Neighbourhood Planning Mabe Parish Council Esther Richmond - PDF document

Information Classification: PUBLIC Neighbourhood Planning Mabe Parish Council Esther Richmond September 2019 Information Classification: PUBLIC Contents • What is a Neighbourhood Plan – what can it do? • The Policy Framework in Cornwall • Process • Support • Communication and declarations of interest • Next Steps • Templates and examples • Questions www.cornwall.gov.uk 1

Information Classification: PUBLIC What is a Neighbourhood Development Plan? • A parish plan with teeth and development/ land use focus, to be adopted by Cornwall Council following referendum • Sets out policies in relation to development and use of land in the parish A Neighbourhood Development Plan can: • Express local priorities • Set local design and quality criteria • Allocate sites for housing and other development • Safeguard important assets www.cornwall.gov.uk Information Classification: PUBLIC 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 • Override strategic policy • Specify higher levels of building regs above the National Standards (i.e. Code for Sustainable Homes level 4) www.cornwall.gov.uk 2

Information Classification: PUBLIC Where does a Neighbourhood Development Plan fit in? National National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) & Guidance (NPPG) Cornwall Cornwall Local Plan: Strategic Policies  Site Allocations  Minerals Safeguarding  Community Infrastructure  Levy Parish Neighbourhood Development Plan www.cornwall.gov.uk Information Classification: PUBLIC Neighbourhood Planning in Cornwall www.cornwall.gov.uk 3

Information Classification: PUBLIC Neighbourhood Planning Cornwall www.cornwall.gov.uk Information Classification: PUBLIC Process www.cornwall.gov.uk 4

Information Classification: PUBLIC Cornwall Council Core Support Offer • Community link officer – initial options, funding, project planning communication and engagement • Neighbourhood planning officer– project support, consultations, toolkit, mailbox • Neighbourhood planning officer – plan development, evidence base, policy writing • Toolkit and guide notes • neighbourhoodplanning@cornwall.gov.uk • Monthly e-bulletin • Quarterly Surgeries www.cornwall.gov.uk Information Classification: PUBLIC Use the templates on the toolkit! www.cornwall.gov.uk 5

Information Classification: PUBLIC Use the mapping tool! www.cornwall.gov.uk Information Classification: PUBLIC Funding Support Locality can provide a grant and/or technical support through professional assistance and advice for groups developing Neighbourhood plans. The programme will provide support to groups through the following: • Basic grant of up to £9,000 • Technical support through expert partners AECOM and other specialists • Affordable Housing for Sale Grant Funding www.cornwall.gov.uk 6

Information Classification: PUBLIC Locality Funding • The grant can be used by groups to fund things such as training sessions, help with developing the evidence base, carrying out housing a housing survey and developing a website. • The grant cannot be used towards administration costs, funding salaries, paying for volunteer time and purchasing capital items such as a laptop. • Each application should be for an amount between £1,000 - £9,000. • All grant funding needs to be spent within 12 months or by the end of the financial year by 31st March 2020. Any grant unspent by this date will need to be returned. www.cornwall.gov.uk Information Classification: PUBLIC Communications www.cornwall.gov.uk 7

Information Classification: PUBLIC Consultation • Check that you have established exactly how the steering group will work with the Town Council. • Building on what you have already gathered, decide which of the emerging issues should be included in your plan. • You could put other issues aside as a draft community action plan that you can come back to later. • Using your agreed themes, bring people together to discuss. Consider workshops www.cornwall.gov.uk Information Classification: PUBLIC Top Tips – Early stages • Project management focus – keep going! • Recruit volunteers and use existing community resources and equipment before sourcing funding • Focus on key issues – don’t replicate the Local Plan • Consult residents via questionnaires, community events, tailoring engagement to demographic in parish • Keep Parishioners informed of progress through parish newsletter, local press • Create a NDP website/webpage and keep it updated with meeting minutes, consultation and progress • Engage early on with stakeholders www.cornwall.gov.uk 8

Information Classification: PUBLIC Examples of consultation • Mawnan consultation branding • Roche – publicity & questionnaire • Carlyon Bay – questionnaire analysis www.cornwall.gov.uk Information Classification: PUBLIC Weight of Emerging and Made NDPs excerpt from Briefing Note: Weight of Emerging Neighbourhood Plans www.cornwall.gov.uk 9

Information Classification: PUBLIC Top Tips – Monitoring & Implementation • Hold an open meeting to launch the NDP. • Refer to NDP Policies when considering & discussing planning applications. • Discuss and clarify any particular policies at PC meeting and agree a common understanding/interpretation. • List relevant NDP policies when responding to CC planning officer. • Work with CC planning officers to clarify any issues/applications that conflict with the plan. • If and when required both PCs meet to discuss a particular issue and agree a joint course of action e.g. petition. • Continually work with the NDP and local community to share “Best Practice” and improve understanding. www.cornwall.gov.uk Information Classification: PUBLIC Recent Appeal Decisions • Principal Residence • Appeals to lift the condition dismissed in St Ives Area and St Minver Parishes • Condition applied when appeal to build new house in Rame Peninsula allowed • Development Boundary • Appeal for new site outside settlement boundary dismissed – St Minver Parishes • Appeal for site outside settlement boundary dismissed - Liskeard • Design • Larger replacement dwelling allowed – Roseland www.cornwall.gov.uk 10

Information Classification: PUBLIC Lessons learned from Appeals • Ensure your justification and evidence is robust - the test at appeal will be tougher than examination • Design policies which describe character and ask proposals to respond are stronger than set restrictions www.cornwall.gov.uk Information Classification: PUBLIC Esther Richmond Falmouth & Penryn Community Link Officer esther.richmond@cornwall.gov.uk 01872 324809 / 07528983366 Further Information • Neighbourhoodplanning@cornwall.gov.uk Cornwall Council Neighbourhood Planning Toolkit https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/environment-and- planning/planning/neighbourhood-planning/ • Locality https://neighbourhoodplanning.org/ • NP Examiners reports https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/environment- and-planning/planning/neighbourhood-planning/neighbourhood- planning-regulations-and-legal-requirements/neighbourhood- planning-examinations-and-referendums/ www.cornwall.gov.uk 11