NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Neighbourhood Plan
Neighbourhood Plan
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March 2025
Call for Sites
Poundstock Parish Council is preparing a Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) for the Parish. As previous minimum housing requirements have been met, the work so far on an NDP and related public consultation has not sought to identify any sites for possible development. However, Cornwall Council has now introduced a new minimum housing target for the Parish of eight houses. The Cornwall Homechoice register also currently indicates a total of 22 households with a local connection to the Parish seeking affordable rented housing. In order to address this housing need, the Parish Council is undertaking a Call for Sites.
The Parish Council therefore invites submissions for affordable housing schemes. Proposals should make provision for up to 22 affordable homes for local people or those with a local connection. These may be on one or more sites and may be for social rented accommodation or other forms of affordable housing.
Local landowners, developers and their agents are invited to submit potential housing sites for consideration. Proposed sites must be within the Poundstock Designated Neighbourhood Area.
All submitted proposals will be subjected to a site assessment process by the Parish Council consistent with the public feedback so far received for the draft NDP (see the Poundstock Local Landscape Character Assessment, Vision Statement, Policy Intentions and survey feedback on the Parish website). Sites considered suitable following this assessment will be considered for possible inclusion in a draft NDP as proposed housing site allocations. This draft will, subsequently, be available for public consultation as part of the process of adopting an NDP.
Once the responses have been considered, some sites may be found not to be suitable or necessary, therefore by submitting a site, it should be noted that there is no presumption that any site will, by virtue of its submission, be included in the NDP. All sites included will be subject to future planning consent.
If you wish to propose a site in response to this Call for Sites, please provide your name, contact details and a description of the site and proposed development, including the number and type of units proposed. You will also need to provide a clear site location plan (ideally, based on an OS map) identifying the site boundary in red.
Please submit this information by midnight on 8 April, 2025 to:
The Clerk, Mrs. Lynn Pluess, Trevoulter Barton, Poundstock, Bude, Cornwall EX23 0DH or email clerk@poundstock-pc.gov.uk
Sites submitted to the Parish Council will be in the public domain and the information submitted will not be treated as confidential.
The Designated Neighbourhood Area, Local Landscape Character Assessment, Vision Statement, Policy Intentions and survey feedback can all be found on the Parish website at:
https://www.poundstock-pc.gov.uk
Where does the Neighbourhood Development Plan fit in?
- National Policy: National Planning Policy Framework
- Cornwall Policy: Cornwall Local Plan
- Parish Policy: Neighbourhood Development Plan
Neighbourhood Development Plans (NDP) can set out local level planning policies for the area, shaping future development. Once the plan is made, it will become part of the Local Development Framework, and will be a material consideration in the determination of planning applications. Subject to conforming to National Planning Policies, the Cornwall Local Plan strategic policies, an independent examination and gaining support through a referendum of residents, this plan will be adopted as a formal planning policy by Cornwall Council. Once adopted this means that planning decisions in Poundstock will have to be made in accordance with the Neighbourhood Development Plan.
Who prepares the Poundstock Neighbourhood Development Plan?
The plan, which is led by the Parish Council, can set out local level planning policies for the area, shaping future development.
The process for Poundstock, was commenced in 2017, when the area for the plan was designated, that area is the Parish of Poundstock which is far reaching and diverse including Bangors, Helscott, Millook, Tregole, Treskinnick Cross, Trewint & Widemouth Bay
What is the Poundstock Neighbourhood Development Plan?
Poundstock Parish Council has formed a Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group, it consists of Parish Councillors, community representatives and business owners , reporting directly to the Parish Council.
The Steering Group was formed so that the work involved in producing the plan was legally followed, with a band of volunteers and representatives of the Parish Council. The work of the Steering group was to initially formulate a programme of consultation to capture the views of the electorate on the matters that concerned them currently, or what they wished for the future, these would be the Objectives. The consultations would lead to data analysis of the objectives that needed to be shaped and prepared as policies for the plan that will become part of the Local Development Framework, and would be a material consideration in the determination of planning applications for the Parish.
Once the draft plan is prepared, it is subject to scrutiny by Cornwall Council to ensure that it conforms to National Planning Policies, the Cornwall Local Plan strategic policies. The plan will then be subject to an independent examination and having gained support through a referendum of residents, the completed plan will be adopted as a formal planning policy by Cornwall Council. Once adopted this means that planning decisions in Poundstock will have to be made in accordance with the Neighbourhood Development Plan.
It already has been and will continue be a long and arduous process, reliant on support and participation from everyone in the Parish. The Steering Group is just a conduit to prepare the plan for everyone who wishes to either safeguard the Parish from unsuitable development or promote where development would be best placed in the Parish. It is a development plan written by and for the community………… it really is up to YOU.
When the final document is written and has passed all of the relevant checks you will be asked to vote on it (as you would in an election). If 50% of those that vote agree that it is acceptable it will become an official document (a made Plan) that will be used to determine planning applications against. This is an important document and it is important that we get it right. Your help in that process is appreciated.