhampton Parish Improve the quality of life for residents by: Plan (2003) encouraging local employment opportunities; appropriate housing development; resolving local transport problems and congestion through Kilkhampton; supporting educational and service improvements; enhancing environmental and leisure opportunities.

Jacobstow Parish Plan Improve the quality of life for residents by: (2010) To keep focus on affordable housing and rentable accommodation. To keep the development in line with infrastructure. To continue to support local education. To explore any scheme for the regular bus route to go through the village of Jacobstow more frequently. To improve access to local facilities.

Marhamchurch Parish Improve the quality of life for residents by: Plan (2008) ensuring access to healthcare, recreation, and education; supporting local businesses and employment opportunities; enabling safe movement around the Parish; enhancing the natural and built environment.

Poundstock Parish Plan Improve the quality of life for residents by taking action on: (2008-2013) road safety, public transport, and sustainable development; promoting local businesses and facilities; enhancing the natural environment.

St Gennys Parish Plan Improve the quality of life for residents by: (2009) supporting appropriate housing development; support local businesses; ensuring everyone has access to healthcare; provide new recreational and meeting facilities; ensure safe movement around the Parish.

Week St Mary Parish Improve the quality of life for residents by: Plan (2008) 8 Bude Place Based Topic Paper - March 2013

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improving access to education, leisure, health care, affordable housing, water supply, and transport; support local businesses and employment opportunities; encourage road safety; enhance the natural and built environment.

Vision for Bude Stratton Improve the quality of life by ensuring everyone has access to good (2008) education, healthcare and other services, an appropriate shopping centre, and suitable and affordable housing in order that every resident is able to fulfil their potential.

A Parish Plan for To help support a viable, sustainable and friendly rural Cornish Launcells (2009) community, where access to information and services is available to One and All.

Whitstone Parish Plan Seek highway improvements where necessary; (2011) Provide more facilities for young people; Improve village communications; Improve recreational and leisure facilities; Maintain footpaths; Liaise with public transport service providers; Seek greener solutions; To support business uses; Seek residents views on housing development; Liaise with health providers.

Issues Tables

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 area against the main themes from a policy and community viewpoint, and concludes by identifying specific issues. Cornwall Housing

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Housing: This table will explore the evidence relating to housing – future growth, balance in the housing stock, tenure mix, quality, Local deprivation, second homes, in-migration, affordability and housing need. Evidence that highlights issues relevant to the remit of the Local Plan (Policies for Places) specific to this CNA will be identified under ‘Matters for the Local Plan to Address’. For

Cornwall-wide issues please refer to the Topic Papers. Plan

Evidence & Policy Context Key Points from Community Matters for Local Plan to Address Plans Place-based

More people own their own homes than on Need for a Foyer scheme in Determine the level of housing average across Cornwall (1) Bude-Stratton (young growth for Bude-Stratton and for The proportion of properties available for social people’s supported housing the larger villages in the area. This renting is low across the area and significantly scheme) will need to be accompanied by (2)

lower in some parts . Need to monitor housing appropriate employment related T There are higher proportions of larger (detached need development. opic and semi-detached) properties than on average Need to be involved in Some of the larger villages in this (3) across Cornwall . discussions relating to new area are likely to be allocated Paper: Much of the area falls within the 20% most housing so that it is provided some growth, particularly local deprived in terms of the indoors living sustainably, meets local needs housing (4) need, and discourages more Affordable housing is an issue as

environment Bude The North Cornwall part of the Northern Peninsula second homes the area is generally more Bude Housing market Area was set a target of 13,400 expensive than on average across Place new homes by 2026 (draft South West Regional Cornwall. Community Spatial Strategy). However, with the abolition of There is a need for higher levels Based the RSS by the current government, housing of smaller properties in new developments.

targets will need to be determined locally. As one T of the four main towns in this area, Bude-Stratton opic

could be allocated significant growth. It is likely Paper Network - March

1 Office for National Statistics (2001) Census 2001 Area 2 Office for National Statistics (2001) Census 2001

3 Office for National Statistics (2001) Census 2001 2013 4 DCLG (2007) English Indices of Deprivation 2007 – the indoors living environments looks at the quality of housing in terms of social and private housing in poor condition and the proportion of homes without central heating. 9 10 Bude Area that some of the larger villages in the area could Cornwall (5) be allocated some growth. Place High proportions of second homes in some areas Based (e.g. 20% in Poundstock Parish)(6). Local

Affordability is more of an issue in this area than T on average across Cornwall, especially in Bude, opic Marhamchurch & Week St Mary (7) Paper

About 550 people are registered on the Housing Plan - Waiting List, of which 425 are in March (8)

Bude-Stratton The majority of properties required Place-based are 1 or 2 bed. 2013

Approach to be Taken

Bude Objective 2 – Housing: To alleviate the demand for local affordable housing and improve the T opic overall balance of housing in the area in terms of tenure, type and affordability. Paper: Policy PP13 1c - The provision of around 800 dwellings in the period up to 2030.

Policy PP13 2a - The provision of around 450 dwellings in the period up to 2030. Additional housing and employment growth should be of a size, nature and scale appropriate to the needs, character, role and services available of the settlement. Bude Community Network

5 South West Regional Assembly (2006) Draft Regional Spatial Strategy Proposed Changes 6 Office for National Statistics (2001) Census 2001 7 Median house price to median household income ratio is respectively 7.2:1 and 9.5:1 compared with 6.6:1 Cornwall wide. 8 Cornwall Council (2009) Housing Waiting List data Cornwall Local Economy

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Local Economy: This table will explore the evidence relating to the local economy, including regeneration and tourism – economic Local activity, unemployment, deprivation, regeneration, dominant industries, occupation levels, skills, and the ability to work locally. Evidence that highlights issues relevant to the remit of the Local Plan (Policies for Places) specific to this CNA will be identified under ‘Matters for the Local Plan to Address’. For Cornwall-wide issues please refer to the Topic Papers. Plan

Evidence & Policy Context Key Points from Community Matters for the Local Plan to Plans Address Place-based

Levels of self-employment(9) significantly higher in some Encourage appropriately Current high unemployment parts of the rural hinterland(10). located employment levels and the need to improve Area fairly self-contained in terms of employment - 3 out opportunities employment opportunities. of 4 people live and work in Bude-Stratton, and between Extend Bude Business Additional employment related

50 & 60% in the rural hinterland) (the rest work mainly in Park development required to T

(11) opic Bude-Stratton or Launceston) . Ensure potential support any significant growth Unemployment levels have increased recently across industrial land is not lost in housing.

the area – Bude-Stratton is higher than the Cornish to other uses Employment land assessment Paper: average but the rural hinterland still lower(12). needed to inform supply and Tourism is the main driver to the economy for this area(13). demand in the area – has the position changed from 2005? Retail/Repair employs the highest proportion of people Bude in Bude-Stratton, followed by hotels & catering and Should the dependence on Bude manufacturing. Agriculture employs 1 in 5 people in the tourism continue to be Place rural hinterland, followed by construction, and then hotels supported or should other Community & catering (coastal) or education (inland) (14). employment opportunities be encouraged Based T opic Paper Network

9 Self-employment can be a measure of entrepreneurialism, but in rural areas is often an indication of a lack of other employment opportunities. - March

10 Office for National Statistics (2001) Census 2001 Area 11 Office for National Statistics (2001) Census 2001

12 Office for National Statistics (2009) Claimant count data from 2008 and 2009. 2013 13 North Cornwall District Council (2007) Core Strategy Preferred Options 14 Office for National Statistics (2001)Census 2001 1 1 12 Bude Area The area employs a higher proportion than on average More highly valued, good Cornwall

across Cornwall in the lower paid/valued occupations quality jobs to be encouraged Place (15) and lower proportions in the higher paid/valued ones . Alternative travel to work Based Bude-Stratton contains 4 industrial estates and these are means need to be investigated Local

considered proportionate to the current size and function between the rural areas and T of the settlement(16). Bude, or should employment opic

About 7 hectares of land is required to meet future be based more locally to Paper (17) employment needs . where people live. Plan - Rural workshops are available in Kilkhampton, Wainhouse March

Corner, and Whitstone. Place-based Majority of people use private transport to get to work 2013 (18). Bude-Stratton has a seven day a week bus service which includes travel to work services to Exeter, Okehampton and Wadebridge. Bus services are available in the rural hinterland but few of these offer travel to work(19). T opic Approach to be Taken

Policy PP13 1b - The need for the provision of around 6,350sqm of B1a office accommodation and 6,350sqm of Industrial space Paper: has been identified. This has the potential of accommodating 200 jobs in the CAN over the plan period. Bude Community Network

15 Office for National Statistics (2001) Census 2001 16 North Cornwall District Council (2007) Core Strategy Preferred Options 17 DLP/Goldring Yates (2005) Employment land assessment 18 Office for National Statistics (2001) Census 2001 19 Cornwall Council (2009) Public transport data Cornwall Retail and Town Centres

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Retail and Town Centres: This table will explore the evidence relating to retail and town centres – levels of convenience, Local comparison and service retail outlets, self-containment, competition from other centres’, shopper needs, capacity for growth, and loss of facilities. Evidence that highlights issues relevant to the remit of the Local Plan (Policies for Places) specific to this CNA will be identified under ‘Matters for the Local Plan to Address’. For Cornwall-wide issues please refer to the Topic Papers. Plan

Evidence & Policy Context Key Points from Community Matters for Local Plan to Plans Address Place-based

Bude-Stratton contains a range of retail and caters for Support the retention of Maintenance and improvement both local residents and visitors. rural post offices and of the retail offer in Bude and Basic facilities such as general stores, post offices and stores its importance to residents of vehicle repair garages are available within settlement in New commercial centre the rural hinterland. (20)

the rural hinterland . for Wharf area Loss of facilities, particularly T 63% of residents in the area consider Bude-Stratton to post offices and general opic be their local shopping centre(21) stores, in the rural hinterland.

Residents will shop locally for food, furniture, domestic Paper: appliances, electrical goods etc but are more likely to visit Bideford/Barnstaple for clothes shopping (22).

The main conclusions of the 2010 Cornwall Retail Study Bude (23) are that: Bude Place

Bude is performing well in its role in serving the retail Community and service needs of the surrounding population There are no severe deficiencies in provision Based although opportunities exist to improve the qualitative T aspects of provision in the comparison retail opic

sector(i.e. items not bought on a frequent basis such Paper Network - March Area 20 Cornwall Council (2009) Survey of key facilities in settlements

21 Cornwall Council/GVA Grimley (2008) Household telephone retail survey 2013 22 Cornwall Council/GVA Grimley (2008) Household telephone retail survey 23 GVA Grimley Cornwall Retail Study 2010 13 14 Bude Area clothing, footwear, household and recreational Cornwall

goods) and stem the leakage of trips to larger Place surrounding centres. Based

Basic facilities remain in many of the larger villages but Local T losses, particularly of post offices and general stores opic

have been experienced in the area over the last few years Paper

- Post Office Ltd are proposing significant closures in Plan -

2011. March Place-based

Approach to be Taken 2013

Policy PP13 1a - The protection of the vitality and viability of Bude town centre through the promotion of retail, office and leisure uses. Proposals for change of use or redevelopment will only be permitted within the Primary Shopping Area if the proposal adds to the attractiveness of the centre and does not reduce the predominance of A1 retail use. T opic Paper: Bude Community Network Cornwall Transport and Accessibility

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Transport and Accessibility: This table will explore the evidence relating to transport and accessibility – opportunities for walking Local and cycling, use of private vehicles and public transport, road/rail/air/water networks, and connections within and outside the area. Evidence that highlights issues relevant to the remit of the Local Plan (Policies for Places) specific to this CNA will be identified under ‘Matters for the Local Plan to Address’. For Cornwall-wide issues please refer to the Topic Papers. Plan

Evidence & Policy Context Key Points from Community Matters for Local Plan to Plans Address Place-based

Bude is remote from all major transport routes and is Walking bus scheme for Remoteness from major almost 40 miles from the nearest mainline railway station. school transport routes The nearest airports are at Exeter, Plymouth and Encourage walking and Reliance on private transport (24) Newquay . cycling on safe Limited availability of public

The main road route through this area is the A39 (Atlantic routes/use of alternatives transport in some areas T Highway) which connects Bude to Camelford and to the car Poor access to key services opic Wadebridge to the West and Barnstaple and Bideford to Connect Bude to major and facilities, particularly for

the East. Minor routes connect the rural hinterland to off road cycle or multi use the young and those outside Paper: Bude-Stratton, and to other settlements such as tracks of Bude-Stratton, including Launceston and Holsworthy. Create a park & ride travel to work.

In terms of road safety, the level of serious or fatal road scheme Road safety Bude traffic accidents and total collisions is higher than on Consider boat/ferry (25) Bude average across Cornwall . improvements Place Bude-Stratton has a seven day a week bus service, Improve public transport Community including travel to work services to destinations such as in the area, including bus (26) Based Exeter, Okehampton and Wadebridge . stops

Bus services are available in the rural area surrounding Speeding T (27) opic Bude but few offer travel to work services . Investigate feasibility of community bus Paper Network - March Area 24 Cornwall Council (2009) Transport data

25 Cornwall Council (2009) Bude Community Network Profile 2013 26 Cornwall Council (2009) Transport data. 27 Cornwall Council (2009) Transport data 15 16 Bude Area A recent survey with Parish Councils indicated that Improve footpaths Cornwall

transport and accessibility was one of the most important Transport and Place issues facing the local community now and in the accessibility is one of the (28) Based future . most important issues Local

The majority of visitors to the area travel by private facing the local T transport as there are few alternatives. community now and in opic

Four of the six areas in Bude-Stratton and all the rural the future. Paper

hinterland fall within the most deprived 20% in England Plan - in terms of accessing key services. March Place-based Approach to be Taken 2013

Bude Objective 6 – Infrastructure: To deliver the highway and sustainable transport infrastructure needed to support the delivery of future housing and economic growth and deliver other infrastructure required for the growth of the area. Enhance the quantity

and quality of Bude, Stratton, Flexbury and T opic Poughill’s publicly accessible green infrastructure to improve health and wellbeing. Paper: Bude Community Network

28 Cornwall Council (2009) Survey of key facilities in settlements Cornwall Community facilities

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Community facilities: This table will explore the evidence relating to community facilities, including health, recreation and open Local space – health care, education, meeting places, formal and informal sports spaces, open space, and loss of facilities. Evidence that highlights issues relevant to the remit of the Local Plan (Policies for Places) specific to this CNA will be identified under

‘Matters for the Local Plan to Address’. For Cornwall-wide issues please refer to the Topic Papers. Plan

Evidence & Policy Context Key Points from Community Matters for Local Plan to Plans Address Place-based

Bude-Stratton contains a range of health care facilities, Improve access to health Maintenance and and some part time/mobile facilities are available in the care locally (closer to enhancement of existing level rural hinterland(29). where people live) of community facilities The nearest Accident & Emergency hospital is at Ensure community provision.

Barnstaple – 34 miles away on slow roads. transport available for Opportunity to use housing T The area contains 7 primary schools and 1 secondary patients that need to development to maintain the opic school (11-18) at Bude, as well as a number of day travel further afield for existing level of community (30) nurseries, pre-school playgroups, and toddler groups . treatment facilities or to provide Paper: Bude-Stratton contains a good range of sports facilities Provision of sustainable additional facilities where a and open spaces, as do many villages in the rural village services (i.e. post need is proven. (31) Offices & village shops)

hinterland . Bude Other key community facilities include pubs and meeting Encourage Combined Bude places(32). Universities Cornwall Place Facilities have been lost in recent years including pubs (CUC) to provide base in Community and sport and open spaces(33). Bude-Stratton Based Improvements to

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29 Cornwall Council (2009) Survey of key facilities in settlements Area 30 Cornwall Council (2009) Survey of key facilities in settlements

31 Cornwall Council (2009) Survey of key facilities in settlements 2013 32 Cornwall Council (2009) Survey of key facilities in settlements 33 North Cornwall District Council (2008) Community Facilities Survey 17 18 Bude Area Improvements to meeting Cornwall

places or new facilities Place where required Based Better provision for Local

young people T New playgroups where opic required Paper

Increase access to Plan - allotments/community March

gardens Place-based Ensure cemetery 2013 capacity across network

Approach to be Taken T Bude Objective 3 – Community Services: Support the needs of communities in the rural hinterland through appropriate local needs opic development and the maintenance of community facilities. Paper: Policy PP13 2b - Development should help rebalance the communities by providing facilities, economic development or housing for local needs of a scale that is appropriate to the settlement and reduces the need to travel. Bude Community Network Cornwall People

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People: This table will explore the evidence relating to people, including demographics, education & skills, social inclusion, crime Local & anti-social behaviour – age profile, social deprivation, health, safety, perceptions’ of crime, qualifications and skills. Evidence that highlights issues relevant to the remit of the Local Plan (Policies for Places) specific to this CNA will be identified under

‘Matters for the Local Plan to Address’. For Cornwall-wide issues please refer to the Topic Papers. Plan

Evidence & Policy Context Key Points from Community Matters for Local Plan to Plans Address Place-based

The area contains a lower proportion of people than the Need for a visible police The area contains an older Cornish average in the 0-15, 16-29 and 30-44 age groups, presence population than on average and a higher proportion of people in the 45-59/64 and Appropriate range of across Cornwall (34) 60/65 plus age groups . early years and adult Education and skills are an

One of the six areas in Bude-Stratton falls within the most education issue T deprived 20% in England in terms of education, training Set up a youth forum opic and skills deprivation(35).

A higher proportion of people in Bude-Stratton and the Paper: rural hinterland have no qualifications than on average across Cornwall(36).

One of the six areas in Bude-Stratton falls within the most Bude deprived 20% in England in terms of income Bude deprivation(37). Place Levels of recorded crime per 1,000 people are lower than Community the Cornish and national averages(38). Based The Place Survey 2008 indicates that local residents are

happier with their home and local areas as a place to live T than on average across Cornwall(39). opic Paper Network

34 Office for National Statistics (2001) Census 2001 - March

35 DCLG (2007) English Indices of Deprivation 2007 Area 36 Office for National Statistics (2001) Census 2001

37 DCLG (2007) English Indices of Deprivation 2007 2013 38 Devon & Cornwall Constabulary (2008) Crime data at a neighbourhood level 39 Cornwall Council (2009) Bude Community Network Profile 19 20 Bude Area Approach to be Taken Cornwall Place Based The population of the Bude Community Network Area is older than that across Cornwall, and this will have implications for future Local T planning policy. Educational levels and skills are an issue. opic Paper Plan - March Place-based 2013 T opic Paper: Bude Community Network Cornwall Environment

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Environment: This table will explore the evidence relating to the environment – biodiversity, geodiversity, landscape & seascape, Local historic environment, flooding, soil, air and water. Evidence that highlights issues relevant to the remit of the Local Plan (Policies for Places) specific to this CNA will be identified under ‘Matters for the Local Plan to Address’. For Cornwall-wide issues please refer to the Topic Papers. Plan

Evidence & Policy Context Key Points from Community Matters for Local Plan to Plans Address Place-based

Much of the area long the coast is designated as Area Increase recycling Maintaining and enhancing the of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), Heritage Coast, Improve appearance of natural environment Special Area of Conservation (SAC), and Sites of Special natural environment Maintaining and enhancing the (40) Scientific Interest (SSSI) . Bude-Stratton contains a Protect the natural historic environment

local nature reserve and the canal area. A management environment Alleviating flood risk T scheme is in place for the SAC. Protect the built opic Landscape character: The area contains (parts of) a environment number of landscape character areas as described in Investigate and Paper: (41) Appendix B. encourage alternative Inland, agricultural land is very important. energy sources

The water quality of Crooklets and Summerleaze beaches Investigate need for Bude was recorded as ‘good’ in 2008. The water quality at

community composting Bude Sandymouth, Widemouth Bay, and Crackington Haven (42) Place was recorded as ‘excellent’ in 2008 . Community Bude is mainly Edwardian in character. It has a Based designated Conservation Area around the Canal and the

Victorian tourist developments. Stratton is an ancient T town and has a designated Conservation Area (43). opic Paper Network - March Area 40 North Cornwall District Council (1999) North Cornwall District Local Plan

41 Cornwall Landscape Character Assessment (2007) 2013 42 Environment Agency (2009) In your backyard 43 North Cornwall District Council (1999) North Cornwall District Local Plan 21 22 Bude Area There are designated Conservation Areas in Kilkhampton, Cornwall (44) Marhamchurch and Week St Mary . Place There are flood risk areas along the coast and inland Based rivers. Flooding is mainly caused by fluvial flooding from Local

the River Neet and overtopping of the Bude Canal. Over T 140 properties are estimated to be at risk of fluvial or tidal opic

flooding in Bude. About 380 Properties in Flexbury and Paper

180 properties in Bude-Stratton are potentially at risk Plan - from surface water flooding. March Place-based Approach to be Taken 2013

Bude Objective 4 – Heritage and Environment: To maintain and enhance the area’s heritage and environmental assets for the benefit of the local community and to use them to enhance the area’s T tourism offer. opic

Bude Objective 5 – Character To maintain and enhance the distinct character of Bude, Stratton, Flexbury and Poughill and in Paper: doing so protect these from physical and/or perceived coalescence.

Policy PP13 1e - The retention and enhancement of heritage assets with a particular focus on enhancing the tourism offer of

Bude-Stratton. Bude Community Network

44 North Cornwall District Council (1999) North Cornwall District Local Plan Cornwall Coast

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Coast: This table will explore the evidence relating to the coast. Evidence that highlights issues relevant to the remit of the Local Local Plan (Policies for Places) specific to this CNA will be identified under ‘Matters for the Local Plan to Address’. For Cornwall-wide issues please refer to the Topic Papers. Plan Evidence & Policy Context Key Points from Community Matters for Local Plan to Plans Address Place-based Wild and unspoilt coastline, range of ecological features; Regeneration of the Future of the harbour and coastal town of Bude/Stratton, includes wide sandy Bude Canal, Harbour, canal beaches of Bude and Widemouth Bay Wharf areas and Protection and enhancement Bude has a harbour and canal. The Bude Canal reaches consideration on new of the AONB and undeveloped the coast at Bude via a sea lock; it was part subject of transport links into Bude coast

the Bude Canal Regeneration Project (BCRP) via the sea. Role of public access to the T Good/excellent water quality of main beaches (see Concerns about litter and coast opic Environment above) beach cleaning. Conservation of the SAC and

Draft objectives of the Shoreline Management Plan 2: to Review outright ban of SSSI Paper: allow the natural evolution of the coast; retain tourism dogs on the beaches in Need to define coastal zone or and amenity values of the area while recognising the the summer. coastal change management

need to maintain the identity and character of the coastal area Bude settlements; and reflect National Heritage Coast

Balance recreation/tourism Bude objectives. opportunities and pressures Place Tidal Flood risks at Crackington Haven, and Bude with need to safeguard Community frontages. character of natural and Based historic environment

Sea level rises and managing T opic tidal flood risk Paper

Approach to be Taken Network - March Area 2013 23 24 Bude Area To promote and enhance the area’s coastline and natural assets and ensure development is sensitive to the outstanding natural, Cornwall built and historic environment of the area including the AONB and World Heritage Site, historic landscapes, primary agricultural Place land, giving careful consideration to the location, scale and design of new development and responding to climate change to create a more sustainable future. Based Local T opic Paper Plan - March Place-based 2013 T opic Paper: Bude Community Network Bude Place Based Topic Paper - March 2013 25

Cornwall Local Plan Place-based Topic Paper: Bude Community Network Area

Appendix A: Landscape Character information from the 2007 Cornwall Landscape Character Assessment

COMMUNITY NETWORK AREA 2 – BUDE

Evidence and Policy Context

Landscape Character Areas (LCA):

LCA 31 Upper Tamar and Ottery Valleys LCA 35 Kellan Head to Millook Haven Coast LCA 37 Western Culm Plateau LCA 38 Bude Basin www.cornwall.gov.uk/cornwall_landscape (underscore between cornwall and landscape)

Issues for Consideration

Environment

Develop coastal management in conjunction with National Trust to conserve remaining natural habitats, make provision for tourism development and management of traffic. Ensure effective, co-ordinated and consistent approach to management of coastal strip. Maintain and conserve unimproved acidic wet grasslands and wetlands and re-instate or restore where possible. Conserve mire BAP and lowland woodland pasture BAP habitats and support retention of free standing trees particularly on flood plain. Develop afforestation plan to ensure woodland managed and planted in appropriate locations. Support a recreational plan for Bude Canal and disused railway line. Ensure that development within and around historic settlements particularly Kilkhampton is sympathetic to surrounding landscape and historic character. Link the management and strategic planning of Network Area 2 with other adjacent network areas :-

Pentire Point to Widemouth - Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - Network Areas 2, 5, 19