At the Cornwall Council Planning Policy Advisory Panel meeting on Thursday 4 August 2011, the councillors did not support the officers recommendation to set a housing target of 54,000 new properties between 2010 and 2030.
The revised figure that was closely voted on (6:5) will be recommended to the Council’s ruling Conservative/Independent Group Cabinet for the next stage of consultation is 40,000.
Although this is well below the figure pushed by Council and the developers lobby, it remains to be seen whether this new figure is accepted by the Cabinet. It is also debatable whether it is socially and environmentally sustainable, and of the correct mix for locally generated housing needs.
[Editor, for C24.net from Mixed sources] 7/8/2011
At the 12 October, 2011 meeting of Cornwall Council’s Cabinet, portfolio-holders voted to agree a housing target of 48,000 new properties for 2010-2030 thus overturning their own Councillors policy advice.
An amendment to follow the advice of the Planning Policy Panel to set a target of 40,000 was defeated by five votes to three
This greater figure will go out to ‘consultation’ in a few weeks.
The 48,000 target has been divided up as follows between the 19 ‘Network Areas’ and allocation for the eco-town proposal that is being pushed by “all and sundry” – both inside and outside of the Council.
The Network Area targets are as follows:
Bodmin – 1,250
Bude – 1,250
Camborne/Pool/Redruth – 7,000
Camelford – 800
Caradon – 800
China Clay Area – 800
Cornwall Gateway – 1,450
Falmouth & Penryn – 4,000
Hayle & St Ives – 2,900
Helston & Lizard Helston – 2,000
Launceston – 1,900
Liskeard & Looe – 1,950
Newquay & St Columb – 3,300
St Agnes & Perranporth – 1,100
St Austell – 1750
St Blazey, Fowey & Lostwithiel – 800
Truro & Roseland – 5,200
Wadebridge & Padstow – 1,500
West Penwith – 3,250
Eco-town developments in St Austell, St Blazey and China Clay Area – 5,000
The consultation will also ask whether the Bodmin and Saltash areas would wish to take more housing that that noted above.
The consultation will however be about more than just the housing targets and it will present a broad “policy intent” for the planning policies that the Council will adopt next year.
Source: Dick Cole
Meanwhile CoSerg reports:
This figure is substantially above the Steady state option of 14,000 dwellings proposed in the CoSERG submission * see below for comparison.
Details by Community Network Area below.
Community Network Area Growth Proposal Steady-state*
Bodmin 5250 440
Bude 1250 460
Camborne Illogan Redruth 7000 1480
Camelford 800 330
Caradon 800 450
China Clay 800 560
Cornwall Gateway 1450 + 3500 850
Falmouth Penryn 4000 1080
Hayle & St Ives 2900 720
Helston & Lizard 2000 850
Launceston 1900 450
Liskeard and Looe 1950 880
Newquay & St Columb 3300 720
St Agnes & Perranporth 1100 470
St Austell 1750 830
St Blazey, Fowey & Lostwithiel 800 490
Truro & Roseland 5200 1140
Wadebridge & Padstow 1500 650
West Penwith 3250 1160
St Austell, St Blazey andChina Clay 5000 0
Total 48000 14000