Cornwall Local Plan

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What is a Local Plan and why do we need one?

We have to have an up-to-date Local Plan for Cornwall. It should set out a vision for growth and identify the quantity and broad location and key sites, for new housing, community facilities, shops and employment. It also identifies land to be protected from development, such as areas of outstanding natural beauty and open space. It’s policies will be the basis for planning decisions.

The Council has proposed how many new houses and jobs should be planned for in Cornwall to 2030. The draft Local Plan sets this out, if we don’t have a Local plan development will still happen, but decisions will be taken in regard to the National Planning Policy Framework without local people having a say on setting local policies.

The latest consultation on the draft Local Plan Strategic Policies and other associated documents ran between 11th March and 22nd April. To find out more please use the links in the Recent Consultations box below. The consultation is now closed and representations on all three consultations will be published on this website as soon as they have been processed.

Important note: Due to an administrative error an amendment approved at the 12th February 2013 meeting of Cornwall Council recorded in paragraphs 5 and 7 of the minutes was not included in the Local Plan published for consultation. The missing wording is in published Policy 15 (referred to in the minutes as Policy 14). The addition would be: "Any proposal for the generation of energy from non-fossil fuel resources must not overshadow or have an overbearing effect on nearby habitations." The Council will look to include this amendment as a minor amendment before submitting the Plan to the Secretary of State.