Update following the Public Consultation
Consultation on the Ponsanooth Parish Neighbourhood Development Plan has now finished.
Thank you for your comments on the draft Plan!
The NDP Group would like to extend a big thank you to everyone who took the time at the end of last year to read the draft Plan and its policies, and to come along to one of the exhibitions at the Hall. We greatly appreciated all the comments and feedback received.
As well as hearing from the community we also consulted a wide range of local and national organisations, groups and other stakeholders, including both statutory and non-statutory consultees.
It was very reassuring to see the majority of responses were positive and supportive across all the key themes in our Plan with 83% in favour of the plan, it’s aims and the policies that had been developed
What did we do to the plan following the feedback?
The comments received during the six-week consultation, from both residents and other consultees, were carefully reviewed by the Steering Group. This led to around 70 changes to the draft Plan, most of them additions, helping to bring it more closely into line with the views expressed.
It is important to remember that this is not the Plan of the NDP Group or of the Parish Council, it is your Plan. It has been prepared to reflect the community’s priorities, while also complying with national and local planning policy. Without a Plan, there is a real risk that the community’s priorities will not be delivered, or that other people’s priorities will be imposed on us instead.
This is why on behalf of the community we are looking to welcome growth in our Parish but on the community’s terms.
With the Plan updated, it was then presented to Ponsanooth Parish Council. On 9 March, the Parish Council approved its submission to Cornwall Council.
Thank you again for all your contributions!
What Happens Next?
The next step is to submit the modified Plan to Cornwall Council, which will then carry out a further round of consultation. This will give everyone another opportunity to comment on the modified Plan..
If all goes well at that stage, the Plan will proceed to Independent Examination and then, hopefully later this year, to a public referendum. If a majority of those voting support the Plan, it will be formally “made” and will become part of the statutory development plan used in determining planning applications.
We will keep everyone updated on progress throughout the year.
Finally, a big thank you once again for your support and patience. We are taking care to get this right because it will help shape our shared future..
Background to the Plan
The Plan will help to shape how the Parish changes up to 2030 and will be taken into account when planning applications are decided by Cornwall Council.
A local community team has worked on behalf of the Parish to draw up the
Neighbourhood Development Plan, based on feedback from several community surveys and evidence reports covering a variety of topics.
The Plan aims to:
- Increase the amount of affordable housing for local people.
- Protect our countryside, green spaces and heritage.
- Influences the design of new buildings.
- Help to tackle the climate crisis.
- Be environmentally, economically and socially sustainable.
- Help direct funding from development to deliver Parish priorities e.g.
better traffic calming/new paths and trails.
You can find out what a Neighbourhood Development Plan is by following these links:
What is a Neighbourhhood Plan?