Cornwall Planning Partnership

What is the Planning Partnership? 

The Cornwall Planning Partnership (CPP) is a group of people consisting of:

• Councillors and Clerks of various Towns and Parish Councils across Cornwall

• Cornwall Council Planning and Housing officers, Chantal McLennan and Nic Phillips

• Lee Dunkley, Cornwall Association of Local Councils (CALC) Executive Officer and Cllr Peter Tisdale, CALC Executive member

• Officers from the Local Planning Authority and Portfolio Holder (optional as required)

The Partnership aims to assist two-way communication on planning issues of interest to local councils. Members of the group have the opportunity to join workshops or meetings for specific purposes including the CIL Fund Panel. 

The group has members from each Community Area Partnership (CAP) area to ensure geographic spread. This includes local council clerks and councillors with a keen interest in planning issues.  The current members are:

• Camel Valley CAP area – Vacant

• China Clay and Luxulyan CAP area – Vacant

• Cornwall South CAP area – Vacant

• Falmouth and Penryn CAP area – Sarah Phillips (Assistant Clerk to Mylor)

• North Cornwall CAP area – Cllr Gregory Worden (Morwenstow)

• North Kerrier and East Penwith CAP area – Cllr Robert Drew (Carn Brea)

• Penwith CAP area – Louise Dwelly (Clerk to St Ives)

• Roseland and Truro CAP area – Cllr Helen Couch (Veryan)

• Saints Coast CAP area – Cllr Nick Morris (Newquay and St Merryn)

• South East Cornwall CAP area – Cllr James Lundy (Looe)

• South Kerrier CAP area – Cllr Linda Penrose (Sithney)

• Tamar to Moor CAP area – Cllr Andrew Budd (South Hill)

Our Cornwall Planning Partnership protocol sets out how Cornwall Council and its planning partners will work together.  The terms of reference set out expectations and more information about the group. Volunteers from the group also form the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Fund Advisory Panel.  The Panel assists with distributing CIL to projects in Cornwall.

Vacancies

We will shortly be contacting towns and parishes in the Camel Valley, China Clay and Luxulyan, and Cornwall South CAP areas to seek a new group member from those areas.

Cornwall Planning Partnership meetings

The group can meet to discuss appropriate planning process issues or for specific workshops/working groups. 

News and updates from the Partnership are also circulated in 'Planning News for Local Councils and Agents'. This quarterly newsletter is available on the Planning News webpages.

Planning Partnership meetings

The group met on 5 January 2026. Meeting notes available. Presentations included:

• CIL Fund Panel training

• Planning changes, revised NPPF and Local Plan progress

• Development Management update

Work of the Planning Partnership

The Partnership is keen to play an active role in:

• getting involved with consultations

• helping to shape policy and guidance for planning in Cornwall

• planning training for local councils

Planning guidance and training for local councils

The group helped produce planning guidance and resources for local councils, developers and Cornwall Council officers to use:

• Guidance for local councils on pre-application discussions

• Protocol for local councils, Cornwall Council and developers - working together

• Post decision community engagement guidance

• Online guide: Day in the life of a Planning Application

  • is a step by step guide through the entire planning process

  • covers from your initial development idea through to the completion of development.