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The Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) for St Sampson Parish was developed after a period of consultation and published in 2021.
The housing policies set out in the Cornwall Local Plan are now out of date due to changes in government housing policy and targets. The 2024 National Planning Policy Framework established a ‘presumption in favour of sustainable development’ and set a housing need for Cornwall of 4,421 homes instead of the 2,707 figure in the current Cornwall Local Plan.
This has the effect that the housing policies in most NDPs are considered out of date. A small number of NDPs in Cornwall currently remain valid for Planning Purposes, because they identified specific sites for development. However, these NDPs remain valid only for a period of 5 years from the date they were made.
As a result, the statements relating to Housing Development in the St Sampson NDP only have limited weight in the planning decision process. They still have some relevance and may be quoted in relation to planning applications, but Planning Officers are able to disregard any specific constraints. Development in our area remain constrained by the guidance on development within National Landscapes (AONBs).
NDPs cannot be updated until the new Cornwall Plan is finalised. In the meantime, the Parish has the option of developing a Neighbourhood Priorities Statement (NPS).
Neighbourhood Priorities Statements were introduced by The Levelling-Up and Regeneration Act 2023 as a simpler alternative to neighbourhood plans, setting out local priorities for growth, change and investment over the longer term.
Producing an NPS is optional. The process involves a local consultation process similar to the one carried out for the NDP. Statements in the NPS that meet specified requirements will be published by Cornwall Council and are legally required to be taken into account when the new Cornwall Local Plan is produced. An NPS would have no impact in relation to individual planning applications.
Examining the small number of NPS already produced, it is clear that having an NPS is only of benefit for communities that actively want to expand and attract new services.
The Parish Council has not identified any new priorities that might benefit from being set out in an NPS. The Vision and Objectives set out in our NDP remain the unchanged. As an NPS would not have any impact on the Planning Process, the Parish Council has concluded that currently the complexity and cost involved in creating an NPS cannot be justified.
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