Make a Neighbourhood Priorities Statement

A neighbourhood priorities statement is a way for local people to tell us what is important in their area and how growth can deliver benefits for their community. 

We have a range of templates that can be used to help you understand your places and what might make them better places to live in the future.  The templates will help you to produce your neighbourhood priorities statement (NPS).  We will use all NPS that are submitted to us to help shape the policy and direction in the new Cornwall Local Plan. 

Contact us at neighbourhoodplanning@cornwall.gov.uk if you need any help.

You can share your priorities for:

• Homes

• Jobs

• Transport

• Nature and green spaces

• Community facilities

• Infrastructure needs

Templates

You can find templates and presentations here.

Getting started

• Getting started guidance

Templates

• NPS steering group sample terms of reference template

• NPS letter template

• NPS place assessment template

• NPS local economy assessment template

• NPS simple template

These templates help you to set up a steering group, designate your neighbourhood area and help you to write your statement.

Explainers

• Where new homes should go explainer document

Learn more about housing, growth and planning.  It explains why new homes may be needed and how communities can help shape future development.

Use our survey to hear from local people

Talking to local people is an important part of writing your NPS.

We have created our planning for our future survey that you can share with your residents.  The survey asks people what they like about their area, what they would like to protect and what changes they would like to see in the future.

The survey results can help you to understand what matters most in your area.  Use this information to write your statement and make sure it reflects local views.

Please share the survey with as many people as possible.  The more responses you receive the better you will understand your community priorities.

• Complete the planning for our future survey

• Download print version of the survey

• Ask us to give you the results for your town or parish

• Use the survey results to write your statement

Presentations

• NPS overview presentation

• Data and engagement presentation

• Analysing your survey responses presentation

• Understanding your places, context, including local economy, design,character and heritage presentation

• Using maps in your NPS presentation

• Housing presentation

These presentations help you to collect information and understand what priorities are important to local people.

Examples and maps

• Lanner NPS example

• St Day NPS example

• Mapping service

• NPS map layers

• Mapping support charges

• Contractor licence (for maps)

These resources help you to see what a finished statement looks like and create useful maps.

What do I need to do to make one?

1. Attend our monthly events programme so that you understand the process.

2. Set up a steering group to help with the work.

3. Apply for your neighbourhood area.  If a neighbourhood area covers more than one parish, a copy of the formal resolution for each parish should be provided alongside the joint application and map.

4. Share our planning for our future survey.  Use the results to write your statement using our template.

5. Gather other evidence about your area.

6. Write a draft statement using the simple template.

7. Send us a draft version of your statement.  Update your draft statement with our comments.

8. Carry out a formal pre-submission consultation for 6 weeks using our pre-submission consultation list.  Let us know the consultation dates so that we can publish it on our website.

9. Review the feedback and update your statement.

10. Submit to us with your consultation statement for publication.

Need help?

If you need help please contact the neighbourhood planning team: neighbourhoodplanning@cornwall.gov.uk.  We're happy to help.