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Emergency Plans

Planning for emergencies is an important and large part of our work. Every plan is updated and revised through multi-agency exercises and testing. If a plan is activated, a debrief will take place to ensure key learning points are identified. These are then incorporated into emergency response planning in the future. Risks to a community are looked at within our local resilience area. They are maintained in a document ent.....

Last updated: 11/07/2024 11:09:29


Make a Neighbourhood Priorities Statement

Create a neighbourhood priorities statement (NPS) to tell us about your community's priorities for growth and change. Use our template to ensure you can influence the Cornwall Local Plan. It sets out the key issues your neighbourhood priorities statement will need to consider. Contact us at neighbourhoodplanning@cornwall.gov.uk if you need any help. What are neighbourhood priorities statements? The Levelling-Up and Regene.....

Last updated: 20/02/2025 10:17:47


Fees and additional services

In this section The planning service provide a range of additional services. This area sets out these services and any fees associated with them. Statutory planning fees increased on 1 April 2025. Please see our statutory fees and guidance page for more information.

Last updated: 02/04/2025 09:19:34


Cornwall Interim Policy Position Statement

Government’s new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) came into force on 12 December 2024. This sets out revised guidance and policies for planning across England. Government published a standard housing method alongside the NPPF. This is the method that we must use to understand how many new homes should be built each year in Cornwall. We must now plan for 4,421 homes in Cornwall instead of the 2,707 that we have be.....

Last updated: 07/04/2025 11:00:00


Appeal against a planning enforcement notice

The Council may send you an enforcement notice if you have built or changed something without planning permission. When you can appeal You can appeal against an enforcement notice if you own, rent or lawfully occupy the property or land it applies to. There is no fee for appealing unless you also need to apply for planning permission. You cannot appeal against an enforcement notice on the ground that planning permission .....

Last updated: 30/04/2024 09:45:46


Planning, Parking and Transport

The following Freedom of Information responses cover road, parking and transport issues. Information can also be found by following the links below: Planning Transport, Streets and Parking

Last updated: 24/06/2025 13:37:52


Planning guidance for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO)

For planning purposes houses in multiple occupation (HMO) fall within planning use class C4. A House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) is described as a house occupied by between three and six unrelated individuals. It is their only or main residence and they share basic amenities such as a kitchen or bathroom. Where more than 6 people share a property, this would full into use class Sui generis. Planning permission Where more.....

Last updated: 30/06/2025 15:52:51


Validation

Validation checks all relevant information and fee (where applicable) has been provided.Validation checks applications against the Cornwall Council Validation Guide: Validation Guide The guide is made up of: National Requirements - required by legislation; and Local Requirements – set by the Local Planning Authority (LPA). Applicants can use the Validation Guide as a checklist to ensure all the relevant information has be.....

Last updated: 03/10/2024 09:01:42


Common enforcement enquiries - caravans, property, roads and nuisance

Caravans Caravan in the garden A caravan was put in a garden of a residential property. It was used by the teenage son as a place to sit with his friends and listen to music. Planning permission was not required because the caravan was not a building and was being used for purposes incidental to the main dwelling. Caravan in the open countryside A caravan has been placed in the middle of a field in the open countryside. T.....

Last updated: 15/08/2023 13:32:09


Expedited Validation Service

The Planning and Sustainable Development Service provides an optional expedited validation service. This service is upon request and offers expedited validation. Why provide a expedited validation service? The validation team aim to validate applications within 6 working days of receipt. This service enables applicant/agents to expedite validation to within 2/3 working days, depending on the application type. What will be.....

Last updated: 19/06/2025 12:41:48


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