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, Chris Daly and Nic Phillips
- Sarah Mason, 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 – Julie Fairman (Clerk to St Teath)
- China Clay and Luxulyan CAP area – Cllr David Simpson (St Stephen in Brannel)
- Cornwall South CAP area – Cllr Mike Roberts (Mevagissey)
- 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 Susanne Breul (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 Gareth Rowe (Cubert)
- 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.
Cornwall Planning Partnership meetings
The group can meet to discuss appropriate planning process issues or for specific workshops/working groups. The next meeting of the Planning Partnership will be on 9 April 2024. This will be the welcome meeting of the refreshed membership.
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.
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
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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.
