Hayle & St Ives Place Based Topic Paper - March 2013 Contents CORNWALL LOCAL PLAN PLACE-BASED TOPIC PAPER: HAYLE 1 AND ST. IVES COMMUNITY NETWORK AREA Summary 1 Purpose of paper 3 Hayle & St. Ives Community Network Area 4 Key Facts 5 Community Planning Visions 6 Issues Tables 11 Introduction 11 Housing 12 Local Economy 15 Retail and Town Centres 18 Transport and Accessibility 20 Community facilities 22 People 25 Environment 26 Coast 28 Appendix A: Landscape Character information from the 2007 30 Cornwall Landscape Character Assessment Hayle & St Ives Place Based Topic Paper - March 2013 Contents Hayle & St Ives Place Based Topic Paper - March 2013 1 Cornwall Local Plan Place-based Topic Paper: Hayle and St. Ives Community Network Area Cornwall Local Plan Place-based Topic Paper: Hayle and St. Ives Community Network Area Summary Table .1 This paper summarises the key issues for the Hayle & St. Ives Community Network Area brought together to inform the Cornwall Local Plan. The key issues are: Issue 1 – Manage housing growth to ensure that the right size, mix and tenure of housing is delivered to meet the local housing requirements. Issue 2 – Support new employment schemes that could be provided through the regeneration of Hayle harbour and the development of Wave Hub. These schemes could also enhance the area’s tourism draw. There are also retail development pressures at Hayle which require a strategic response. Issue 3 – Tackle traffic congestion and parking issues. Tourist movements during the peak months being the main difficulty to overcome. The development of a new Park and Ride at St. Erth could help in this respect. Issue 4 – Encourage investment in health care, education, and open space provision where required and protect current levels of provision. Issue 5 – Support measures to address drug crime, alcohol related crime and anti-social behaviour. Issue 6 – Ensure development is sensitive to the outstanding natural, built and historic environment of the area. Careful consideration needs to be given to the location, scale and design of new development. 2 Hayle & St Ives Place Based Topic Paper - March 2013 Cornwall Local Plan Place-based Topic Paper: Hayle and St. Ives Community Network Area Local Plan Objectives for Hayle & St Ives CNA: Objective 1 – Employment: Support new employment schemes both in the towns and in the rural areas. Emphasis should be given to quality, permanent work opportunities which break the cycle of seasonal labour. High speed broadband should be encouraged in all areas to meet modern working requirements. This should ensure prosperous town centres in Hayle and St Ives particularly supporting flexible workspace, arts and tourism in St Ives and providing a continued delivery of the regeneration of Hayle through waterfront development associated with Marine Renewables and development of employment land to the south of Hayle. Objective 2 – Housing: To deliver a mix of housing, of the size, type and tenure required to meet current and future housing needs, prioritising affordable and specialist accommodation. Objective 3 – Community Infrastructure: Encourage investment in healthcare and GP coverage, education, neighbourhood centres, leisure facilities and open space provision and protect current levels of provision. Create better linkages between Hayle and its surrounding beaches, and improved and sustainable movement in St Ives. Objective 4 – Environment: Ensure development is sensitive to the outstanding natural, built and historic environment of the area, particularly sensitive to the World Heritage Site status of Hayle and the historic harbour of St Ives, giving careful consideration to the location, scale and design of all new development. Local Plan Policy (PP2) for Hayle & St Ives CNA: 1. Development will be permitted where it can be demonstrated that the following priorities for Hayle and St Ives can be satisfied: a. The protection of the vitality and viability of St Ives and Hayle town centres 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 provision of around 8,450sqm of B1a office accommodation and 8.450sqm of Industrial space has been identified. This has the potential of accommodating 650 jobs in the CNA over the plan period. Hayle & St Ives Place Based Topic Paper - March 2013 3 Cornwall Local Plan Place-based Topic Paper: Hayle and St. Ives Community Network Area c. Support new employment schemes both in the towns and in the rural areas. Emphasis should be given to quality, permanent work opportunities which break the cycle of seasonal labour. High speed broadband should be encouraged in all areas to meet modern working requirements. d. The provision of around 1,300 dwellings in Hayle in the period up to 2030 at an annual rate of about 60 per annum between 2010 – 2018 and 130 per annum between 2018 and 2030. e. The provision of around 750 dwellings in St Ives in the period up to 2030. f. The regeneration of Hayle focusing mainly on the Hayle Harbour area and the development of the wavehub and associated employment development. g. Support for St Ives Bay as a key tourist destination. Proposals should support sustainable tourism which will enhance the tourism offer and deliver year round employment opportunities. 2. In the remainder of the Community Network Area development will be permitted where it supports the following priorities: a. The provision of around 350 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 4 Hayle & St Ives Place Based Topic Paper - March 2013 Cornwall Local Plan Place-based Topic Paper: Hayle and St. Ives Community Network Area 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 Hayle & St Ives 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. Hayle & St. Ives Community Network Area Description ~ The Hayle & St. Ives Community Network Area contains 5 parishes and a range of settlements as indicated on the map below. Hayle and St. Ives (including Carbis Bay) are the main settlements within this area, and act as the local service centres to the smaller settlements surrounding them. Larger villages in the area include Connor Downs and St. Erth whereas smaller villages include Carnhell Green, Gwinear, Gwithian, Halsetown, Lelant, Nancledra, Reawla and Towednack. Links with other areas: The area has employment related links with the neighbouring towns of Penzance, Camborne, Pool and Redruth, and transport links via the A30 trunk road and mainline railway. Hayle & St Ives Place Based Topic Paper - March 2013 5 Cornwall Local Plan Place-based Topic Paper: Hayle and St. Ives Community Network Area Key Facts Key facts about the Community Network Area include the following (The latest version of the Hayle & St. Ives Community Network Profile which gives more information can be viewed at www.cornwall.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=20177): PARISHES: Gwinear-Gwithian, Hayle, St. Erth, St. Ives and Towednack. POPULATION: The population of the Hayle & St. Ives Community Network Area is 25,700, with around 7,900 living in Hayle and 9,100 living in St Ives. The population growth rate for the period 2001-2008 is lower (4%) than the Cornwall average (6%). 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 comprises 8,619 hectares and is defined by its outstanding landscape. Much of the area is designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Heritage Coast. There are also 6 Sites of Special Scientific Interest. The area also contains a constituent part of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site, the Port of Hayle. There are 8 6 Hayle & St Ives Place Based Topic Paper - March 2013 Cornwall Local Plan Place-based Topic Paper: Hayle and St. Ives Community Network Area building conservation areas in the Community Network Area at Gwinear, Gwithian, Halsetown, Hayle, Lelant, Phillack, St. Ives and St. Erth. There are level 2 and 3 flood zones at Hayle, St. Ives, Carbis Bay, Lelant, St. Erth and Angarrack. HOUSING: There were 13,173 dwellings in 2010. There has been a 21% increase in dwelling numbers over the period 1991-2010), close to the average of 20% across Cornwall.