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Developing a St Just Neighbourhood Development Plan

James Hardy Cornwall Council – Community Link Officer

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The Cornwall Local Plan

The Cornwall Local Plan sets out our planning approach, policies and how we will manage development to 2030. The Local Plan sets out a vision for growth and identify the quantity and broad location and key sites, for new housing, community facilities, shops and employment. If we don’t have a Local Plan, development will still happen, but decisions will be taken in regard to the National Planning Policy Framework without local people having a say on setting local policies. Neighbourhood Plans, prepared by city, town and parish councils will be part of the statutory Plan too. .

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Why develop a St Just Neighbourhood Plan?

• The total for the CNA area is 3150, of these, 2150 are

allocated to Penzance (inc. Newlyn, Heamoor, Gulval and Longrock) so there is a residual allocation of 1000 houses for the remainder of the Community Network Area.

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• Neighbourhood Plans allow people to come together through

a local Parish/Town Council and say where they think new houses, businesses and shops should go, and what they should look like.

• Neighbourhood Plans can be very simple, or go into

considerable detail:

• Full development plan dealing with land use planning issues

for the parish area

• Sets out policies in relation to development and use of land

in a neighbourhood

• Express local priorities
• Allocate sites for housing and other development
• Identify important green spaces

What is a Neighbourhood Development Plan?

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What can Neighbourhood plans do?

• Neighbourhood plans must:
• Be permissive
• Be about land use planning
• Be produced by the community
• Neighbourhood Plans cannot:
• Conflict with local or national policy
• Propose less growth than strategic plan

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Who can produce a Neighbourhood Plan?

• The Localism Act specifies that only a ‘Qualifying

Body’ is entitled to initiate and lead the production of a Neighbourhood Plan (Under Section 38A (12) of the Act). In Cornwall this is the Parish Council.

• The Qualifying Body will require a formal

constitution which sets out its aims, structure and decision making processes for the Neighbourhood Plan.

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The Parish Boundary Designated Area

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Getting Started

• Public meeting
• What do we already know?
• Is a neighbourhood plan the way forward?
• Formal request to Cornwall Council to

designate area

 Map identifying the area  Statement explaining the area  Statement explaining that the body making the area application is a qualifying body under the Localism Act 2011

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Key Tasks

• Holding an early community event to get people involved -

to make sure it is a genuinely community-led process (referred to as legitimisation).

• Getting a core group together to organise the work and to make

sure the right steps are followed.

• Setting up task groups to gather information about certain themes

and to make recommendations back to the core group.

• Pulling it all together with the whole community and agreeing

local priorities.

• Writing the plan – simple policy that reflects those priorities and

defining local projects.

• Getting formal approval for the plan (independent inspection)
• Referendum ……and then making it happen!

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Cornwall Council Support

• Community link officer – initial options, funding,

project planning and engagement

• Neighbourhood planning officer – project support,

consultations, plan development, evidence base, policy writing,

• Toolkit and guide notes
• Neighbourhood Planning Mailbox

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• Training and group meetings
• Maps and data/statistics

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Process

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Statutory process

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Costs

• Average cost estimated by DCLG: £20,000 to

£86,000 per plan.

• Plans will vary in cost depending on the issues

and type of area covered, and complexity

• Smaller more focussed plans will cost less!
• Therefore ‘scoping’ is really important.

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• Core Costs to a local council
• Engagement and consultation costs : Planning for Real type

events: £1,500 to £5,000

• Publicity and production of plans £1,500 to £2,500
• Project management and ‘footwork’ £nil to £10,000

Additional Costs to a local council

• Non-statutory assessments:
• Retail Impact assessment: £3,000 to £7,000
• Equalities Impact assessment: £Nil to £2,000
• Community safety assessment: £2,000 to £5,000
• Flood risk assessment £2,000 to £5,000
• Environmental Impact Assessment: up to £75,000
• Strategic Environmental Assessment: £10,000-£30,000
• Habitats Regulations Assessment: typically £15,000
• Master-plan type documents: £50,000/1yr consultants’ fees

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Examples of Costs

• A basic small village plan: £5,000 - £10,000
• St Somewhere: £9,800
• Small Town: (including an SEA, Retail, Flood Risk

Assessment): £40,000 - £75,000

• City: £200,000+
• Town Centre or Employment area: £20,000

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Cornwall Council Costs

• Officer support providing expertise and advice
• Process and advertisement costs
• Examination costs - £2,000 to £10,000
• Referendum costs - £2,000 to £30,000
• Loss of income from planning application fees

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Neighbourhood Planning Toolkit

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What can you bring to the table?

Planning experience/expertise, Policy writing, Project Management, Chairmanship, Graphic design, Marketing / market research, Proof reading, Presentation skills, Knowledge of the local area……

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