Planning essentials training for Local Councils 2025
- National, Local and Neighbourhood Planning Policy - 12 June 2025 (Recording available) Chat questions and links
- Development Management and Getting Involved - 19 June 2025 Create a saved search in the Online Planning Register, Chat questions and links
- Enforcement and Compliance, and Planning Appeals - 10 July 2025 (Enforcement recording available) Chat questions and links
Other Local Council Planning training
We also offer shorter training events based on one or two topics 3 or 4 times a year. These are online Teams events. They are for parish and town clerks and local councillors in Cornwall. You will not have to book a place but can use the Microsoft Teams meeting links to join. We publicise the events by:
- emailing the joining links to local council clerks for sharing with their local council members
- including how to join in the Council's local council newsletter.
Our next training for Local Councils will be on 30 September 2025 starting at 4.00 pm and cover Neighbourhood Priorities Statements.
2025 planning training
26 February 2025
- Follow on Policy update on the Local Plan call for sites, the approach to the Interim Policy Position Statement and land use strategy
- Policy event 26 February - published Questions and Answers
29 January 2025
- Policy update on the revised NPPF and other planning changes, how Neighbourhood Plans and the Local Plan are impacted, next steps on the Call for Sites
- Policy event 29 January - published Questions and Answers
2024 planning training
November 2024
Policy update included:
- Making us more resilient: addressing coastal change within local planning policy
- Public health and planning
- Community led projects in planning
September 2024
Development Management focussed event resources include:
- Development Management: Processes and procedures update
- Development Management Area Team update and reconnect offer
- Class Q, Class R and replacement dwellings in the countryside
Previous training
- The Cornwall Climate Emergency Development Plan Document policies have full weight in the planning process from March 2023. This presentation included how policies affect the decision-making process and neighbourhood planning.
- The Environment Agency presented training for local councils. The focus was on their Roles and Responsibilities on 22 March. Content includes Local Flood Risk standing advice.
- The benefits of pre-application discussions including case studies
- Infilling and Rounding off update including case studies
Some topics covered have had a more recent update. You can find those in the videos prepared from Planning Member Modular Training in the next section.
More Training resources for local councils
We are building a training resource area for local councils. Some are videos and based on presentations given as part of our Member Modular training programme. You can find the latest resources using these links:
- Enforcement and Compliance July 2025
- Planning Policy update June 2025
- Ecology and Development - Protected Species August 2022
- Housing in Cornwall - a Building Control update 7 July 2022
- Sustainable Drainage - an overview 21 April 2022
- Planning Appeals 28 February 2022
- The World Heritage Site and the Planning System 18 October 2021
Day in the life of a planning application
The Cornwall Planning Partnership produced this document. It is an online step by step guide through the entire planning process. It spans from initial development idea through to the completion of development.
You can access this resource using this link: Day in the life of a Planning Application.