Pre-submission document March 2013 Objectives Objective 4 – Housing PP15 Liskeard and Looe Balance the housing stock to provide a 18.1 Specifi c objectives to be addressed range of accommodation, particularly Community Network Area in planning for the Liskeard and Looe for open market family homes and Community Network Area include: intermediate aff ordable housing in Objective 1 – Economy and Jobs Liskeard. Introduction Deliver economic growth / Objective 5 - Leisure Facilities 18.0 The Liskeard and Looe Community Network Area covers the parishes employment, providing much needed Improve and maintain the provision of of Deviock, Duloe, Dobwalls and Trewidland, Lanreath, Lansallos, Lanteglos, jobs to counterbalance current and recreational, cultural and leisure services Liskeard, Looe, Menheniot, Morval, Pelynt, Quethiock, St Cleer, St Keyne, future housing development in and on and facilities in Liskeard with particular St Neot, St Martin-by-Looe, St Pinnock and Warleggan. the edge of Liskeard. focus on delivering sports pitches. Objective 2 – Sustainable Key Facts: Development Development Strategy Improve connectivity within and on the 18.2 A comprehensive and co- Population 2007: 33,000 edge of Liskeard to ensure the town ordinated approach will be pursued Dwellings 2010: 15,547 (6.1% Cornwall) functions eff ectively as a major hub to the planning and development and service centre for the network area; of Liskeard. The approach set out in Past housing build rates 1991-2010: 1,869 including enhanced public transport the Liskeard Town Framework Plan, Housing need (preferred area) 2012: 706 (Bands A-D) plus 1,073 (Band E) provision. integrates elements of housing, equates to 6.1% and 7.3% of Cornwall total respectively Objective 3 – Liskeard as a Service economic, transport, community and Existing housing commitments 2010-2012: 969 Centre environmental policy, and will enable Liskeard to achieve balanced housing Liskeard employees estimate (2011): Full time: 2,349 Part-time: 1,949 Strengthen Liskeard’s role as a service and economic growth linked with centre and improve town centre Looe employees estimate (2011): Full time: 746 Part-time: 763 infrastructure improvements, whilst viability through regeneration schemes protecting, regenerating and enhancing including the redevelopment of the its local service role, its unique qualities cattle market and relocation of the and character and historic built and post sorting offi ce to provide a pannier natural environment. market and improved traffi c fl ow in the town and access from the A38 18.3 The Town Framework Plan (TFP) Moorswater junction.. for Liskeard which will be developed 123 Cornwall Local Plan 2010 - 2030 Figure 20: Liskeard and Looe CNA Map Dobwalls, Menheniot, St.Cleer, Pelynt, Liskeard & Looe Community Network Area - Environmental Designations Polperro and Polruan. There is also a Key large network of small villages and World Heritage Site hamlets throughout the area. AONB SPA 18.5 Liskeard, with a population of SAC A390 9,100, is one of Cornwall’s oldest urban SSSI Flood Zone 2, 3a & 3b and market centres; it has signifi cant St Cleer St Neot historic buildings and townscape, and its setting on its hilltop overlooking A38 Dobwalls wide tranches of landscape is an Liskeard important characteristic. A classic Menheniot market town, Liskeard now needs to 0 A39 improve its viability and make the most 8 A3 of redeveloping key town centre sites to Duloe strengthen its role as a service centre. 18.6 There is a local aspiration to Pelynt Downderry support higher value business uses in Looe Liskeard. A range of accommodation including open market family housing Polruan 0241 and intermediate aff ordable housing is Km N © Crown copyright. All rights reserved. Cornwall Council, 100049047, 2011 required to balance the housing market in the town. Other challenges include as part of the Cornwall allocations and post sorting offi ce, which are increasing access to cultural and leisure development plan document seeks to recognised as potential regeneration services (including sports pitches). facilitate Liskeard’s aims by presenting opportunities. an integrated spatial strategy where 18.7 Liskeard was successful in a bid for 18.4 Liskeard and Looe are the main suitable land is identifi ed for future the Home Offi ce Portas Pilot scheme settlements within this area, and act as employment and residential uses. The for town centre regeneration, winning the local service centres to the many TFP not only includes land immediately grant funding to carry out town centre smaller settlements surrounding them. adjoining Liskeard, but also identifi es regeneration projects. Larger villages in the area include town centre sites at the Cattlemarket 124 Pre-submission document March 2013 Town Centre Notation - Liskeard Key Town centre boundary Primary retail frontages Primary shopping area (PSA) 010020050 Metres version 1.0 © Crown copyright and database rights 2012 Ordnance Survey 100049047. Housing Requirements and services and has a rail connection to Liskeard and could support more 18.8 The Community Network Area growth than other smaller settlements should plan for around 2,000 dwellings in the remainder of the CNA. Co- (about 100 dwellings per year) over the ordination will be needed amongst the period between 2010 and 2030. remaining parishes within the CNA to 18.9 As the main settlement with ensure that housing needs are met. The good employment and transport Council will support the preparation provision, Liskeard will be required to of Neighbourhood Plans as a way of accommodate half of those dwellings. planning for the needs of those areas. Looe has a good range of facilities 125 Cornwall Local Plan 2010 - 2030 Policy PP15: Liskeard and c) The provision of around 1,000 c) Development should deliver dwellings in the period up to 2030; community benefi ts in the form of aff ordable housing for local people Looe CNA d) The retention and enhancement of and contributions to requirements for 1. Development will be permitted Heritage assets with physical linkages facilities, services and infrastructure where it can be demonstrated that between Liskeard and the Cornwall identifi ed locally; the following priorities for Liskeard and Devon Mining Landscape World can be satisfi ed: Heritage Site. d) Development proposals in and related to Looe must ensure that the a) The protection of the vitality and 2. In the remainder of the sustainable tourism off er of Looe is viability of Liskeard town centre Community Network Area supported and enhanced. through the promotion of retail, development will be permitted offi ce and leisure uses. Proposals where it supports the following for change of use or redevelopment priorities: will only be permitted within a) The provision of around 1000 the Primary Shopping Area if the dwellings in the period up to 2030. proposal adds to the attractiveness of Additional housing and employment the centre and does not reduce the growth should be of a size, nature predominance of A1 retail use; and scale appropriate to the needs, b) the provision of around 12,400sqm character and services available of of B1a offi ce accommodation and the settlement; 14,200sqm of Industrial space has b) Development should help rebalance been identifi ed. This has the potential the communities by providing of accommodating 1,000 jobs in the facilities, economic development or CNA over the plan period; housing for local needs of a scale that is appropriate to the settlement and reduces the need to travel; 126.