Sustainable Growth for the Whole Community of Calstock Parish Calstock Parish Neighbourhood Development Plan 2018-2030 Consultation Draft Autumn 2018 CALSTOCK PARISH COUNCIL V3.1 – 03-04-18, Edits following Committee Meeting and 1 proofing V3.2 – 10-04-18, edits to HP2C V4 – edits to include evidence base references, Exel charts (rather than tables) and proof reading comments V 4.1 – paragraph numbering, completed manually (not automated) V 4.2 – updated parish online maps – 26-04-18 V5 – updated with comments from ZBJ included – June 2018 V5.2 – updated with comments V6 - SBF Edit 1 V7 - SBF Edit 2 V8 – SBF Edit 3 V9 – SBF Edit 4 V9.1 CB - Edits 1 Consultation Draft Calstock Neighbourhood Plan October 2018 Vision Statement: By 2030, Calstock Parish will be a Dear Resident, community with an excellent quality of life: Calstock Parish Neighbourhood Development Plan - living in decent homes in settlements which have retained Please take the time to read and consider this important their quiet rural character; document. It contains policies which, with your help, will - supported by a thriving economy; form the new Neighbourhood Development Plan for the - benefiting from adequate social, Parish of Calstock. transport and physical Calstock Parish is large in area and diverse in community infrastructure; need and aspiration. The parish covers the three main - respecting and protecting the settlements of Gunnislake, Harrowbarrow and Calstock distinctive landscape, environment and many hamlets. It has the majestic River Tamar and heritage of the area; forming its eastern boundary and ‘we’ think the best view and is actively involved in planning for a in Cornwall. sustainable and resilient future that meets ‘We’ are the Neighbourhood Plan Committee, a group of the needs of generations to come. committed local residents and parish councillors who were delegated to draw up a Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) which would consider the needs of the parish for the next decade and a half, until 2030. Our first task was to find out the community’s view of what was most important as they went about their lives within the parish. We have done this through a variety of methods: e.g. questionnaires, a postal survey presence at key community events and specific consultations throughout the parish. Members of the NDP Committee have walked across, round, and through the parish and spent time looking, talking to people, noting things and taking photographs. We have discovered bits of the parish, its history and local folklore, that were new to many of us. Over the last two years the consultation, adventuring and discovery has been turned into writing the policies which we think will best meet the needs of the whole parish. Our deliberations have been ably assisted and helped by the input of a Planning Consultant/Project Manager (Steve Besford-Foster) who has been employed through funding received from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). All the plans and policies within this NDP have to comply with the National Planning Policy Framework and the Cornwall Local Plan. We have also taken into consideration many previous reports and documents about the Parish. The NDP contains a range of policies: Landscape, Environment and Biodiversity; Heritage; Transport and Communications; Local Economy and Tourism; Local Infrastructure, Services and Facilities; and Flood Management. They stand alone, but in conjunction with the Housing policy, which has been the most challenging one to write. This is, after all, a development plan, not a ‘stay as we are plan’, although that has also been considered. We hope that within our NDP’s proposed settlement boundaries there will be small pockets of land which have development potential. The aim is to ensure that future development within the parish is appropriate to our needs, in areas we think are right for us and fit with the character of our parish landscapes. Neighbourhood Development Plans are a national initiative that Calstock Parish opted into in order to have a say in planning development. In this first public view of the policies we need you to tell us whether it 2 Consultation Draft Calstock Neighbourhood Plan October 2018 ‘feels right’ for the next decade and a half. The children who are currently in primary school now may well be looking for local housing within the lifetime of this NDP. With your help and feedback we hope that this plan helps the parish to be even lovelier, greener, more economically vibrant and just as welcoming as it always has been. The NDP could not have been written without the following people and I thank them for their time, effort and commitment: Roger Alford, Sylvia Bonsey, Clive Frederick Preece, David Harding, David Lane, Terry Letchford, Jean Miller, John Roberts, Martin Smith, Tish Valva, Joan Veale. I would like to particularly thank David Harding who chaired the Steering Group (as it was then) during its first 3 years and to Cllr Glenys Rooker and Cllr Kate Latham for their help in writing the initial drafts. Thank you for your support and feedback. Cllr Alastair Tinto, Chairman of the Neighbourhood Development Plan Committee 3 Consultation Draft Calstock Neighbourhood Plan October 2018 Table of Contents PREFACE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 PART ONE: BACKGROUND --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 1. INTRODUCTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 2. THE CALSTOCK NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT PLAN PREPARATION PROCESS ------------------------------------------------------------ 9 3. THIS CONSULTATION -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10 4. NEXT STEPS AFTER THIS CONSULTATION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10 5. GUIDE TO THE CALSTOCK NDP. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12 PART TWO: SETTING THE SCENE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12 6. CALSTOCK PARISH NDP – THE EVIDENCE BASE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12 7. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – THE NATIONAL PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK (NPPF) -----------------------------------------------13 8. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - THE CORNWALL LOCAL PLAN --------------------------------------------------------------------------------13 9. NDP SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14 10. CALSTOCK PARISH: A VERY SPECIAL PLACE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15 11. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15 12. OVERVIEW OF THE ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE EVIDENCE BASE FOR THE NDP -------------------------------------------15 PART THREE: VISION, STRATEGY AND OBJECTIVES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------26 13. THE VISION FOR CALSTOCK PARISH TO 2030 AND BEYOND ---------------------------------------------------------------------------26 13. CALSTOCK PARISH NDP: OBJECTIVES ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. PART FOUR: THE NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN POLICIES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------30 14. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS POLICY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------30 Policy TC1 – Transport - Justification --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------30 Policy TC1 - Intention----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------31 Policy TC2 – Conversion of Domestic Garages – Justification -------------------------------------------------------------------------32 Policy TC2 - Intention----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------32 Policy TC3 – Broadband and Mobile Communications - Justification ---------------------------------------------------------------32 Policy TC3 - Intention----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------33 15. LOCAL LANDSCAPE POLICY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------34 Policy LA1 – Local Landscape - Justification -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------34 Policy LA 1 - Intention ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------35 Policy LA2 – Dark Skies and Street Lighting – Justification -----------------------------------------------------------------------------36 Policy LA2- Intention ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------36