Have your say on future housing plan for Cornwall

12:00pm Saturday 9th March 2013 in News

Cornwall Council is asking residents to help shape the future of Cornwall for the next 20 years.

The Cornwall Local Plan sets out the council’s aims and planning policies for new housing, employment, retail, the environment, leisure, community facilities, public services and infrastructure up to 2030.

Consultation on the Cornwall Local Plan runs from March 11 to April 22.

Residents can give their views in several ways:

• On the Cornwall Local Plan pages of the Cornwall Council website www.cornwall.gov.uk/localplancornwall where they can put comments online.

• Request copies of the documents and feedback forms to be posted out from the Local Plan Team; telephone: 01872 224283; e-mail: localplan@cornwall.gov.uk.

• Viewing the documents in Cornwall Council libraries and one stop shops and contacting us with your comments by phone (01872 224283) or online via a link on the Cornwall Local Plan web page.

Following this consultation, the new Council created after the election in May 2013 will then have to decide whether to submit the plan to the Secretary of State for examination by an independent inspector.

Members decided that the target for overall housing numbers to be included in the Cornwall Local Plan should be set at 42,250 to be delivered over the next 20 years. 

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Comments(4)

omdurman 1898 says...
12:17pm Sat 9 Mar 13

What's the point in the Council asking the Public for their view's on Housing, the Environment etc? They will build/are building increasingly on Green Belt area's throughout the County.
I think it's a 'tall order' to put a figure of over 42 Thousand Home's to be built in 20 year's. Where will they find the Construction Worker's to build them all?
I suppose they could always recruit a few thousand Eastern European's to do the Job.

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coronation-boy says...
12:57pm Sat 9 Mar 13

Did not realise cornwall had a green belt. We will just end up building retirement home for up country people.
We need more social housing with cornish wages its all real locals can afford.

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Wave says...
1:35pm Sat 9 Mar 13

Now from April this year poor people on benefits generate an income for the Council they might build houses for them lol.

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Gillian Zella Martin 09 says...
2:11pm Sat 9 Mar 13

Most new housing developments do include a percentage of affordable housing and/or social rented properties within the projects as part of the developers planning agreements.The next generation's need of homes has to be addressed otherwise the likelyhood will be that a lot of talent/skills will be lost to other counties, in addition, homes need to be available to purchase for those wishing to enter the county to run/set up businesses. There are currently many people in the county that would like to obtain a home of their own that are currently having to reside with other family members. The house building will provide jobs for not only builders but plumbers, electricians, decorators etc many of whom will be local people as is the case now with some current new builds evolving.

42,250 over 20 years would appear a little more realistic than some of the higher figures that I believe have been mentioned by government officials, as a recommendation to meet targets throughout the country.
It will be interesting however to see how many people respond to the consultation and what the eventuality is for the numbers built and locations.

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