Camborne, Pool & Redruth Place Based Issues Paper - January 2012 Contents CORNWALL LDF: CORE STRATEGY PLACE-BASED ISSUES PAPER: CAMBORNE, POOL AND REDRUTH COMMUNITY 1 NETWORK AREA Summary 1 Purpose of paper 1 Camborne, Pool and Redruth Community Network Area 2 Key Facts 3 Introduction 5 Housing 6 Local Economy 8 Retail and Town Centres 10 Transport and Accessibility 12 Community facilities 14 People 16 Environment 18 Coast 20 Summary and Key Spatial Issues 22 Appendix A: Community Planning Area Visions / Key Objectives 22 Appendix B: Landscape Character information from the 2007 26 Cornwall Landscape Character Assessment Camborne, Pool & Redruth Place Based Issues Paper - January 2012 Contents Camborne, Pool & Redruth Place Based Issues Paper - January 2012 1 Cornwall LDF: Core Strategy Place-based Issues Paper: Camborne, Pool and Redruth Community Network Area Cornwall LDF: Core Strategy Place-based Issues Paper: Camborne, Pool and Redruth Community Network Area Summary Table .1 This paper summarises the key emerging issues for the Camborne and Redruth Community Network Area brought together to inform the Cornwall Core Strategy. The key issues: Issue 1 – Enable higher quality employment opportunities. Issue 2 – Manage the level and distribution of housing growth, taking into consideration the Camborne, Pool, Illogan, Redruth Area Action Plan research and evidence base. Issue 3 – Promote a positive relationship between the retail centres of Camborne, Pool and Redruth, strengthening comparison shopping. Issue 4 – Enhance sports and leisure facilities to serve population growth. Issue 5 – Reduce deprivation through allocation of land for services, open space and through high quality design. Issue 6 – Remediate contaminated land. 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 proposed Core Strategy area policies 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 various 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 Camborne and Redruth Community Network Area is included in Appendix 1. These place-based papers, along with the topic-based Issues Papers, will form the first stage of the development of options for the Core Strategy. A full list of the Core Strategy Issues Papers can be found on the Council's website A full list of the Core Strategy Issues Papers accessed on the Council’s website http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=22887. 2 Camborne, Pool & Redruth Place Based Issues Paper - January 2012 Cornwall LDF: Core Strategy Place-based Issues Paper: Camborne, Pool and Redruth Community Network Area Camborne, Pool and Redruth Community Network Area Description: ~ The Camborne and Redruth Community Network Area contains the parishes of Camborne, Illogan, Portreath, Carn Brea, Redruth, St. Day, Lanner, Carharrack, Gwennap and Stithians. The main settlements in the network area are Camborne, Pool and Redruth, which together make up the largest urban conurbation in Cornwall. The area also includes a section of north coast from Godrevy to Porthtowan, and hilly rural areas to the south. Camborne, Pool & Redruth Place Based Issues Paper - January 2012 3 Cornwall LDF: Core Strategy Place-based Issues Paper: Camborne, Pool and Redruth Community Network Area Key Facts Key facts about the Camborne and Redruth Community Network Area include the following: (www.cornwall.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=20177 for the latest version of the Camborne and Redruth Community Network Profile which gives more information): PARISHES: Camborne, Carharrack, Carn Brea, Gwennap, Illogan, Lanner, Portreath, Redruth, St Day and Stithians. POPULATION: The total population for the Camborne, Pool and Redruth Community Network Area is around 59,400, with the population of the main urban area being around 45,200 (2008 mid-year estimates). Population growth during 2001-2008 was slightly higher (7%) than the Cornwall average (6%).The distribution of the population by age is similar to the Cornwall average, although there are slightly higher proportions of the population in the under 40 age groups and slightly lower proportions of people in the over 55 age groups. ENVIRONMENT: Parts of the north coast are designated AONB – Godrevy Head to Portreath AONB lies partly within this network area. There are three SSSI within the area. Large areas around Camborne and Redruth are part of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscapes World Heritage Site. Most of the centre of Portreath lies within flood zones 2 and 3. There are building conservation areas in Camborne, Carn Brea, Gwennap, Redruth, St Day and Tuckingmill. 4 Camborne, Pool & Redruth Place Based Issues Paper - January 2012 Cornwall LDF: Core Strategy Place-based Issues Paper: Camborne, Pool and Redruth Community Network Area HOUSING: There were 26,6807 dwellings in 2010 – 10.5% of Cornwall’s dwellings. During 1991-2010 there was an 18% increase in dwelling numbers. As at 31st March 2011 there were 463 dwellings under construction and 2,223 unimplemented planning permissions. About 1.3% of dwellings were registered as empty properties - Cornwall average 1.7% (Council Tax, 2011) and 1.7% of properties were registered as second homes – Cornwall average 10.7%. These figures indicate that a low proportion of dwellings remain vacant, and that there is minimal competition from other types of dwelling occupiers – most dwellings are used by permanent residents. 118 affordable homes are required each year to meet need. EMPLOYMENT: There has been growth in the number of jobs in the urban area of Camborne/Pool/Illogan/Redruth from approx 18,600 in 2001 to 21,000 in 2006. The urban area serves a hinterland and more people commute into the area for work than out of it. Manufacturing is declining whilst the service sector is growing. The out of work benefit claim rate is 17% of working age population compared to a Cornwall average of 12%; wages are well below the national average. TRAVEL: The A30 bisects this area, running close to the main towns Redruth and Camborne. The main roads between the major towns (particularly between Camborne and Redruth/Truro and Falmouth) can be very congested at peak times. Camborne and Redruth are on the mainline running from Penzance to London Paddington. Bus services are frequent within the urban areas and from most villages to the main towns. Coach services connect the area to the south coast, London and the north as well as other Cornish towns. FACILITIES: The large towns have a full range of retail and service provision, although there has been some out of town retail development which has reduced the success of the town centres, especially in Camborne and Redruth where there is also a particularly low provision of non-food shopping. A need for more leisure provision was identified. Many of the larger villages retain a general shop, a public house and have children’s play areas and village halls. Mobile library services and mobile shops also serve the smaller villages. Options Consultation Feedback Feedback from the public exhibition held in Pool on 29th March show that 62% opted for low growth across Cornwall (38,000 new homes) whilst 27% chose medium growth (48,000 new homes) and 11% chose high growth (57,000 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 31% chose the economy-led approach (development in key towns to aid regeneration in those areas). Redruth Town Council opted for medium growth with an economy-led distribution pattern whilst Camborne Town Council expressed a preference for low growth with dispersed distribution. In addition, the Parish Councils in the network area, who expressed a view, mainly opted for low growth with a dispersed distribution pattern. Camborne, Pool & Redruth Place Based Issues Paper - January 2012 5 Cornwall LDF: Core Strategy Place-based Issues Paper: Camborne, Pool and Redruth Community Network Area 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. 6 Camborne, Pool Housing Cornwall Table .2 and Pool Housing: This table will explore the evidence relating to housing – future growth, balance in the housing stock, tenure mix, quality, & Redruth LDF: deprivation, second homes, in-migration, affordability and housing need. Evidence that highlights specific issues for this area will Redruth be identified under ‘Issues for Consideration’ and in the summary box at the end of the table – evidence that shows no difference between this area and the average for Cornwall will not. Place Core (1) Based Evidence & Policy Context Community View Issues for