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Calstock Parish Neighbourhood Development Plan 2019-2030 Pre-Submission Draft September 2019 Sustainable Growth for the Whole Community of Calstock Parish Calstock Parish Neighbourhood Development Plan 2019-2030 Pre-Submission Draft September 2019 CALSTOCK PARISH COUNCIL 1 Pre-Submission Draft Calstock Neighbourhood Development Plan September 2019 PREFACE Vision Statement: By 2030, Calstock Parish will be a community with an excellent quality of life: The Neighbourhood Development Plan, with the National - living in decent homes in settlements that Planning Policy Framework and the Cornwall Local Plan, will be the framework for planning policy in Calstock Parish until retain their rural character 2030. It is a vital document. - supported by a thriving rural economy - benefiting from adequate social, transport A team of community representatives and Parish Councillors has been working since 2013 to draw up this Plan. We have and physical infrastructure sought the views of the community through questionnaires and - respecting and protecting the distinctive a postal survey. We have attended key community events and landscape, environment and heritage of the held specific consultations throughout the parish. We have also area; and taken into consideration many previous reports and documents - instigating and implementing plans that about the Parish. respond to the challenges of the climate crisis. Our Vision is that by 2030 Calstock Parish will continue to offer an excellent quality of life where people live in decent homes in settlements which have retained their quiet rural character. The Plan aims to be economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable. It has policies on landscape, environment and biodiversity; heritage; transport and communications; the local economy and tourism; local infrastructure, services and facilities; and flood management. It seeks to achieve a thriving economy with a good social, transport and physical infrastructure. We want to respect and protect the distinctive landscape, environment and heritage of the area. Critical to the well-being of future generations is how we respond to the climate crisis. The Plan responds to this challenge by adopting land-use policies up to 2030 and beyond that are environmentally sustainable and will help to reduce the causes and resolve the problems created by the climate crisis. In order to preserve the unique character of the Parish tight development boundaries have been drawn around the various settlements within the Parish. These boundaries maintain green spaces and clear rural gaps between the settlements. Outside of these boundaries only countryside related development and ‘rural exception’ affordable housing development, in certain very specific circumstances, would be permitted. Housing is a controversial issue. Between 2010 and 2018 some 132 new dwellings were built within the Parish and, by April 2018, planning permission had been granted for another 241. Much of this new development is taking place in St Ann’s Chapel. The baseline remaining housing target for Calstock Parish in the Cornwall Local Plan as at April 2018 is nil. There is an argument that the Plan should provide for some further housing development to meet market demand and local needs. Two sites were considered, one in St Ann’s Chapel and one in Harrowbarrow, that would have provided an additional 45 houses. However, since April 2018, planning permission has been granted for an additional 53 dwellings. In light of this the Parish Council believes that there is currently no need to allocate land for further market housing. The NDP therefore adheres to the nil housing target and does not allocate land for market housing development within the Parish other than allowing for infill within the settlement development boundaries. Provision of affordable housing for the needs of local people will continue to be met through ‘rural exception’ sites under Cornwall Local Plan Policy 9. The draft Plan has been approved by the Parish Council. The next stage is for it to go to the community for consultation. We will be holding consultation events throughout the Parish where you can talk to members of the Neighbourhood Plan team to find out more and to pass on your views. We are keen to talk to as many residents as possible so if you are a member of an organisation and would like us to meet and talk with you please get in touch. We also have a feedback form. At the end of the consultation we will look carefully at the responses and we will alter the plan to reflect the feedback so your views really are important and will make a difference. Cllr Alastair Tinto, Chairman of the Neighbourhood Development Plan Committee 2 Pre-Submission Draft Calstock Neighbourhood Development Plan September 2019 Above: Calstock village viewed from above Cotehele, nestling within the River Tamar AONB. Below: Drakewalls Mine, one of many former mining structures that contribute to the historic setting of the Parish. 3 Pre-Submission Draft Calstock Neighbourhood Development Plan September 2019 Table of Contents Contents PREFACE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 PART ONE: BACKGROUND --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 1. Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 2. The Calstock neighbourhood development plan preparation process --------------------------------------------------------- 8 3. This consultation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9 4. Next steps after this consultation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 5. Guide to the Calstock NDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 PART TWO: SETTING THE SCENE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12 6. Calstock Parish NDP – The evidence base --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 7. Sustainable Development – The National Planning Policy Framework 2018 (NPPF) -------------------------------------- 12 8. Sustainable Development - The Cornwall Local Plan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12 9. NDP Sustainability Appraisal and Strategic Environmental Assessment ----------------------------------------------------- 13 10. Calstock Parish: A Very Special Place ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 11. Community Engagement ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 12. Overview of the issues and Implications of the Evidence Base for the NDP ----------------------------------------------- 14 PART THREE: VISION, STRATEGY AND OBJECTIVES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21 13. The Vision for Calstock Parish to 2030 and Beyond ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21 PART FOUR: THE NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN POLICIES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 14. Transport and Communications Policy ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 15. Local Landscape Policy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 16. Local Infrastructure, Services and Facilities ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 17. Local Economy and Tourism Policy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40 18. Housing Policy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 19. Heritage and design Policy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 55 20. Flood Policy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 61 21. Environment and Biodiversity Policy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 64 22. RenewabLe Energy and Sustianable Design ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 67 PART FIVE: TASKS, MAPS AND SUPPORTING MATERIAL ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 76 23. Project Tasks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 76 23. Proposals Maps ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 77 23. Jargon Buster -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 92 24. Thanks -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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