Neighbourhood Planning Activity in Cornwall

Neighbourhood planning in a time of change

In January we updated you on the publication of the new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) on 12 December 2024.  Our new housing requirement is now 4,421 for Cornwall instead of the 2,707 that we had planned for under the current Cornwall Local Plan.  As a result some of our local plan policies (and neighbourhood plans) will now be out of date.  Our briefing papers are available to help you with any questions that you might have on how this impacts your neighbourhood plan.

Protected NDPs

You should also view our latest news including planning changes affecting neighbourhood plans:

Latest news including planning changes

Neighbourhood Plans in Cornwall

Before a neighbourhood plan can be prepared, you must apply to us to designate a neighbourhood area: 

• Preparing a Neighbourhood Plan
• Fill in our letter template explaining why the area is appropriate to be designated as a neighbourhood area
• Attach your map showing the proposed designation area
• Contact us for our mapping service if you need a map: neighbourhoodplanning@cornwall.gov.uk
• A cluster is an area covering more than one parish. If it is a cluster we will publish your application on the online planning register for at least 6 weeks. This is so that local people have time to make representations

Our neighbourhood planning activity map shows the progress of neighbourhood plans across Cornwall.

Neighbourhood Plan Updates

• Pelynt - Referendum successful
• Pentewan Valley - Regulation 14 - Pre-submission consultation dates published
• Poundstock - Regulation 14 - Pre-submission consultation dates published
• Redruth - Referendum successful
• Torpoint - Referendum date published

You can find more information about neighbourhood plan updates below.

Progress of Neighbourhood Plans in Cornwall and Documents

Planning decisions must be made in accordance with the adopted development plans listed below. This is unless material considerations indicate otherwise.

• Cornwall Local Plan which includes the:
  • Site Allocations DPD
  • Climate Emergency DPD
• National Planning Policy Framework (where relevant)
• any made neighbourhood plan

You can view the active neighbourhood planning proposals through the online planning register. Either select the neighbourhood plan below or type the reference directly into the register. Please make sure you are on the Documents tab. This will display all the documents and comments that have been added to the application. Please reorder the list of documents by date published to bring the current documents to the top.

The neighbourhood plan referendum version will be made if more than 50% of people vote in favour of us using the neighbourhood plan to help determine planning applications in the neighbourhood plan area. The made version will be under the Document Type: Plan – Approved Amendments, Description: Made NDP.