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1 Gwennap NDP Consultation Statement Jan 2019

Consultation Statement


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Contents Introduction ....................................................................................................... 6

Aims of the Consultation ...................................................................................... 6

Background Information to the Consultation on the Neighbourhood Plan .................... 6

Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group Members ........................................................ 8

Strategic Environmental Assessment and Habitat Regulations Assessment Screening .. 9

How the issues and concerns raised have been considered ....................................... 9

Submission Approval ........................................................................................... 9

Appendix 1 - GNDP Steering Group - Terms of Reference ........................................ 1

Appendix 2 - Evidence Base Summary ................................................................... 1

Introduction ....................................................................................................... 4

What the Plan aims to achieve ........................................................................... 4

How this Evidence Base Summary is organised .................................................... 5

About Gwennap Parish ........................................................................................ 5

Gwennap Parish and its location ......................................................................... 5

Community ..................................................................................................... 6

Community Network Area (CNA) ........................................................................ 6

Socio-economic characteristics .......................................................................... 7

Age structure .................................................................................................. 7

Deprivation ..................................................................................................... 8

Health and well-being ..................................................................................... 11

Average life expectancy .................................................................................. 12

Ethnicity and National Identity ......................................................................... 12

Crime rates ................................................................................................... 13

The Parish Vision .............................................................................................. 13

The Gwennap Parish Vision Statement .............................................................. 15

Objectives Evidence .......................................................................................... 15

Objective 1: Housing ...................................................................................... 15

Type of tenure in the Parish ...................................................................................................................... 18

Type of accommodation ........................................................................................................................... 19

House prices .............................................................................................................................................. 19

Household Composition ............................................................................................................................ 21

Affordability .............................................................................................................................................. 22

Housing need and supply .......................................................................................................................... 22


Relevant Information to inform future housing need in Gwennap Parish until 2038 (term of the Plan) 22

Cornwall Local Plan Housing Allocation .................................................................................................... 23

Recent planning permission for housing ................................................................................................... 24

Support for affordable led housing development schemes ..................................................................... 24

Need and size of affordable housing to meet local needs ........................................................................ 25

Type of dwellings required ........................................................................................................................ 25

Preferred scale of housing development .................................................................................................. 25

Managing housing development in the Parish ......................................................................................... 26

Objective 2: The economy and jobs .................................................................. 26

Distribution of businesses within Gwennap Parish ................................................................................... 26

Number of people employed by businesses within the Parish ................................................................. 26

Businesses anticipating the need to employee more people ................................................................... 26

Travel to work ........................................................................................................................................... 27

Unemployment rate National Census 2011 .............................................................................................. 27

Support for more job opportunities within the Parish ............................................................................. 27

Business start-up areas ............................................................................................................................. 27

Length of time businesses have been in operation .................................................................................. 28

Customer base .......................................................................................................................................... 28

Hidden businesses – working from home ................................................................................................. 28

Main factors which would improve business prospects ........................................................................... 28

Objective 3: Reducing flood risk ....................................................................... 29

Flooding ........................................................................................................ 29

Objective 4: Traffic management and accessibility ............................................. 30

Road network ................................................................................................ 30

Rail network .................................................................................................. 31

Bus Network .................................................................................................. 32

Park and Ride ................................................................................................ 33

Airports ........................................................................................................ 33

Ferries .......................................................................................................... 33

Walking and cycling network ........................................................................... 33

Footpaths...................................................................................................... 34

Cycle ways ................................................................................................................................................. 34

Parking issues and projects ............................................................................. 34

Speed restrictions, road markings and new signage ........................................... 35

Objective 5: Community well-being .................................................................. 35


Community facilities and services, leisure, health and well-being ......................... 35

Shopping (Retail provision) ....................................................................................................................... 35

Local shopping – access, provision, use and need .................................................................................... 35

Community facilities .................................................................................................................................. 36

Education Provision ................................................................................................................................... 37

Health-care provision Doctor .................................................................................................................... 37

Educational Services .................................................................................................................................. 38

Objective 6: Good quality design ..................................................................... 40

Objective 7: Green and open spaces ................................................................ 40

Open spaces, parks and recreation (play areas) ................................................. 40

Play space for young children .......................................................................... 40

Objective 8: The local landscape and wildlife ..................................................... 41

Landscape quality- statutory designations and conservation guidance and advice .. 41

Natural environment ...................................................................................... 41

Landscape ..................................................................................................... 42

Biodiversity ................................................................................................... 42

Objective 9: Sustainability and climate change .................................................. 43

Objective 10: Preserving our heritage ............................................................... 44

Cornwall Council – Gwennap NDP Housing Requirement ........................................ 44

Appendix 4 - Pre-submission consultation (Regulation 14) Formal Consultee Responses ...................................................................................................................... 47

Appendix 5 – Communications Strategy and Plan .................................................. 85

Appendix 6 – Housing Needs Analysis .................................................................. 86

Appendix 7 - Community Engagement Strategy and Communications Strategy ........ 87

Appendix 8 – Gwennap Parish Heritage List .......................................................... 88


Introduction

This Consultation Statement has been prepared to fulfil the legal obligations of the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations 2012 under Section 5(2). A Consultation Statement:

(a) Contains details of the persons and bodies who were consulted about the proposed neighbourhood development plan

(b) Explains how they were consulted (c) Summarises the main issues and concerns raised by the persons consulted (d) Describes how these issues and concerns have been considered and, where

relevant, addressed in the proposed Neighbourhood Development Plan

This Consultation Statement summarises all the statutory and non-statutory consultation that has been undertaken with the community and other relevant statutory bodies and stakeholders in developing the Gwennap Neighbourhood Development Plan (GNDP). It describes how concerns have been addressed and what changes have been made to the final Plan as a result of the pre-submission consultation.

Aims of the Consultation

In the Consultation Strategy, produced at the beginning of the Neighbourhood Plan process, we stated that our objectives were:

• To protect and enhance our valued and astoundingly beautiful Parish whilst at the same time positively planning for the types of development and facilities we do need. • To develop a Plan that is in line with the NPPF and Cornwall Local Plan (CLP); whilst at the same time is in keeping with the Parish of Gwennap and the proven aspirations of the parishioners. • That policies are aimed at making sure opportunities are created for local people to build to solve their own housing problems and that they are positively supported through the planning process.

Background Information to the Consultation on the Neighbourhood Plan

Throughout the process, residents have been kept informed via the Parish magazine, media and press releases, leaflets and bulletins, the Gwennap Parish Council website and Notice Board and several local Facebook groups. The Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group Meetings have been open to the public.

• Public Meetings

Gwennap Parish Council agreed to develop a Neighbourhood Plan at a public Parish Council Meeting held in June 2015. The GNDP has been prepared using


formal consultation procedures. The consultation process has involved a number of key events:

• Regular updates at the public Gwennap Parish Council Meetings, minutes are published • The monthly GNDP Steering Group meetings are open to the public and the minutes/actions are published • 11 roadshows have taken place, at various locations in the Parish. This compensates for the geographic separation of the various settlements • Several events, such as a team at the Parish Fete and at pub quiz nights, have taken place. • All review documents are held on a public website at https://gwennapndp.wordpress.com/ • Surveys were both paper and online. Online surveys we carried out using Kwiksurveys.com and an example is shown here: https://kwiksurveys.com/s/yyJfcTKA

Figure 1 - Kwiksurveys Survey 1 header page

Other consultation methods have included:

• Regular distribution of information to Members and Councillors. • Neighbourhood Plan Questionnaires:

• Five big questions • Small and Large public questionnaires • Youth questionnaire

https://gwennapndp.wordpress.com/


• Business questionnaire • The Steering Group met and analysed the results of the questionnaires with

detailed analysis shown in Appendix 2 – Evidence Base Summary • Outline Objectives and Policies were produced prior to the first series of

roadshows in 2017 and comments recorded for inclusion in the GNDP. See Annex 3 – Roadshow slidesets

• The First Draft Regulation 14 GNDP was produced – May 2018 and a six-week consultation was carried out commencing in June 2018. This aligned with the second roadshows which were supported by a slideset, GNDP at a glance handout and around 40 A1 posters used to promote comment from the public. See Appendix 3.

Figure 2 - Roadshow Information Sheet

• Each set of roadshows reached 30-40% of the Parish population. • A Second draft GNDP was produced in January 2019 to respond to

comments and advice from Cornwall Council and residents following the consultation. Comment sentencing is shown in Annex XX.

• Other surveys included a Housing Needs Analysis conducted on behalf of the GNDP team by Cornwall Council, the Big Questions Survey and team led surveys at local Parish events. Full details are shown in Annex XX – Evidence Base Summary

Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group Members

Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group Members

Responsibility

Kevin Furnish Chair (Parish Council) Fiona Barnard Vice-Chair and Secretary Charlotte Caldwell Member (Public) David Lanyon Member (Parish Council)


Ann Gazzard Member (Public) Richard Robbins Member (Public) Peter Berry Member (Public) James Evans Planning Consultant Jan Hallett Member (Parish Council) Alun Thomas Member (Public) Lucy Wilson-Richards Member (Public) Sally Campling Member (Public) Donna Hansen Member (Public) Teresa Pascoe Member (Parish Council) Gregory Leach Member (Parish Council) Susan Patton Member (Parish Council) Richard Forrest Member (Parish Council) Strategic Environmental Assessment and Habitat Regulations Assessment Screening

The Steering Group requested that Cornwall Council screen the GNDP for Strategic Environmental Assessment and Habitat Regulations Assessment. Natural England, the Environment Agency and Historic England were consulted as part of the screening process. The screening opinion issued in December 2018 concluded that a SEA and HRA is not required for the GNDP. The Screening Opinion and Decision report are included in this document set. How the issues and concerns raised have been considered

The GNDP Steering Group has amended the GNDP following comments received during the Pre-Submission Consultation from members of the community. Sentencing is shown at Appendix 4.

Submission Approval

Gwennap Parish Council approved submission of the final draft Gwennap Neighbourhood Development Plan at their Council Meeting in January 2019.


Appendix 1 - GNDP Steering Group - Terms of Reference

1. Purpose

a. The main purpose of the Gwennap Steering Group is to oversee the preparation of the Neighbourhood Development Plan (GNDP) for Gwennap in order that this will then progress to Independent Examination and a successful community referendum and ultimately be adopted by Cornwall Council to become planning policy.

b. The Steering Group, and its associated Working Groups, will engage the local community to ensure that the NDP is truly representative of the ambitions of Gwennap. The Group will maximise support for the approach taken in the NDP by ensuring high levels of community engagement throughout the plan-making process.

2. Principles

a. That the Steering Group will undertake the process in a democratic, transparent and fair fashion, encouraging widespread participation and giving equal consideration to opinions and ideas from all members of the community

b. All decisions made shall be fully evidenced and supported through consultation with the local community.

3. Roles and Responsibilities

In order to achieve this, the Steering Group will carry out the following roles:

• Be accountable for steering and providing strategic management of the NDP for Gwennap;

• Produce, monitor and update a project timetable;

• Produce a consultation and engagement strategy, showing how the public will be involved throughout the process;

• Regularly report back to the Parish Council for endorsement of decisions taken;

• To undertake analysis and evidence gathering to support the plan production process;

• Actively support and promote the preparation of the Gwennap NDP throughout the duration of the project;

• Identify sources of funding;

• Liaise with relevant authorities and organisations to make the plan as effective as possible.

• Gather data from a wide range of sources to ensure that the conclusions reached are fully evidenced and that the aspirations and issues of all residents are understood

• Consult as widely and thoroughly as is possible to ensure that the draft and final NDP is representative of the views of residents

• Agree, subject to ratification by the Parish Council, a final submission version of the Gwennap NDP;


4. Membership

a. The Steering Group will be made up of a cross-section of volunteers from the community, including Parish Councillors. Effort will be made to seek representation from under-represented sections of the community.

b. Membership of the Steering Group will be open to the public indefinitely, up to a maximum of 20 members.

c. The Chairman of Gwennap Parish Council shall chair the Steering Group.

5. Decision Making

a. The Steering Group has full delegated authority from the Parish Council to deliver its plan making functions up to and including publication of the Consultation Draft Plan. The Group will report monthly to the Parish Council setting out progress on its work. The Parish Council shall approve the Submission Draft NDP prior to publication for consultation and independent examination.

b. The plan-making process remains the responsibility of the Parish Council as the qualifying body. All publications, consultation and community engagement exercises will be undertaken by or on behalf of the Parish Council with appropriate recognition of the Parish Council’s position given in all communications associated with the project.

6. Meetings

a. Steering Group meetings will take place as required and no less than monthly.

b. Where possible, all meetings should be held within the Parish. The dates of future meetings will be made publicly available via the Parish Council website.

c. The Steering Group will elect a Treasurer and Secretary (both nominally the Parish Clerk) from its membership to remain in those positions until the project is completed. If these positions should become vacant, the Group will elect an alternate.

d. The Secretary shall keep a record of meetings and circulate notes to Steering Group members and the Parish Council in a timely fashion. Minutes shall be made publicly available on the Parish Council website.

e. At least 7 clear days’ notice of meetings shall be sent to members via email or an alternative agreed communication method.

f. Decisions made by the Steering Group should normally be by consensus at Steering Group meetings. Where a vote is required each member shall have one vote. A minimum of 7 members shall be present where matters are presented for decisions to be taken. A simple majority vote will be required to support any motion. The Chairman shall have one casting vote.

7. Working Groups

a. The Steering Group may establish working groups, made up of volunteers from the community to aid them in any NDP related work.

b. Each working group should have a lead person from the Steering Group.


c. Members of the community will be encouraged to participate in the process at all stages.

8. Finance

a. All grants and funding will be applied for and held by the Parish Council, who will ring-fence the funds for NDP work.

b. The Steering Group will notify the Parish Council, advising them of any planned expenditure and seek authority from the Parish Council for expenditure before it is incurred. Steering Group members and volunteers from any working groups may claim back any previously agreed expenditure incurred during any NDP related work.

9. Conduct

a. It is expected that all Steering Group members abide by the principles and practice of the Parish Council Code of Conduct including declarations of interest.

b. Whilst Members as individuals will be accountable to their parent organizations, the Steering Group as a whole is accountable to the wider community for ensuring that the NDP reflects their collective expectations.

c. The Steering Group will achieve this through applying the following principles:

Be clear and open when their individual roles or interests are in conflict;

Treat everyone with dignity, courtesy and respect regardless of their age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or religion and belief; and

Actively promote equality of access and opportunity.

10. Changes to the Terms of Reference

a. This constitution may be amended with the support of at least two-thirds of the current membership at a Steering Group Meeting and with the approval of the Parish Council.

11. Dissolution

a. The Steering Group will be dissolved once its objectives have been attained and/or when at least two- thirds of its members and the Parish Council, consider its services are no longer required.

b. The Steering Group will then dispose of any remaining funds held in accordance with any conditions imposed by the grant funders and in the best interests of Gwennap Parish.


Appendix 2 - Evidence Base Summary

Introduction ....................................................................................................... 4

What the Plan aims to achieve ........................................................................... 4

How this Evidence Base Summary is organised .................................................... 5

About Gwennap Parish ........................................................................................ 5

Gwennap Parish and its location ......................................................................... 5

Community ..................................................................................................... 6

Community Network Area (CNA) ........................................................................ 6

Socio-economic characteristics .......................................................................... 7

Age structure .................................................................................................. 7

Deprivation ..................................................................................................... 8

Health and well-being ..................................................................................... 11

Average life expectancy .................................................................................. 12

Ethnicity and National Identity ......................................................................... 12

Crime rates ................................................................................................... 13

The Parish Vision .............................................................................................. 13

The Gwennap Parish Vision Statement .............................................................. 15

Objectives Evidence .......................................................................................... 15

Objective 1: Housing ...................................................................................... 15

Type of tenure in the Parish ...................................................................................................................... 18

Type of accommodation ........................................................................................................................... 19

House prices .............................................................................................................................................. 19

Household Composition ............................................................................................................................ 21

Affordability .............................................................................................................................................. 22

Housing need and supply .......................................................................................................................... 22

Relevant Information to inform future housing need in Gwennap Parish until 2038 (term of the Plan) 22

Cornwall Local Plan Housing Allocation .................................................................................................... 23

Recent planning permission for housing ................................................................................................... 24

Support for affordable led housing development schemes ..................................................................... 24

Need and size of affordable housing to meet local needs ........................................................................ 25

Type of dwellings required ........................................................................................................................ 25

Preferred scale of housing development .................................................................................................. 25

Managing housing development in the Parish ......................................................................................... 26

Objective 2: The economy and jobs .................................................................. 26


Distribution of businesses within Gwennap Parish ................................................................................... 26

Number of people employed by businesses within the Parish ................................................................. 26

Businesses anticipating the need to employee more people ................................................................... 26

Travel to work ........................................................................................................................................... 27

Unemployment rate National Census 2011 .............................................................................................. 27

Support for more job opportunities within the Parish ............................................................................. 27

Business start-up areas ............................................................................................................................. 27

Length of time businesses have been in operation .................................................................................. 28

Customer base .......................................................................................................................................... 28

Hidden businesses – working from home ................................................................................................. 28

Main factors which would improve business prospects ........................................................................... 28

Objective 3: Reducing flood risk ....................................................................... 29

Flooding ........................................................................................................ 29

Objective 4: Traffic management and accessibility ............................................. 30

Road network ................................................................................................ 30

Rail network .................................................................................................. 31

Bus Network .................................................................................................. 32

Park and Ride ................................................................................................ 33

Airports ........................................................................................................ 33

Ferries .......................................................................................................... 33

Walking and cycling network ........................................................................... 33

Footpaths...................................................................................................... 34

Cycle ways ................................................................................................................................................. 34

Parking issues and projects ............................................................................. 34

Speed restrictions, road markings and new signage ........................................... 35

Objective 5: Community well-being .................................................................. 35

Community facilities and services, leisure, health and well-being ......................... 35

Shopping (Retail provision) ....................................................................................................................... 35

Local shopping – access, provision, use and need .................................................................................... 35

Community facilities .................................................................................................................................. 36

Education Provision ................................................................................................................................... 37

Health-care provision Doctor .................................................................................................................... 37

Educational Services .................................................................................................................................. 38

Objective 6: Good quality design ..................................................................... 40

Objective 7: Green and open spaces ................................................................ 40


Open spaces, parks and recreation (play areas) ................................................. 40

Play space for young children .......................................................................... 40

Objective 8: The local landscape and wildlife ..................................................... 41

Landscape quality- statutory designations and conservation guidance and advice .. 41

Natural environment ...................................................................................... 41

Landscape ..................................................................................................... 42

Biodiversity ................................................................................................... 42

Objective 9: Sustainability and climate change .................................................. 43

Objective 10: Preserving our heritage ............................................................... 44

Cornwall Council – Gwennap NDP Housing Requirement ........................................ 44


Introduction

This Evidence Base Summary is part of the plan documentation to inform the production of the Gwennap Parish Neighbourhood Development Plan (GNDP), hereinafter called “the Plan”, which forms part of the neighbourhood planning process as set out in the Localism Act, 2011. The Plan sets out a vision, objectives and policies to manage the future of development within Gwennap Parish until 2030.

The vision, objectives and policies within the Plan have been informed by extensive consultation with the local community and interested parties. Details of the consultation are provided within the Consultation Statement.

This Evidence Base Summary provides the background to information to support the Plan.

The following formal surveys were carried out between June 2015 and September 2017.

• Five Big Questions – In person, on paper • Small Survey – Online and paper • Initial Survey Additional Questions – Online and paper • Youth Survey – Online • Business Survey - Paper • Big survey – Online • Housing Needs Analysis • Local Landscape Character Assessment

All surveys were offered in a range of accessibility options, on demand.

In addition, two rounds of NDP Roadshows were carried out. The first in Feb 2017, to inform the community on the process and seek initial consultation, and the second in June 2018 to undertake a full review of the Plan, the Evidence, the results of the LLCA and HNA and other information that became evident during the process. Given the rural, uncentralised nature of the Parish the roadshows took place in 5 different locations to encourage maximum participation:

• Richard Jory Playing Field, Pulla Cross • Crofthandy Village Hall • Gwennap Church Hall • Frogpool Chapel Hall • Cusgarne School

What the Plan aims to achieve

A key objective is to ensure that the ambitions of the Plan, and therefore of the Parish, are delivered and that mechanisms are in place to enable this to happen. Gwennap Parish Council will work closely with Cornwall Council and other delivery bodies including rural housing associations to monitor housing and employment development on an annual basis. Gwennap Parish Council have resolved to review the Plan on a four-yearly basis in line with electoral changes to respond to any changes in national


or local policy or issues raised by parties regarding the operation of the Plan (i.e. the ability of the policy mechanisms to help to deliver housing, employment and other developments to meet local needs).

How this Evidence Base Summary is organised

This document is divided into four sections:

Section 1 - Introduction

Section 2 - About Gwennap Parish

Section 3 – The Parish Vision

Section 4 Objectives Evidence Summary – This section provides details on the results of the various surveys and other evidence supporting the 10 Objectives, spatial characteristics of the Parish as a whole and the individual settlement areas, with additional analysis of issues and opportunities for improvement.

About Gwennap Parish

This section provides and overview of Gwennap Parish providing information on:

• Gwennap Parish and its location • Living in Gwennap Parish (socioeconomic characteristics) • Housing • Business – working and shopping • Getting around • Leisure, health and well-being • Environment and sustainability – nature and landscape designations and open

space, flooding, areas of high amenity and landscape value

Gwennap Parish and its location

The Parish of Gwennap is situated in Cornwall approximately 4 miles to the Southwest of the city of Truro (see Figure 1 below).

The Parish is bounded to the West by the villages of Lanner, Carharrack and St Day and to the South by Perranwell and Stithians. To the East is the Carnon River and Chacewater. Two new parishes were created from parts of Gwennap Parish: St Day in 1833 and Lanner in 1845. History also reflects the inclusion of part of this Parish in Redruth and the formation of Carharrack & St Day civil Parish in 1985.

In the 19th Century, an area of Gwennap was described as “The richest square mile in the old world” referring to the huge, rich deposits of Copper, Tin and many other metalliferrous elements being mined there. It is the location of the Great County Adit, and once-famous mines such as Consolidated Mines, Poldice mine and Wheal Busy. Today it forms part of Area A6i (the Gwennap Mining District) of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site. The Parish includes a large part of the Gwennap Mining World Heritage Site, the Gwennap Conservation Area, several Mineral

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CON/StDay

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CON/Lanner

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CON/Redruth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_County_Adit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_Mines

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poldice_mine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheal_Busy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall_and_West_Devon_Mining_Landscape

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall_and_West_Devon_Mining_Landscape

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site


Safeguarding Areas, a County Wildlife Site, the Poldice SSSI and innumerable historical sites dating back 2000 years. All of these features are readily visible on the Cornwall Council Interactive Map but some are reproduced in the Maps section of the NDP.

Community

Whilst, historically, the population of the Parish has exceeded 30,000 souls Gwennap is now a largely rural Parish in southwest Cornwall with a population of 1,574 (National Census, March 2011). Within the Parish boundary are the villages of Gwennap, Frogpool, Cusgarne and Crofthandy. There are also several hamlets including Point Mills, Little Beside and Coombe. The large majority of the Parish is rolling farmland or post industrial mining heritage sites – each with their own unique heritage and community. We believe that Gwennap Parish is a very special place to live, work, play and visit.

Our Parish contains many valuable community assets such as the village halls, churches, playing fields and popular meeting-places. Cusgarne is also home to a primary school. We have a very strong community spirit, with many clubs and associations ranging from football teams to horticultural societies and youth activities.

Community Network Area (CNA)

Gwennap Parish forms part of the Camborne, Pool, Illogan and Redruth Community Network Area as defined by Cornwall Council. The CNA covers 4 large towns, all of which are hugely different to Gwennap, and many local parishes (see Figure 3 below).

The Community networks are the focal point for bringing communities together and driving improvements. As part of the CNA work, a Sustainable Community Strategy has been created which identifies four key themes as most important across all areas:


• Affordable housing • Income skills and poverty • Healthy lifestyles • Resilience to future challenges.

Socio-economic characteristics

The 2011 Census records the population of Gwennap Parish as 1,574. The population is expected to increase by about 5% between 2011 and 2021. The rural nature of the Parish is identified in the population density being extremely low, 1.06 people per hectare (Gwennap Parish covers 1,480 hectares). For comparison purposes, a neighbouring rural Parish, Feock, has a population density of 3.1 people per hectare. At the Census of 2011 the population consisted of 781 males, 793 females.

Age structure

The patterns of age structure for Gwennap Parish are broadly consistent between 2001 and 2011 census data. Gwennap Parish has a similar proportion of population aged 65+, 21% compared to Cornwall, 22%, and is higher than Regional, 20% and National, 16%. At the 2011 census the following age ratios existed 21% of Gwennap population was aged 0-19 years, which is slightly lower than Cornwall (22%), Regional (23%) and National (24%). 54% of Gwennap Parish population was aged 25 to 64 years, more than Cornwall (51%), more than the SW Regional proportion (45%) and similar to the National proportion (53%). The LLSOA (Lower Layout Super Output Area – Office for National Statistics) data suggests that there will be a marked increase in population of those aged 45+, particularly 65+ (around 5%) from 2011 to 2021 and a 3% increase in 10 to 19 year olds.


Age % 0 to 4 4.7 5 to 7 2.4 8 to 9 1.8 10 to 14 5.3 15 1.2 16 to 17 2.7 18 to 19 2.7 20 to 24 4.4 25 to 29 3.6 30 to 44 14.7 45 to 59 26.1 60 to 64 9.5 65 to 74 12.3 75 to 84 7.2 85 to 89 1 90 and over 0.3

Age distribution for the Community Surveys was:

Deprivation

Gwennap Parish is not an affluent Parish sitting mid way in the Income Deprivation Indicators shown below.


Key

Income

Multiple Deprivation


Barriers to Housing and Services

Crime and Disorder

Education, Skills and Training

Employment


Health Deprivation and Disability

Living Environment

The statistics clearly identify that one of the indicators of deprivation is ‘barriers to housing and services’, which highlights the problem of ‘affordability’ in terms of housing in the Parish, and reliance on public transport/cars to reach employment, secondary and further education, and hospitals being rated very low at 3%, (3% is within the 20% national benchmark of deprivation). This is due to the rural nature of the Parish, even though it is in close proximity to Truro.

Health and well-being

Statistics from the 2011 National Census record health status for the Parish as being above the average for Cornwall.

2011

Very good health 742

Good health 530

Fair health 219

Bad health 62


Very bad health 21

Average life expectancy

The average life expectancy for males and females within the Parish is significantly higher than the national average. The average life expectancy of males in Gwennap Parish area is 82.3 years old. The average for females is 89.1 years old compared to the corresponding national averages of males 79.5 and females 83.1. (Source: Public Health England, 2011).

Ethnicity and National Identity

98.6% of the Gwennap Parish population stated they were either White British or White Other (2011 Census).

White 1,549

Mixed/multiple ethnic groups 10

Asian/Asian British 7

Black/African/Caribbean/Black British

7

Other ethnic group 1

57% of the Parish identify themselves as English and 10.3% as Cornish. 15.7% identify themselves as British.

National Identity 2011

English only identity 904

Welsh only identity 16

Scottish only identity 10

Northern Irish only identity 3

British only identity 247

Cornish only identity 162

Cornish and at least one of English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish identities (with or without British)

52

Irish only identity 1


Other identities only 203

The large majority, 95.4%, of the Parish were born in the UK.

Country of Birth

2011

United Kingdom 1,501

England 1,453

Northern Ireland 5

Scotland 19

Wales 23

United Kingdom not otherwise specified 1

Ireland 4

ther EU 33

Other EU: Member countries in March 2001 15

Other EU: Accession countries April 2001 to March 2011

18

Other countries 36

Crime rates

Crime rates are very low in the Parish, being amongst the safest locations to live in Cornwall. Areas where crimes have been reported are largely due to traffic related incidents, domestic violence and anti-social behaviour, primarily caused by illegal off road vehicles.

The Parish Vision

At the start of the NDP project the following surveys were undertaken:

• Five Big Questions – In person, on paper • Initial Survey – Online and paper • Initial Survey Additional Questions – Online and paper

The basic purpose of these early surveys was to:

• Illicit interest in undertaking the NDP process in Gwennap Parish


• Seek the Vision for the Parish for the next 15 years • Identify high level issues that needed to be fixed.

96% of the Parish thought that it was a good idea to undertake the NDP process.

It is gratifying to note that in the 18 months that the project has run so far, the Vision and the Issues have not significantly changed.


The Gwennap Parish Vision Statement

TO PRESERVE THE IDYLLIC, SAFE AND RURAL WAY OF LIFE THAT WE HAVE WHILST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT OUR

RESPONSIBILITIES TO SUBSEQUENT GENERATIONS WILL DRIVE CHANGE THAT WE NEED TO MANAGE THROUGH

COLLABORATION WITH, AND INCLUSION OF, OUR COMMUNITY. Objectives Evidence

Objective 1: Housing

Dwelling Type

2011

All categories: Dwelling type

684

Unshared dwelling 684

Shared dwelling: Two household spaces 0


Shared dwelling: Three or more household spaces

0

All categories: Household spaces

684

Household spaces with at least one usual resident

652

Household spaces with no usual residents 32

Whole house or bungalow: Detached

381

Whole house or bungalow: Semi-detached 174

Whole house or bungalow: Terraced (including end-terrace)

70

Flat, maisonette or apartment: Purpose-built block of flats or tenement

11

Flat, maisonette or apartment: Part of a converted or shared house (including bed-sits)

7

Flat, maisonette or apartment: In a commercial building

4

Caravan or other mobile or temporary structure

37

Number of households The 2011 Census recorded 684 households in the Parish, with the majority (652) having at least one resident, suggesting 32 second or vacant homes. 39.6% (258) of dwellings were single-occupancy, significantly more when compared to 30% in Cornwall.


Household Composition

2011

All categories: Household composition

652

One person household 154

One person household: Aged 65 and over

70

One person household: Other

84

One family household 452

One family only: All aged 65 and over

82

One family only: Married or same-sex civil partnership couple

274

One family only: Married or same-sex civil partnership couple: No children

125

One family only: Married or same-sex civil partnership couple: Dependent children

103

One family only: Married or same-sex civil partnership couple: All children non-dependent

46

One family only: Cohabiting couple 48

One family only: Cohabiting couple: No children

30

One family only: Cohabiting couple: Dependent children 16

One family only: Cohabiting couple: All children non-dependent

2


One family only: Lone parent 48

One family only: Lone parent: Dependent children

26

One family only: Lone parent: All children non-dependent

22

Other household types 46

Other household types: With dependent children

19

Other household types: All full-time students

0

Other household types: All aged 65 and over

1

Other household types: Other

26

Type of tenure in the Parish The majority of the 652 (permanently occupied dwellings) are owner occupied (509 dwellings) whilst the rest are a mix of shared ownership, social and private rented and rent free.

Tenure

2011

All households 652

Owned 509

Owned: Owned outright 306

Owned: Owned with a mortgage or loan

203

Shared ownership (part owned and part rented)

1

Social rented 37

Social rented: Rented from council (Local Authority)

32


Social rented: Other 5

Private rented 89

Private rented: Private landlord or letting agency

80

Private rented: Other 9

Living rent free 16

Type of accommodation The majority of dwellings within the Parish are detached houses, closely followed by bungalows.

Whole house or bungalow: Detached

381

Whole house or bungalow: Semi-detached

174

Whole house or bungalow: Terraced (including end-terrace)

70

Flat, maisonette or apartment: Purpose-built block of flats or tenement

11

Flat, maisonette or apartment: Part of a converted or shared house (including bed-sits)

7

Flat, maisonette or apartment: In a commercial building

4

Caravan or other mobile or temporary structure

37

Accommodation type in Gwennap Parish

Source: National Census 2011

House prices One of the initial indicators looked at to identify affordability of housing was the National Census 2011 data on Council Tax Bands. Figure 7 and Figure 8 show Council Tax Band information for Cornwall and Gwennap Parish. When compared, it is evident that Gwennap has a much larger proportion of higher council tax bands (D to H – £88,000 to more than £320,000) making up nearly threequarters of the overall housing stock, compared to just over a quarter of those for the whole of Cornwall. The


initial indication is that properties within the Parish are expensive when compared to the Cornwall average.

Figure 7: Pie chart to show Council Tax Bands for

Cornwall Source: National Census 2011

Council Tax Bands (Cornwall)

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H


Figure 8: Pie chart to show Council Tax Bands Gwennap Parish from the 2011 National Census data.

Household Composition

Household Composition 2011

All categories: Household composition 652

One person household 154

One person household: Aged 65 and over

70

One person household: Other 84

One family household 452

One family only: All aged 65 and over 82

One family only: Married or same-sex civil partnership couple

274

One family only: Cohabiting couple 48

One family only: Lone parent 48

Council Tax Bands (Gwennap Parish)

A

B

C

D

E


Other household types 46

Other household types: With dependent children

19

Other household types: All full-time students

0

Other household types: All aged 65 and over

1

Other household types: Other 26

Affordability Our HNA indicated that the most widely achievable price bracket for new homes was below the £155,000 mark, but an approximately equal number of people would be able to buy more expensive homes. Rental affordability will be stretched at more than £100 per week, although renters are currently a minority in the Parish. This suggests that new housing stock should be offered at variable prices, depending on local needs and feasibility, under a variety of types of tenure.

Housing need and supply As part of the overall evidence gathering for the Plan, the Project Team set up a small working group primarily to provide evidence to show that the present housing issues across the Parish were fully understood. This focused on supply and need, in order to best inform future proposals for housing development, i.e. to ensure that they are based on identified and realistic needs including full compliance with the policy requirements of the Cornwall Local Plan – Strategic Policies 2010-30 (March 2014 version).

Relevant Information to inform future housing need in Gwennap Parish until 2038 (term of the Plan) At the time of writing this evidence base summary, the local strategic planning policy is provided within the Cornwall Local Plan – Strategic Policies document – 2010-30. Extracts from those relevant policies have been identified to create a framework for the basis to inform housing need and supply in Gwennap Parish.. We are mindful of potential changes to housing numbers and any necessary reviews will be undertaken as appropriate.

The following is an extract from Policy 1 (p8) -

Presumption in favour of sustainable development “Planning applications that accord with the policies in this Local Plan and supporting Development Plan and

Supplementary Planning Documents (including, where relevant, with policies in Neighbourhood Plans) will be regarded as sustainable development and be approved unless material considerations indicate otherwise. When considering whether a development proposal is sustainable or not, account will be taken of its location, layout, design and use against the three pillars of economic development, social


development and environmental protection and improvement. Where there are no policies relevant to the application at the time of making the decision, the Council will grant permission unless material considerations indicate otherwise taking into account whether: -

(a) Any adverse impacts of granting permission would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits, when assessed against the policies in the National Planning Policy Framework taken as a whole; or

b) Specific policies in that Framework indicate that development should be restricted.

The wider context - overall 2014 housing targets for Cornwall (extract from Policy 2) Policy 2 (p10) Key Targets and Spatial Strategy (Para 4) – provide 52,500 homes over the plan period at an average rate of about 2,300 per year to 2030 to help deliver sufficient new housing of appropriate types to meet future requirements in particular meeting affordable housing and Gypsy and Traveller needs.

Cornwall Local Plan Housing Allocation The Parish forms part of the CPIR CNA, which has been allocated to deliver approximately 1000 new homes by 2030. Given the number of completions, 248 houses remain to be completed by 2030.

Gwennap Parish is allocated 32 houses within this number, in the same timeframe.

Given the number of Gwennap completions between April 2010 and April 2017 is 23 houses, some 3.29/yr, Gwennap can expect, at the normal run rate, to build a minimum of 42 houses by April 2030. However, this number does not meet the needs of the Housing Needs Analysis (50 houses) nor of the need to make housing truly affordable through a Community Land Trust type scheme.


Recent planning permission for housing Very small numbers of affordable housing have been provided in the last 20 years.

Based on the analysis of historic applications for planning permission the trend for infill and new build on existing sites from plot sub division is increasing by an average of 2 to 3 new dwellings per year.

This trend would cumulatively help to deliver a sustainable level of housing provision over the term of the Plan. Plan policies have been designed to be flexible to respond to changes over time. In addition to the historic/projected amount of new build the Plan, with CLT support, will provide a mechanism to deliver Affordable Housing and Truly Affordable Housing to meet local needs in line with the Cornwall Local Plan requirements for Gwennap.

Support for affordable led housing development schemes The supply of housing to meet local needs is very important to Gwennap Parish Council and the community as shown by 66% of the respondents to the Community Surveys and 80% from the HNA who would support or consider supporting affordable housing provision within the Parish.

Of those identified to be in housing need:

• 33% could afford to buy between £101,000 - £125,000 • 25% could afford to buy under £80,000 • 17% could afford to buy between £126,000 - £155,000 • 8% stated they do not wish to purchase

This clearly shows that normal Affordable Housing prices, 15-20% cheaper than market rate, will not meet the need thus the Parish has the concept of Truly Affordable Housing, primarily CLT/Selfbuild led schemes generating housing stock to meet the affordability levels shown above.


Need and size of affordable housing to meet local needs The combined Cornwall Homechoice Register currently has 38 applicants with a local connection on the register, broken down into Band A = 0, Band B = 7 Band C = 6 Band D = 2 and Band E = 23 (HNA figures). Help to Buy identified 2 houses required. Additionally, 10 ‘hidden’ households in need were identified in the HNA, thus a total of 50 families are in housing need in the Parish with 62% requiring help in the next 2 years and 38% in need in 2-5 years.

The Gwennap Housing Needs Survey data showed that there is a need for affordable housing within the Parish of Gwennap, predominantly for smaller households and starter homes. Truly Affordable Housing is critical to the housing provision in the Parish.

Type of dwellings required The type of dwellings required is predominantly houses followed by bungalows. A small number of respondents to the Housing Needs Survey required starter homes, a small number would prefer sheltered, retirement accommodation. About half of all respondents to the Housing Needs Survey who are looking for a home of their own were looking for affordable rents or affordable home ownership. The remainder would consider open market housing within the Parish.

Cornwall Council Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA 2010) reported that:

“Given restrictions on the amount of land available for development it might be considered a worthwhile public policy goal to encourage older one and two person households to down size to smaller units, thus reducing the (land hungry) new build requirement of larger units. To be successful, such an initiative would require the development of smaller homes that offer an attractive alternative to the target group. Any such policy would be dependent on the cooperation and development expertise of private sector actors.”

Local needs indicators The great majority (88%) of respondents to the HNA indicated that they had lived in the Parish for at least three years. Only 36% of respondents stated that they work in the Parish (as well as living there) (Initial Survey). This supports the view that Gwennap Parish is a residential area, with a fairly static population, housing a great number of people who are either retired or who work in nearby areas such as Truro. Nevertheless it should be investigated if affordable housing options should be made available to people who work locally but do not live in the Parish; the Business Survey is expected to provide more information on this topic.

Preferred scale of housing development The large majority of responses via the community consultation through the Plan process have shown a clear preference for small-scale housing development (5 houses max), infill/rounding and individual plots to meet local needs dispersed throughout the Parish. However, there is market pressure for housing developments of 30+ dwelling units.


Consequently, to take account of the wishes of the community and in order to align with community and in order to align with the requirements of national and local planning policy, Policy H2 of the Plan limits the scale of housing development to no more than 5 dwellings per site. This number has been made following consultation on viability and to enable more affordable housing to be delivered.

Managing housing development in the Parish There is a strong community preference to define appropriate settlement boundaries and to manage development outside these boundaries to protect the quality of the open countryside.

Potential Projects – Housing

Create more Affordable and Truly Affordable Housing

Improve accessibility and infrastructure

Objective 2: The economy and jobs

Distribution of businesses within Gwennap Parish The main business sites in the Parish are located at United Downs Industrial Estate, in rural locations and in a small number of serviced workshop/office facilities. There are 126 business in the Parish paying business rates but also a large number of sole trader type operations providing retail products, health and fitness training and rural craft workshops

There are 2 pre-schools in Gwennap Parish along with Cusgarne Primary School, with 86 students. The Parish has no doctors surgeries or dentists.

Types of businesses within the Parish The majority of businesses are within agriculture, manufacturing and the service industry.

Details on the type of businesses, include waste management, manufacturing, services, education, community facilities, garage, consultancy, computing/software, technical design, research, mail order, horticulture, property development, building/renovation, author, farming, childcare.

Number of people employed by businesses within the Parish The majority of business owners are sole-traders. The largest business in the Parish has over 40 employees.

Businesses anticipating the need to employee more people At the time of our survey the majority of business owners within the Parish, 50% did not anticipate employing more staff in the foreseeable future. However when they were asked if they could do so with support many of them changed their response. The table below shows the aspirations to employ more people.


Period of time seeking to employ more people

Number respondents

of

Within 1 year 25%

Within 2 years 0

Yes, but more than 2 years

25%

Not in the foreseeable future

50%)

Customer base The customer base for most businesses is largely within a 30-mile radius of where they operate and only a very small proportion of local business trades elsewhere in the UK and internationally.

Travel to work The majority of people travel to work by car, for both those that work in the Parish and outside. The majority of employees in the Parish live within 10 miles of the business location. On the issue of transport for staff, half of the businesses staff asked for improvements to bus services. (Sources: Big Survey and Business Survey).

Unemployment rate National Census 2011 64.4% of people aged 16-74 who lived in Gwennap Parish were employed, of those, 32.3% worked less than 30 hours per week. 4.2% of 16 to 74 year olds were unemployed. The remainder reflects the relatively high number of retired people, carers and those not registered as unemployed.

Local employment opportunities A large proportion of people thought that job opportunities in the Parish were poor. The large majority believe that agricultural jobs should be promoted followed by services, office, tourism, manual and retail.

Support for more job opportunities within the Parish Just over half of the respondents to the Community Surveys, would support more job opportunities within the Parish but 63% did not believe that the Parish Council should invest directly.

Business start-up areas A large majority (86%) of the respondents would support the identification/creation of a business ‘start-up’ area. The majority of those who would support a business ‘start-up’ hub said it could be located in the existing business areas e.g. United Downs Ind. Est and other employment areas. It was also suggested that community centres could provide shared facilities such as computers, internet, training and photocopying.


Length of time businesses have been in operation The majority of businesses, 50%, have been in operation for more than 10 years, showing strength and resilience. 25% for have been open for 6-10 years and 25% for one year or less. Half of those businesses are expecting to have continued or moderate growth in the coming years with 13% expecting rapid growth and 38% remaining at the same size.

Customer base Customer base for most businesses (75%) is within Cornwall. The remaining 25% of businesses trade across the UK and internationally.

Hidden businesses – working from home According to the Initial Survey 63.8% of people who work travel to their workplace: however, it is interesting to note that 13.8% of the total respondents work from home. Businesses run from home include consultants, farmer, retail. Potters and childcarers.

Internet/broadband

There is general unhappiness with broadband speeds especially in Business areas. Domestic customers at Frogpool are generally happy. There is a need for better internet/broadband speeds in the Parish but the ongoing Superfast programme is noted and United Downs Ind. Est. postcodes are in the current tranche. A review of poorly serviced areas will be undertaken in 2018 to identify remaining problem areas.

Main factors which would improve business prospects The most important issues were, better signage for businesses, a post office, affordable housing and protection/improvements to public transport provision, with land allocated for businesses also rated highly. Other improvement identified include better broadband speed and mobile phone signals, better roads, support for job creation and training, less red tape, lower business rates. In particular affordable housing was raised as a real issue with a significant number of people travelling to work from outside the area. The issue is not just about affordable housing schemes, but the generally high prices of homes within the Gwennap Parish area when compared to large towns such as Redruth and Camborne.

Consultation with businesses identified the following potential projects:

Potential Projects – Economy and jobs

Investigate making better use of United Downs Industrial Estate

Investigate use of disused buildings for business use

Investigate wider availability of Superfast Broadband for business


Better signage, publicity, marketing, advertising

Improvements in public transport, and accessibility projects

Set up a Business Forum

Investigate GPC involvement in job creation and training through external agencies

Create more affordable housing

Objective 3: Reducing flood risk

Flooding

Using the Environment Agency Flood Map tool, shows that most of Gwennap Parish is not identified as being at risk of flooding being high rolling farmland. However areas that are at risk from flooding include along Carnon River, Gwennap to Bissoe and the Carnon stream as it approaches the Wheal Maid Valley Culvert. 70% of survey respondents said that it was Very Important to reduce Flood Risk, 4% did not.

Parish Plan Projects:

Creation of Emergency Management Plan

Enforce Design Guide


Flood Risk map for Gwennap Parish – areas identified in light blue are areas at risk from flooding and dark blue are rivers/watercourses. Source: Environment Agency interactive online map.

Objective 4: Traffic management and accessibility

Road network

Gwennap Parish sits in the triangle between 3 main roads. The A39 from Truro to Falmouth, the A390 from Truro to the A30 and the A393 from Falmouth to Redruth, touching the A393 for a stretch of approximately one mile at Comford. Most Parish roads are unclassified with many being single track for long stretches. The main road through Cornwall, the A30, is 3 miles north of the Parish. Other than the A393 there are no A roads in the Parish. This geographical situation drives several issues in the Parish such as the lack of public transport and infrastructure, speeding on rural lanes and the huge impact of HGV vehicles. There is a significant danger for pedestrians on rural roads with no pavements and the inability to easily move within and between settlements results in a bunker mentality that impacts community cohesion and collaboration. Car use is prolific even for short journeys.

Public transport

Residents have asked for significant improvements in public transport and have a low overall level of satisfaction. More and better bus services and the restoration of services that have been withdrawn due to cuts were requested.


Gwennap Parish Council has committed research to the following projects:


Lengthsman+ scheme - developing partnership arrangements to improve street cleaning, street furniture, street naming, highway stewardship and Public Rights of Way.

Community Transport Scheme

Pavement and Virtual Pavement Scheme

Consider Park and Ride for Truro

Create Traffic Management Plan

Rail network

There are no rail services in Gwennap. The “Maritime Line” runs close (1.5 miles) to Frogpool, with the nearest station at Perranwell Station, located 1 to 5 miles dependent upon the area of the Parish e.g. Gwennap village is approximately 3 miles from the station. One of five branch lines in Cornwall, opened on August 24th 1863 it has just celebrated its 150 years anniversary. This service links the Falmouth University and Exeter University Campus at Penryn with Truro and the mainline service to London and the rest of the UK. European Community investment though the 2007-2013 Convergence Programme has improved the capacity of the line and frequency of the service which is increasingly characterised by commuter traffic. First Great Western currently provides train services whilst There is very limited public transport between the Parish and the station, and none after 5pm on weekdays.


Bus Network

The bus could play a key role in terms of public transport provision for residents in Gwennap Parish and many businesses identified bus provision as key to growth. The bus network provides an important transport link for those people without access to a car. However there are huge gaps in the provision of service, particularly to rural areas in the Parish and for children travelling to school/college.

Local bus services are currently provided by First Devon and Cornwall, whilst National Express provides a service linking Falmouth and Truro to Plymouth, Heathrow and London. Timetables for both operators can be viewed online at


https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/transport-and-streets/public-transport/ . There are also a number of school buses which are not used for other services.

Gwennap Parish Council is responsible for the provision and maintenance of bus shelters. The quality of bus shelters is generally very good across the Parish area.

Respondents to the Initial, Youth and Business Surveys have asked for significant changes in public transport. There were nevertheless many calls for more and better buses services and possibly replace services that have been withdrawn due to cuts, but for which there is still a proven need.

Park and Ride

The first permanent park and ride in Cornwall was opened in August 2008 on the western side of Truro, with a reduction of over 150,000 car trips into the city. In 2013 planning permission was granted for an eastern park and ride to capture traffic from St Austell and Newquay, the facility opened in Autumn 2015.

Cornwall Council’s long-term transport strategy for Truro proposes a third park and ride to the south of the city: it is understood that locations at Playing Place and Carnon Downs have been explored.

Almost half of respondents to the Big Survey, (51%) stated that they would not support a park and ride in the Parish, 49% would support it. More work is required on this potential project in order that benefits to Truro are not offset by damage to Gwennap. The location of any new park and ride may determine community attitudes, and there are many who are concerned over the cost and environmental impact.

Airports

There is no operational airport within the Parish. The nearest, ignoring the Naval Air Station at Culdrose and Predannick, is at Newquay approximately 25 miles away. This airport is a mandated “Required Service”, subsidised by local and central government and providing daily flights to London and Manchester, with irregular flights to other locations.

Ferries

There are no ferry services in the Parish although historically ships of up to 400 tons have navigated the river to Bissoe.

Walking and cycling network

Gwennap Parish’s scenic landscape and historical importance through the WHS make it popular for walkers, cyclists and horse riders alike. Gwennap Parish contains almost no village footpath but does have many miles of public rights of way, comprising designated footpaths, byways and bridleways. Unfortunately the extensive rights of

https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/transport-and-streets/public-transport/

http://www.cornwallpublictransport.co.uk/


way network also attracts large numbers of illegal off road cars and motorcycles, a common problem in Cornwall.

Footpaths

Despite praise and significant support for footpaths in the Parish, some are in poor condition. The community support the view that the Parish Council should promote footpath use, join routes together for better connectivity and undertake maintenance wherever Cornwall Highways are unable to provide this service. Based on demands from the Surveys, the Parish Council is considering the following actions:


Maintain footpath survey and encourage reporting

Improve accessibility to existing infrastructure

Cycle ways The Parish Council should create a sustainable transport network and improve cycle ways, separating cycle and footpaths where safety could be an issue. In particular, a safe route from Parish settlements to the North/South Coast Cycleway is urgently needed. New cycle racks could also be placed in scenic areas to allow people to ‘jump off’ and explore the area.

A section of the SUSTRANS National Cycle Network is located in the Parish. Within this network there are 5 miles of cycle network as a part of the Coast to Coast Mineral Tramway Trail and Cornish Way.

http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/nationa l-cycle-network

Suggested projects – cycle paths

Maintain cycleway survey

Improve accessibility

Parking issues and projects

Street parking is an issue, especially in villages, particularly near Cusgarne School where road safety is severely compromised.

http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/national-cycle-network








Survey comments support the following specific projects, which the Parish Council could bring forward working with local partners. Projects identified via community consultation:

Suggested projects - Parking

Enforce Design Guide and parking requirements

Consider parking areas at Recreational Areas

Speed restrictions, road markings and new signage

The majority of respondents do not support new road markings and changes to speed limits in the Parish. Traffic calming measures are not popular. However, of those supportive of changes identified key priorities including a 20mph restriction in some villages and residents’ parking in all new or converted developments. In some areas

existing restrictions are appropriate but not properly enforced. Potential solutions suggested by respondents include a community speed watch scheme. Speed humps, however, were not well regarded by respondents to the questionnaire and on this basis other road surface traffic calming measures could be considered. HGV restrictions are universally popular due to the type of roads that exist in the Parish.

Suggested projects – traffic management

Improve footpaths

HGV restrictions

20 is plenty

Virtual Footpaths

Traffic Management Plan

Objective 5: Community well-being

Community facilities and services, leisure, health and well-being

Shopping (Retail provision)

Local shopping – access, provision, use and need Over the last 30 years shops have been lost in the villages of Gwennap and the community wishes to seek the retention of existing community facilities and services (as identified through respondents to the community Survey). The Plan policies seek to ensure that all community facilities and services meet the needs of all sectors of the


local community, young people, families, elderly, and the disabled, businesses and visitors/tourists.

Gwennap Parish has two pubs (The Cornish Arms, Frogpool and The Fox & Hounds, Comford), one high end retail grocery with cafe(Cusgarne Organic), a number of travelling shops (butcher etc) and some niche retail locations such as potteries, garden centres and cafes. The data clearly shows a high level of support for additional local retail/grocery facilities in the Parish to include a Post Office. Gwennap villages are genuinely isolated from retail shops with the nearest being in Ponsanooth, Perranwell, St Day, Carharrack and Carnon Downs which are generally a car drive away. 97% of respondents drive to shop.

95% of respondents (to the Initial and Big Surveys) showed support for new shops and retail premises in the Parish, identifying a level of ‘need’ within the Parish.

The comments in responses support the following specific projects, which the Parish Council should seek to support, by the provision of new shops and retail premises where it is shown to be feasible and viable and meet an identified local need.

Potential projects – local shopping

Provision of convenience store / community shop / services hub / Post Office in Frogpool village

Provision of mobile shop / outreach services for other Parish locations

Provision of coffee/tea rooms with Wi-Fi as additional meeting places to pubs

Community facilities As part of their work, the NDP Steering Group carried out an audit of existing community facilities within Gwennap Parish. Further information was obtained from consultation and engagement with the community throughout the Plan process, including the Surveys and Youth Surveys, which provided information on whether the community thought that the existing community facilities are adequate to meet their needs.

There is a high level of involvement in civil society, with a large proportion of the community regularly attending various clubs hosted throughout the Parish that cater for all ages, such as bridge, bowls, scouts and brownies, camera club etc. The village halls and some places of worship provide venues for fitness classes, e.g. yoga, pilates, welcoming fitness etc. Existing Parish facilities include:

• Pulla Cross – Parish Rooms and Playing Field • Frogpool – Chapel and Rooms • Cusgarne - School • Crofthandy – Village Hall


• Gwennap – Church Rooms

Education Provision

• Good primary school, (Cusgarne School), nursery and pre-school provision in the Parish • Truro & Penwith College, at Tregye Campus, located just outside of Carnon Downs, provides further education in music, art and design and outdoor education.

Health-care provision Doctor Gwennap Parish has no healthcare facilities at all. Doctors surgeries are located in Bissoe Road, Carnon Downs having six GP’s and other facilities, and one in Devoran, located on Quay Road which forms part of Chacewater Surgery, and has four GP’s. A clear majority of respondents to the Community Surveys thought that the existing provision of doctor, dentist and chiropody (primary health care) services were inadequate and should be improved. 96% of residents drive to healthcare.

Healthcare Type Percentage in favour of enhancement

Pharmacy 62%

Doctor 69%

Dentist 55%

Optician 42%

Projects

Provision of GP surgery in the Parish or outreach services to serve specific areas

Invest in better transport links to Dentist and Doctors outside the Parish

Provision of Dentist in the Parish, or outreach services

Community Transport Scheme

Source: GPNDP Community Surveys

1.66 New community/leisure facilities


Gwennap Parish has several community spaces, mostly relatively small. Some areas, such as Cusgarne and environs lack any dedicated community space. The community surveys and particularly the youth survey identified many new facilities that could be provided either by improving advertising for facilities or creating new services (such as a youth club) or by extending some facilities (such as the Parish rooms at Pulla Cross) to allow more than one function at a time.

36% of survey respondents did not think that the Parish was making adequate use of existing community spaces. Access to facilities is difficult with very few pavements or public transport services, especially for youths.

Source: GPNDP Community Surveys

Comments Report

Suggested projects – Making the best use of Community Spaces

Extend Parish rooms

School Void project

Enhance playing areas

Educational Services The following table shows the result of the survey questions concerning provision of educational services when asked in the community survey “How well served do you think the Parish is with educational facilities.”.


In seeking to move the level of satisfaction to “well Served” for all types the following is the list of priorities:

• Adult Learning • Holiday (Youth) Clubs • Nurseries and Lectures/Talks • Play Groups • Day Nursery/Child Minding • Breakfast and After school clubs

Suggested projects – Education

Investigate providing more Adult Education provision in the Parish

Create breakfast and after school clubs at Curgarne School (Void Project)

Pulla Cross Youth Club


Improve accessibility to sites

Objective 6: Good quality design

The Parish Vision is clear. Protect the look and feel of what we have and improve where we can. A number of recent developments have caused consternation in the Parish due to poor or inappropriate design. Future development must be “in keeping”. Only 13% of respondents did not agree with this statement.

“In keeping” does not mean all development should be of granite construction. Each design type has its place and also has its evolutionary path.

To further elaborate this matter the NDP team has created the Gwennap Parish Design Guide and this will be used to help potential developers understand what we mean by Sustainability and what “in keeping” means for each area of the Parish. Design evolution is fully supported, as are high standards for energy efficiency and design quality.

Objective 7: Green and open spaces

Open spaces, parks and recreation (play areas)

The rural character and beautiful open countryside of Gwennap Parish rated highly throughout all of the community consultation. 84% of survey respondents thought it important to protect green and open spaces, 0% did not. This was the most highly valued asset in the Parish. Ease of access to the open countryside via public rights of way was also identified as a key strength in the area. The views featured highly as key strengths and attractions for both local residents and visitors. Public access to them was asked to be protected and enhanced wherever possible.

The Mineral Tramway is a key ‘open space/recreation/route’ that runs ‘Coast to Coast’ from Devoran to Portreath (part of the National Cycle Route).

The Plan Project Team carried out an audit of all existing open space provision within the Parish.

The Parish LLCA clearly identifies the landscape that we value and clearly shows the pressures for change on that landscape. Historical features play an important part in the character of Gwennap Parish.

Play space for young children

Space for young people Both quantitative and qualitative assessment found the Parish lacks provision of space for young people. In particular the Youth Survey identified that there is lack of provision for young people, listing a preference for provision of sports facilities, e.g. sports hall, basketball, cricket pitch, squash courts, tennis courts open all year round; and improvements to local play parks, including better play equipment, a sand pit, and a skate park and better facilities at Pulla Cross Playing Field.


Amenity green space

Amenity Green and Open Space, and associated protected areas and views are identified on the Green and Open Spaces Map which has been fully reviewed by the community at the Parish roadshows. Community comments resulted in several amendments to the map.

Objective 8: The local landscape and wildlife

Landscape quality- statutory designations and conservation guidance and advice

The quality of the natural and historic environment, and the attractive landscape of the Parish is recognised by international, European, national and local statutory designations. Approximately 60% of the Parish is protected by a statutory designation of some type.

Natural environment

County Wildlife Sites

County Wildlife Sites are the most significant areas of semi-natural habitat in Cornwall outside statutory protected sites. They have been selected using Biodiversity Action Plan priority habitats, identifying habitats that contribute to local character and habitats that contribute to the survival of species group. In Gwennap Parish the CWS makes up a large area in the centre of the Parish.


BAP priority habitats are habitats, which, Natural England has advised the Secretary of State, are of principal importance for the conservation of biological diversity in England, in accordance with the 1992 UN Convention on Biological Diversity. The conservation of BAP habitats is furthered by implementation of Action Plans for each habitat. Action Plans for BAP habitats found in Cornwall are detailed in Cornwall BAP Volume 3 (CBI, 2004).

Hedgerows are often species rich and are very important features for wildlife within our landscape. For wildlife to thrive it needs to be connected. Hedgerows provide foraging lines for bats, shelter for small mammals and amphibians that are moving through the landscape and are a great food source for insects, birds and many other animals. Many are of great biodiversity value (BAP priority habitats) and are to be protected.

Landscape

Tree Preservation Orders

The topography is typically ‘riparian’ with gently rolling hills running into the river valleys at the Carnon River and Stream and Gwennap to Bissoe. Tre preservation order areas are shown in the preceding graphic.

Biodiversity

75% of survey respondents thought it Very Important to protect Biodiversity, 0% did not.

Biodiversity is the number, variety and variability of living organisms. Cornwall’s Environmental Growth Strategy 2015-2065, the Cornwall Biodiversity SPD and the NPPF state that maintaining current levels of biodiversity is not sufficient. Development should provide a net gain in biodiversity within development sites and the GNDP will support this.


Objective 9: Sustainability and climate change

68% of survey respondents thought that limiting climate change was Very Important, 3% did not. 81% of respondents said that use of sustainable resources was Very Important, 1% did not.

Climate change

68% of survey respondents thought that limiting climate change was Very Important, 3% did not. Changes in the climate have implications for all elements of life in Cornwall. As an extreme Atlantic coastal area, Cornwall currently has a generally temperate maritime climate. Wetter, stormier winters and hotter drier summers will directly impact, for example, biodiversity, water resources, infrastructure, health, tourism and agriculture. Increased rainfall, storminess and sea level rise have great significance in terms our vulnerability to the effects of climate change as a particularly exposed peninsula.

The Gwennap NDP seeks to ensure that development design and planning incorporate measures that effectively reduce the predicted impacts of climate change.

Sustainability

81% of respondents said that use of sustainable resources was Very Important, 1% did not.

Sustainability and sustainable development are defined in the context of Gwennap Parish in the Gwennap NDP, which requires proposed development to adequately consider environmental, social and economic impacts in an holistic manner. The use of sustainable resources, the enhancement of biodiversity, the incorporation of sustainable energy efficiency and water management measures into development design and construction are key contributors to delivering sustainability. Environmental standards and accreditation schemes such as BREEAM (for non-domestic buildings), CEEQUAL (for infrastructure projects) and CODE for sustainable homes (or equivalent) are actively encouraged. Accessibility and the future proofing of development design are also important features to be incorporated into planning and development proposals.

Suggested projects – Sustainability and Climate Change

Review policies to ensure they keep pace with technology and policies

Gwennap Design Guide


Objective 10: Preserving our heritage

Once again, the Gwennap Vision is clear and preservation/enhancement of our heritage is widely supported in all collaboration/consultation events. The figure below shows the WHS (red crosshatch), Mining sitess (yellow) and engine houses (red).

Suggested projects – Protecting our Heritage

Enhance Recreational Area accessibility

Support projects enhancing heritage

Cornwall Council – Gwennap NDP Housing Requirement

Cornwall’s Local Plan: Strategic Policies (Local Plan) apportions 1,000 dwellings to be delivered in the parishes that make up the area of the CPIR Community Network Area (CNA). Figures supplied by Cornwall Council are presented in Table 1, and show that as a minimum Gwennap Parish needs to deliver around 32 new dwellings between 2017 and 2030, to be considered in general conformity with the Local Plan.


Minimum NDP housing target to be in conformity with Cornwall’s Local Plan.

In addition, research carried out during the formation of the NDP (available within the NDP Evidence Base Summary) has demonstrated that in order to satisfy local housing demand, a further 18 dwellings should be delivered. The Gwennap Parish NDP therefore seeks to deliver approximately 50 dwellings in the period 2017-2030. Furthermore, Truly Affordable Housing projects will be executed in partnership with a CLT and local developers/self=build.

Delivering the Gwennap Parish Housing Requirement

The Gwennap Parish NDP seeks to facilitate the delivery of approximately 50 dwellings through allowing sufficient space for new housing within development boundaries and /or allocation of a specific exception site/s for development. This is to ensure that development takes place in the most appropriate areas, to a scale which is in keeping with the settlement and contributes to preserving and enhancing the identity of the Parish. The policies facilitate delivery of an estimated 50 dwellings, meeting the NDP housing target.


Appendix 3 - Posters, adverts and leaflets distributed during the consultation process

GNDP Media.zip


Appendix 4 - Pre-submission consultation (Regulation 14) Formal Consultee Responses

The tables set out the statutory organisations and public that were consulted during the Pre-Submission consultation stage of the Neighbourhood Plan process. The following statutory organisations were consulted.

Statutory Organisation Natural England Environment Agency Home and Communities Agency Historic England Network Rail Highways Agency Marine Management Organisation Three (Mobile) O2 and Vodafone (Mobile) EE Mobile OFCOM Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust Peninsula Community Health Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group Healthwatch Cornwall National Grid Western Power Distribution EDF Energy Wales and West Utilities British Gas South West Water


Adjoining Town and Parish Councils Chacewater Parish Council Stithians Parish Council Kea Town Council Carharrack Parish Council St Day Parish Council Perranarworthal Parish Council Lanner Parish Council

The following comments were received

Cornwall Council Draft Comments Jan 2018

Actions taken in the revised NDP

Affordable housing 24/01/18 Page 6 text changed as per advice

Page 8 – awaiting updating statistics from Cornwall Council

Page 13 text altered to clarify the point made

Policy H1 policy reworded as per advice

Policy H5 points are noted about scale of growth but this is the characteristics nature of growth in the Parish and links back to scale and nature of our settlements. See policy supporting text to Policy 3 of the CLP

Development Management – 04/01/2018

Policy TM1 wording amended as per advice.

Economic Development – 12/01/2018 Policy H2 reworded


Policy EJ4 amended

Policy EJ9 deleted

Objective 3 reference is already made in supporting text to flood policies

Otherwise points are noted, however it felt that the emphasis of the suggestions are already adequately covered through the NDP and higher level policies or are not directly relevant to planning policies.

Landscape Officer – 24/01/2018 LLCA references increased, LLCA document and design guide to be provided for subsequent consultations for further advice.

Open Space Officer – 23/01/2018 Policy CW1 follows the paragraph 76 of the NPPF, text has been amended.

Whilst other points and the suggested support (paid for) is noted, we are satisfied that the policies GOS1 to GOS 5 are acceptable policies, and reflect those that have been agreed under other NDP’s.

Fire and rescue – 20/01/2018 Whilst point noted, these are matters for building regulations and not covered through planning legislation.

Transport – 17/01/2018 No amendment to text, the comments question policy TM4 and why improved accessibility would be supported in principle, however we feel the policy is self explanatory and follows the direction in the CLP and the NPPF.

Local Plan Team – CIL – 09/02/2018 GOS4 we note point, but consider the policy does address the matter raised in its existing wording.

Page 14 comments noted, but no action required.

Local Plan Team – Natural Resources 09/02/2018

Comments noted but no actions.

The green spaces will be provided via maps for subsequent consultation.


Policy GOS4 supports proposals in principle, it does not automatically force these to happen or prevent alterative developments in accordance with the strategic policies in the CLP or the Minerals Allocations DPD.

Forestry Team 14/02/2018 Points noted ,reference to trees and hedges increased throughout the document.

Historic Environment 30/10/2017 Whilst the majority of the points are noted, and a number of amendments to the policy wording and supporting text have been including following the advice, more non related to the historic environment references have been excluded from change. The thoroughness of the appraisal is welcomed, however.

Sustainable Drainage Officer 30/10/2017

Suggestions noted and amendments undertaken to flood and drainage policies as suggested.

Local Plan team 24/10/2017 The number of comments and suggestions have been taken into account, with revised policy wording and supporting text amended.

Natural England 12/02/2018 Comments noted, no changes required.

Historic England 29/01/2018 Comments noted, no actions required.

Public Consultation Aug 2018 Actions taken

Consider Lustleigh Village shop as an exemplar for our shop

No change required. Delivery Strategy consideration.


Many more traffic signs prohibiting LGVs from coming through lanes

Project – Delivery Strategy - Traffic Management Plan to be written

Car park for school Project to be raised in Delivery Strategy

Footpath through fields from Frogpool to School

Project to be raised in Delivery Strategy

Industrial development of United Downs will increase heavy traffic particularly at Pulla Cross.

Project – Delivery Strategy - Traffic Management Plan to be written

EJ4 Impacting a poorly run business may not be a bad thing.

No change required.

Add adult gym equipment to playing field project

X2 – Project – completed with purchase of new equipment. Dec 2018

Consider allowing the building of small infill property in a garden or small plot of land outside development boundary for local people to build for family or retirement

All planning applications are considered on a case by case basis however Gwennap is limited to infill and rounding within Development Boundaries or Rural Exception Sites on the edge of Boundaries. Boundaries will be reviewed at each NDP review and have been modified for this initial version.

After referendum, publicise the result in clear understandable language to encourage public to come together on projects.

Project to be added to Delivery Strategy

Fix water flowing across the road at the bottom of Tresamble Hill

Report to CC


Can the Parish take over and manage/fund Gwennap Church, or make it a Building of Parish Interest and historic building

Investigation Project to be added to Delivery Strategy

Strongly in favour of utilizing brownfield sites. I have noticed a number of vacant buildings which have been left unattended 10 years or more although not in the Gwennap area.

Covered in NDP

I object to building on the bog field between Gwennap and Comford.

X3 – Outside Development Boundary so cannot be built on except as rural exception site.

Any covering of the fields with housing will add to the water run off we experience at the lower end of Gwennap.

Technical issue for individual applications and covered in NDP.

Any housing would involve more cars as there are no facilities within the village eg. School/doctor/shop (Gwennap)

X2 – Inevitable but parking is covered in NDP. CIL funding may help.

Carn View. Ask Council to clear road of leaves and debris on Gwennap Hill. Clear grids before rainfall. Grid blocked at unfinished house

Report to CC

Traffic Mgt. Does control also include traction engines and large tractors

To be included in Traffic Management Plan.


pulling containers over the weak bridge?

In favour of virtual pavements and speed limits past village homes.

Project to be included in Delivery Strategy.

Any developer should have large infrastructure plans to help with transport/doctor etc.

Covered in NDP, CIL, VIL etc

Could the bog field in Gwennap be developed as a lake for wading birds?

Consider as a project – pass to Parish Council

Dev Boundary alterations for:

Glebe Farm

Trelease House

Goon Gumpas

Cusgarne near ford

Cusgarne near school

All added to Development Boundary plans.

Consider opening development boundary to connect Carn View and Gwennap Churchtown.

Plan amended but only along the road between the two.

Crantock lessons:

No allocation of development space.

Discussed at Steering Group

Added to NDP


Small scale = 5 or less – define, but consider CIL limit is 6, also CLT may need to be bigger to maximise affordability.

Define Local need.

Define that number include housing with permission, not housing completed, until permission expires.

Definition added to NDP



40mph limit on A393 Support CC Councillor plan

Please don’t make life too difficult for motorists as otherwise frustration will lead to worse driving standards. Focus on providing an alternative to tempt us out of our otherwise essential motorcars.

Covered in NDP

No speed bumps please they are environmentally unfriendly with increased pollution.

None intended as it is against current policy

Slow down speed and put in speed bumps.

Environmentally unsustainable

A big no-no to speed bumps. None intended

Why hold stock car races every bank holiday?

Cornwall Council own the land and manage the site through a lease with a private company. NDP cannot currently control this.


Need affordable houses I came from a council estate.

Project to be included in Delivery Strategy

Lobby for FTTP for all properties to allow digital homeworking.


Policy EJ5 is essential (shops and pubs)

Agreed, no action required

Avoid light pollution. Remove street lamps at Pencantol etc.

Security/safety vs environment, no action required

Limit Noise pollution Noise pollution is a Cornwall Council responsibility. Parishioners should report offences to them.

Lots of work has gone into this. Well done and thank you.

You’re welcome

Frogpool needs to go with the times. That’s the purpose of the plan.

Wonderful plan, very impressive, so much hard work gone into it. Thank you.

You’re welcome

A393 40mph speed limit from Pellean Cross to Lanner please.

Discuss with CC Councillor

Cusgarne Boundary does not cover developments made in the last 30 years. Boundary needs to go to road signage Coombe Lane (lower side).

Development Boundary modified


Clear sign posting needed to assist with WMV R2R. Problems with Land Rovers and 4x4 going at speed on small byways. Also lost cyclists due to lack of signs.


Love the playpark plan. X2 - OK

Frogpool needs to protect its green spaces, views and open spaces.

X3 – In the plan

Who has determined the development boundaries?

NDPSG and Public Consultation – added to NDP

United Downs needs housing. Project but not specifically UD.

Triplet area has housing needs. Project but not specifically UD.

Road from Gwennap to Comford has good road access and is not being farmed productively. Minor housing could easily be situated here.

Outside Development Boundary and opposed by Gwennap residents.

There is a historical divide between the Gwennap village communities that live around the church and those who reside on Carn View estate. The segregation of council owned property residents from others in the village has led to ongoing division despite most of the estate properties now being in private ownership. This disconnect has sustained a perception

Noted. Development Boundary changed to link the two areas.


that the voices of those in diverse households are not as valued as those from established, economically secure/wealthy households. Gwennap needs homes for people from the area of all kinds and there must be future provision for our children who presently could not afford to live where they have grown up. There is land from Comford to the Church which could be reclaimed and used for a mixture of social and other housing. From previous conversations it is clear that homeowners around the church are keen for housing provision in principle, as long as its away from them!

Please send every household a leaflet showing what GPC is responsible for, what CC is responsible for, who to contact and how to complain.

Propose to GPC to put it in the Newsletter

Thanks for your efforts! Thanks

The gap between the two developments in Gwennap village is ideal for infill of a mixture of affordable and market value housing. This would help address the isolation of the two settlements and the stigma

Noted. Dev Boundary changed to link the two areas.


associated with the social housing development.

There are new houses on the estate not illustrated.

Now included in updated plan.

Trelease House – development boundary bisects property.

Modified to encompass property

Is the development boundary written in stone? It doesn’t take into account properties on Goon Gumpus.

Modified per public consultation

Crofthandy dev plan needs trimming as it goes too far down Goon Gumpas Lane.

Plan modified.

Development boundary is not in line with other existing dwellings currently within the village perimeter.

Boundary modified.

What will happen if in 5 years time someone wishes to create a home for a family member if outside of the dev boundary line?

Case by case assessment of application. Infill and Rounding unless exception site. NDP is reviewed every 4 years.

The last village shop and post office closed due to lack of use and no new blood or expansion of the community. What difference is there now?

Voluntary, non-profit making, Community Interest Company of some sort does not need to make a profit.


WMV/Poldice is a great amenity for runners and cyclists. Access should be maintained.


Provision for older people. Project to be included in Delivery Strategy

Community/Parish Farm is an excellent opportunity for education, community cohesion and commercial revenue generation.


Consider deer Management at WMV woods.

Future Project should deer numbers grow

Horse riders should be able to ride all over the Poldice Valley and it keeps them off the majority of the roads as lots of lanes run off the valley.

Right to Roam Project but there will be priority zones to promote safety. Project to be included in Delivery Strategy

Poldice Valley is a valued cycling/mountain biking/recreation area. This is an asset and should definitely be protected/encouraged.

Right to Roam Project to be included in Delivery Strategy

CC Comments on Public Consultation

Landscape Architect:

At this stage I have nothing major to add as far as comments go on the draft NDP. They have written an LLCA

Noted and agreed. LLCA updated.


and have referenced conservation of the landscape character in the NDP.

The only thing I would raise, is that the mapping in the LLCA is very small and not very easy to read. It may be worth talking these maps out and putting them in an appendix where they can be viewed digitally?

Chacewater PC

I have nothing to add here other than to congratulate you and your team on something that I now know will have been an extremely difficult team and individual challenge on occasion. Your Parish has been something of a flag bearer of best practice here.

Noted

Trevince House

I know that the formal consultation ended on Monday, but the following has just come to my attention and will be relevant to ensure that the Gwennap NDP remains in line with current Government policy. The information is derived from the recently published revised NPPF.

Noted and all documents updated


Affordable housing exemption for small sites – Existing Government guidance on this matter has now been formalised as policy. It confirms that local planning authorities should not require affordable housing to be delivered on development sites of 10 homes or less, or 5 homes or less in designated rural areas (and only then as an off-site financial contribution). The aim being to encourage the delivery of new homes in rural areas on small sites where financial viability can be more marginal. Now that this is policy, rather than just guidance, local planning authorities will no longer have discretion over whether or not to apply it.

Rural Exception Sites and Entry Level Exception Sites - The NPPF restates the Government’s support for delivering affordable homes at smaller settlements on ‘rural exception sites’ (sites which would not otherwise be considered appropriate for development). To make such schemes financially viable the draft NPPF also retains a requirement for local planning authorities to consider allowing an element of open market housing on such sites). The Government also introduces a new concept of entry-level exception sites adjacent to existing settlements which will be aimed at

Noted. The current plan is that all Gwennap Exception Sites are 100% affordable and CLT led. Market housing may support exception sites but will generally be within development boundaries as infill and rounding.

Noted. See above.


meeting the needs of first time buyers and those looking to rent their first home (i.e. homes for discounted sale or affordable rent).

Village development – There is now a requirement for local planning authorities to identify opportunities for villages to grow and thrive, particularly where this would help to support local service provision. This represents stronger support for development at villages than we have seen previously.

Greater weight given to Neighbourhood Plan policies – The Government has bolstered the weight to be given to Neighbourhood Plan policies when determining planning applications. It also confirms that areas with Neighbourhood Plans in place will benefit from a greater level of protection against speculative developments that might come forward during times of housing shortage (i.e. when the local authority has no five year supply of housing land). But to benefit from this additional protection the Neighbourhood Plan must include its own policies and allocations to meet its identified housing requirement and the relevant planning

Noted. Services in a Parish such as Gwennap are unlikely to be self supporting and thus will need community projects to survive. These are identified in the Delivery Strategy.

Noted. These are all covered in the NDP.


authority must have at least a three year housing supply.

Converting Rural Buildings - The document retains its strong support for proposals to convert rural buildings in the open countryside to a range of alternative uses, including new homes.

Sub-dividing residential properties - The document introduces specific support for proposals to subdivide existing residential properties in the open countryside.

The rural economy – The Government accepts that the needs of rural businesses cannot always be met within or adjoining settlements or in areas well served by public transport. As such the NPPF requires Local Plan policies to allow for this in order to support rural economies and specifically forbids local authorities from applying the ‘sequential test’ (i.e. giving priority to town centres & urban areas) when considering applications for small scale rural development.

Noted and supported in the NDP.

Noted.

Noted


St Day PC

No comments other than congratulations to you and all involved in producing an excellent NDP which I hope will be approved and adopted.

Noted

Historic England

We saw a preliminary version of the Plan as part of our consultation by Cornwall Council earlier in the year on the associated SEA Screening. At that time we identified that there were no issues associated with the Plan on which we were likely to feel the need to offer specific comment.

Having now considered the pre-submission version of the Plan I can reaffirm that position. In addition, we would like to say how pleased we are to note how much your community values its local historic environment and how this is reflected in the Landscape Character Assessment and Parish Design Guide which have been produced and used to inform the content of the Plan.

Noted


It therefore only remains for us to congratulate your community on its progress to date and wish it well in the making of its Plan.

Police

Firstly thank you on behalf of Devon and Cornwall Police for the opportunity to comment on the NDP.

I note and welcome the comments within Policy 9DQ2 relating to designing out crime. I certainly support their inclusion.

Noted

Trevince House

p6 Defining the settlement boundaries within Gwennap Parish

Comment: There is no allowance for expansion, only for increased density of housing. It is not at all clear how affordable housing will fit within this. Elsewhere (p18) Objective 1 allows for Truly Affordable Housing (TAH) “on exception

Exception sites adjoin Development Boundaries. Other sites assessed on a case by case basis per the NDP.


and other sites”. This allows TAH to be put anywhere in the Parish. Is this what you want?

p15 Infrastructure Funding

Comment: The proposal for the Voluntary Local Infrastructure Levy would be payable in certain circumstances, which include “Other conditions as are agreed by Gwennap Parish Council”. This is drawn so widely as to give any reason and is therefore a meaningless phrase. It should be worded more tightly to explain what is meant or it should be rejected.

What does the term Voluntary mean in this context?

The CIL includes new houses, with certain exceptions (e.g. self-build). It is iniquitous that the NDP should seek to include in a Local Levy exceptions which Government policy has specifically exempted.

p17 Integration Matrix

Noted, update text in NDP.

Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.

That is the specific purpose of the VIL. Exceptions are defined and decided outside the Parish and one size does not fit all. Gwennap’s rural character needs to be considered and the ongoing creep of population increase without any infrastructure increase is not sustainable.

The matrix is an example until the policies pass the public consultation. It will now be updated and more explanatory text added.


Comment: This is very hard to understand and doesn’t seem to make any sense. For Housing there are 6 policies, why are 7 (Red) and 8 (Green) included in the matrix? This anomaly continues throughout. For example, for Objectives 5 (Flood), 9 (Sustainability) and 10 (Heritage) there are only 3 Policies each, yet the matrix shows 8 policies. Also, it is far from clear what the matrix does – What do Red, Amber, Green and N/A actually mean. There seems no real link between Objectives and Policies.

p18/19 Policies H1 - H5

Comment: The size of AH and TAH developments is defined as ‘small scale’ In H5. H2 and H4 both define small scale as ‘one or two dwellings’. Do you really want to stick with this definition for both infill/rounding off on the one hand and AH/TAH on the other? Also, H1 says infill/rounding off shall have AH at 30%. If only small scale developments are supported then at least one of the two i.e. 50% will have to be AH/TAH. This is absolutely untenable.

The Objective and Policy H3 include the re-development of brownfield sites. This definition in H3 should be expanded to include conversion

Agreed. More clarity is provided in the updated NDP post public consultation. AH and TAH is subject to viability assessments.

Noted and NDP amended.


of redundant buildings and sites in agricultural, horticultural or forestry use, as these are sometimes termed ‘greenfield’.

p22 Relevant Strategic Polies

Comment: I cannot find the Basic Conditions Document. Where is this?

p23 Policy EJ3

This should include land in agricultural, horticultural or forestry use. This is required to ensure that businesses retain flexibility for diversification, as they currently have.

p23 Policy EJ6

Comment: Here, or elsewhere within this Objective, there should be specific reference to extraction industries, such as geothermal, lithium, or hard rock mining. This sphere of industrial development could potentially be of

Not under public review and currently being updated to comply with NPPF2018.

Noted and NDP amended.

Noted and NDP modified.


great economic and employment benefit to the Parish.

p33 Bullet point on Future developments

Comment: This states that future developments should take ‘a wider view’ and ‘drive’ enhancements to Parish infrastructure. This is neither desirable nor reasonable. It is not the responsibility of a developer to try to define or implement the Parish Council’s Plan. How do you envisage this might happen? If this is a reference to CIL/Local Levy then say so. Developments may ‘contribute to’ enhancements. This cannot be expected of every single development in the Parish – there are exclusions in the CIL, for example.

p38 Policy LL2

This Policy states no new industrial use. This conflicts with EJ3 and EJ6 (p 23) which address wildlife and biodiversity. The phrase ‘other sites as identified on an emergent basis’ is too widely drawn. Any such amendments should be part of the four yearly review process of the NDP.

Developments should compensate for the impact they have on the Parish. CIL is part of it, as is VIL, S106 and Affordable requirements. CIL exclusions need to consider the impact of infrastructure. The Parish will maintain an Infrastructure Plan listing projects to be brought forward when necessary and when funding is available.

Disagree with the conflict. However ‘emergent’ will be modified to reflect the review process.


p39 Policy SCC1

This policy says all development will reach Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes. This can only apply to dwellings not to all developments e.g. industrial/commercial.

Gwennap Parish Design Guide Draft Version 4

p9 Preserving historic character is also a design issue and the importance of local history and heritage should always be an important consideration.

Comment: It is equally important to allow for modern and innovative design that reflects design practice of the early twenty first century. It is important, whilst acknowledging history and heritage, to remember that we must

Agreed. Updated.

Agreed. Design evolution is a core piece for the Design Guide.


continue to create history and heritage by acknowledging contemporary design. To do otherwise leads to historicising and stultification.

p13 Likely development

Comment: “Likely development” must not exclude the possibility of other types of development. For instance, buildings supporting tourism related activities may be required (This is suggested in the Master Document v5 p16, but not acknowledged here). Similarly, community buildings and retail, mentioned in the NDP as objectives, are not addressed here. Also, agricultural conversions are envisaged, but not expansion of those conversions, which can be necessary to make the project viable (e.g. as additional sites for local employment and business start-ups, as proposed in Master Document v5 pp12/13). A final category (that may come under “industry”) is development associated with extractive industries such as geothermal and mining, which is certainly possible to become a live project before 2030. This conforms directly with the key theme “resilience to future challenges” as defined in Cornwall Council’s Community

Agreed.


Network Area’s Sustainable Community Strategy (See Master Document v5 p 11)

p17 Design principles

Comment: As mentioned above (my comments on p9) there is no active recommendation or support for modern and innovative design. Principle 3 specifically refers to drawing “inspiration from local building traditions”, Principle 7 to “buildings based on traditional styles” and Principle 11 to “traditional roofing materials”. This approach can be restrictive. I am sure that this is not intended but there must be active support for innovation in design and materials – after all that is what is recommended in Principle 8 “high quality bespoke design and architectural features”. In brief just because something is new, different and stands out does not mean that it doesn’t suit a pre-existing local vernacular. Hat was considered good in, say, the 1960s, was not the same as what was considered good in, say, the 1990s. We must allow the variety of the tapestry of history to continue to evolve.

Agreed.


Local Landscape Character Assessment Draft Version 3

p22 Figure 5

Comment: The legend shows two types as GLCT3a. The second should be 3b – Ridges Farming (cf. p 40). Throughout the text referring to this figure (i.e. pp29-42) there are discrepancies whereby the text suggests one type of land and the figure shows another. Examples include 1.2.2 which is defined as farmland and estates, but is shown on the map as including a lot of ‘GLCT2a – Valley Sides Mining’ rather than GLCT2b – Valley Sides Farming.

p33 Typo: In the paragraph “Field and woodland pattern” the phrase “Hedges appear mess dense” should read “Hedges appear less dense”

Noted and to be corrected.

Noted.


p34 LCT2a

Comment: The part of this area south of Trevince as far east as the Sewage Works was never mined and should be included within LCT2b – valley sides farming.

p38 Historic features

Comment: Trevince is referred to as a manor. It never had that status. It is fair to say “the holding of Trevince” but not “the manor”.

p40 1.3.6 LCT3b and p 42 [first paragraph]

Comment: Trevince is not shown in this area on the map. Instead it is shown as LCT2a

p43 1.4 Third paragraph states that “the majority of land within the Parish is not considered to have the capacity to accommodate new development without an appreciable adverse effect on landscape

Noted.

Noted.

Noted.


character either through the introduction of new built form or in the case of conversion of agricultural buildings through the consequential change in land use and management”

Comment: This paragraph continues that detailed studies of the Parish’s main settlements were not carried out as this “could become overly prescriptive and stifle innovative design”. The broad brush exclusion of the rural land is equally overly prescriptive and stifles innovative design in the rural hinterland of the settlements. It must be acknowledged that within the rural areas there are hamlets, ribbon development, isolated farmsteads and other settlement types, all of which need to be allowed in principle the facitilty to develop in order to thrive economically and socially. The concept of exception sites allows this to some extent. However, it is necessary to include a statement that explicitly allows change in the rural areas as well as in the main settlements. The absence of flexibility to allow and embrace change, especially if set as a Parish policy, will lead to stagnation and ultimately the deterioration of smaller, isolated and non-nucleated settlements. This conforms directly with the key theme “resilience to future challenges” as defined in Cornwall Council’s Community Network Area’s Sustainable

Agreed.


Community Strategy (See Gwennap NDP Master Document Draft Version 5 p 11)

p46 1.5 “Restrict and control use of trails and paths by off road vehicles”

Comment: This is very important. Both 4x4 vehicles, quad bikes and motorbikes (often scramblers) use footpaths and bridleways. This is illegal, dangerous and unwelcome.

Agreed.

Natural England

Policy H2 and associated development boundary at Crofthandy (Map 5) The proposed development boundary for Crofthandy includes a small parcel of land which forms part of the West Cornwall Bryophytes Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). This portion of the SSSI needs to be excluded from the development boundary. In addition we advise that Neighbourhood Plan policy states that development within the development plan boundary at Crofthandy must ensure that there will be no adverse impact on the SSSI. Further information on the SSSI can be found here: MAGIC Policy EJ1. Allocation for employment use at United Mines Industrial Estate. The policy refers to the allocation EJ1 however there does not appear to be an inset map with this name. We presume you

SSSI removed from DB.

Noted, wording to be included in NDP.

Noted, amended.


mean the allocation shown on Map 7. Please amend or clarify. Policy GOS1 and area of Local Green Space at Crofthandy The area identified as a Local Green Space at Crofthandy forms part of the West Cornwall Bryophytes SSSI. We advise that policy for the green space at Crofthandy be strengthened to ensure it reflects the protection given to SSSIs in Cornwall Local Plan policy 23. Policy 23 in the Local Plan states that “Development proposals within or outside an SSSI or Marine Conservation Zone which would be likely to adversely affect the site (either individually or in combination with other developments) will not be permitted unless the benefits of the development, at this site, clearly outweigh both the adverse impacts on the site and any adverse impacts on the wider network of SSSIs and Marine Conservation Zones”. Objective 8: The Local Landscape and Wildlife This section should name the features of importance for biodiversity within the Parish such as the West Cornwall Bryophytes SSSI. In addition figure 9 should be revised in order that designations Page 2 of 2 are shown clearly. Currently there is no key or annotations so it is difficult to work out what figure 9 is trying to show. Policy LL1 – Local landscape and wildlife Policy LL1 gives policy support to commercial/leisure use and public access on named areas at Wheal Maid Valley,

Noted NDP to be amended.

Noted, NDP amended.

Noted NDP amended.

Noted NDP amended.


Cusvey Common, United Downs (the ex landfill site), St Day Raceway and “other sites”. The named allocations should be delineated on a map in order that the Plan is clear about the allocations to which this policy relates. It is also important that the suitability of the sites for the intended uses are assessed. We suggest that this policy is discussed with Cornwall Council. Map 9 – Local Green Space allocations (pages 54, 55, and 57).

The plans on pages 54, 55 and 57 use arrowed annotations to point to green spaces. As a result the Plan is unclear about the areas to be allocated as Local Green Space. We advise that Local Green Spaces are delineated clearly on Plan inset maps. The same principle applies to Parish Recreational Spaces shown in Map 10.

Noted, NDP amended.

Steering group view is that adequate detail is provided if combined with local knowledge.

Neighbourhood Planning

Gwennap NDP Regulation 14 comments

SEA screening consultation comments that are still applicable for consideration:

• Page 29 Policy TM4- supported in principle? See comments from Transport team

• Page 8- see housing needs comments from the Affordable Housing team

See Page 1.

See Page 1.

See Page 1.


• Page 21- see comments regarding delivery implications of limiting small scale development to 5 houses

• Page 12- 2015 IMD data is available, which is more up to date than ONS data.

• Page 13- comments from Development Management team regarding commuting to the rest of the SW

• Page 23 Policy EJ8 doesn’t provide for alternatives to travelling by car. See Economic Development team comments

• Page 26 objective 3- opportunity for green flood risk strategy. See Economic Development team comments

• Page 40 SCC3- retail developments/allotments could encourage car use and detract from provision in village centres. See Economic Development team comments.

• LLCA references in Policy H4, EJ1, CW2, GQD1, GQD2, LL3 and SCC2. See Landscape Officer comments

• Page 31 Policy CW2- clarify local environment. See Landscape Officer comments

Noted, to be updated.

See Page 1.

See Page 1.

See Page 1.

See Page 1.

See Page 1.

See Page 1.

Noted.


• Page 33 Policy GQD1- identify key views within the LLCA? See Landscape Officer comments

• Page 36 Policy GOS2 reference Cornwall Council Open Space Strategy. However there are no set standards as POS will vary between coastal and inland areas for example. See Landscape Officer comments

• Page 38- reference LLCA to identify hedgerows, trees and woodland. See Landscape Officer comments

• Page 36- GOS3-5 requires quantification. See Landscape Officer comments

• Page 23 Policy EJ8 could encourage provision for non-car based travel

• Page 14- Eligibility of VLIL on applications. See Local Plan team comments

• Page 36 Policy GOs4 needs to consider the restoration requirements of United Downs. Refer to this as closed landfill not ex landfill, as it still requires management. See Local Plan team comments.

• Page 38 Policy LL2 United Downs is still managed as a closed site and the Household Waste Recycling Centre is

NDP modified.

Noted.

Noted. Amended.

Noted, amended.

See Page 2.

Noted, amended.

Noted.


still operational. See Local Plan team comments.

• Figure 2 isn’t clear which is the CNA boundary- key?

• Policy RF1 refers to Plan 1- should this be figure 1?

• Policy SCC2- not clear what is meant by community scale energy.

• Policy CW3 change wording to supported not approved. Same point as TM4, in principle?

• Map 9 doesn’t show the extent of the green spaces. It may be clearer to have the boundaries of these on the map too.

• Ensure that the United Downs Settlement boundary is in conformity with the Allocations DPD boundary for the site.

• Minor amendments:

o P 14- full stop after Basic Conditions Statement and close brackets after Consultation Statement document.

o Page 25- full stop after doing

o Policy RF1- bullet point is red?

Amended

Amended

Clarified

Noted, amended.

Noted.

Noted.

All noted and fixed.


o Policy Tm3- full stop at the end

o Policy CW1- remove highlight

o Policy GQD4- remove brackets after Design and Access Statement

o Adoption date of Design Guide page 35

o Policy GOS3- full stop at the end

o Policies PH1 and PH2- full stop at the end

SWW – no comment OK

I have one or two suggestions for the Parish consultation.

1. I would like to see the speed limit through Gwennap reduced to 30mph, from Carne View Estate, down the hill and around the sharp bend at the bottom, as far as the last house: ‘Glebe Vale,’ which happens to be my house.

Noted, refer to CC.


1. I would also like a speed bump out side my house, to stop racers seeing how many mph they can reach before the Fox and Hounds.

1. A lot of very heavy traffic crosses the weak bridge, in spite of the weight limitation notices. Perhaps a camera could put a check on this ?

1. The field beside the lane floods each year, which creates pot holes at strategic points.

BUT - there is a large drainage pipe, under the road, coming out from the collecting pond in the field - which seems to have been overlooked for many years.(It is about 100 yards along from my own drainage point - that I clean out regularly).

Most of the road damage stems from this pond point, as the overflow from the pond spills onto the road flooding across, to run down on both sides, instead of being taken

Speed bumps are not policy on environmental grounds. Other methods to be investigated.

Refer to CC.

Refer to CC.

Refer to CC.


away, via the drainage pipe which is already in place under the road.


Appendix 5 – Communications Strategy and Plan

92 Gwennap NDP Communications Str


Appendix 6 – Housing Needs Analysis

The Housing Needs Analysis is contained in Appendix 3.


Appendix 7 - Community Engagement Strategy and Communications Strategy

91 Community Engagement Strateg


Appendix 8 – Gwennap Parish Heritage List

Listed Buildings Wayside cross in Gwennap churchyard

• List Entry Number: 1016289 • Heritage Category: Scheduling • Location: Gwennap, Cornwall

PARISH BOUNDARY STONE AT SW 727441 SW (BETWEEN ORIGINAL CHACEWATER AND GWENNAP PARISHES)

• List Entry Number: 1136222 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: PARISH BOUNDARY STONE AT SW 727441 SW (BETWEEN ORIGINAL

CHACEWATER AND GWENNAP PARISHES), St. Day, Cornwall



CHACEWATER AND GWENNAP PARISHES), St. Day, Cornwall



CHACEWATER AND GWENNAP PARISHES), Gwennap, Cornwall





https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1016289

















PARISH BOUNDARY STONE AT SW 726 440 (BETWEEN ORIGINAL GWENNAP AND CHACEWATER PARISHES)

• List Entry Number: 1162254 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: PARISH BOUNDARY STONE AT SW 726 440 (BETWEEN ORIGINAL

GWENNAP AND CHACEWATER PARISHES), St. Day, Cornwall






CHACEWATER AND GWENNAP PARISHES), Chacewater, Cornwall


• List Entry Number: 1140947 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II












• Location: PARISH BOUNDARY STONE AT SW 749428 SW (BETWEEN ORIGINAL CHACEWATER AND GWENNAP PARISHES), Gwennap, Cornwall




PARISH BOUNDARY STONE AT SW 751426 SE (BETWEEN ORIGINAL CHACEWATER AND GWENNAP PARISHES)

• List Entry Number: 1140949 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: PARISH BOUNDARY STONE AT SW 751426 SE (BETWEEN ORIGINAL


























































GWENNAP AND CHACEWATER PARISHES), St. Day, Cornwall



GWENNAP AND CHACEWATER PARISHES), Chacewater, Cornwall



GWENNAP AND CHACEWATER PARISHES), Chacewater, Cornwall














• Location: PARISH BOUNDARY STONE AT SW 731435 SW (BETWEEN ORIGINAL CHACEWATER AND GWENNAP PARISHES), Gwennap, Cornwall
































































HEADSTONE AT ABOUT 4M SOUTH OF TURRET OF CHURCH OF SAINT WENAPPA

• List Entry Number: 1136493 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: HEADSTONE AT ABOUT 4M SOUTH OF TURRET OF CHURCH OF SAINT

WENAPPA, CHURCHTOWN, Gwennap, GWENNAP, Cornwall

HEADSTONE AT ABOUT 4M SOUTH OF MIDDLE OF CHURCH OF SAINT WENAPPA

• List Entry Number: 1328954 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: HEADSTONE AT ABOUT 4M SOUTH OF MIDDLE OF CHURCH OF SAINT


5 CHEST TOMBS FROM 3M SOUTH EAST OF CHURCH OF SAINT WENAPPA

• List Entry Number: 1136488 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: 5 CHEST TOMBS FROM 3M SOUTH EAST OF CHURCH OF SAINT










CHEST TOMB TO ALFORD FAMILY AT ABOUT 15M SOUTH OF CHURCH OF SAINT WENAPPA

• List Entry Number: 1136500 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: CHEST TOMB TO ALFORD FAMILY AT ABOUT 15M SOUTH OF CHURCH

OF SAINT WENAPPA, CHURCHTOWN, Gwennap, GWENNAP, Cornwall

HEADSTONE AT ABOUT 18M SOUTH OF WEST END OF CHURCH OF SAINT WENAPPA

• List Entry Number: 1328955 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: HEADSTONE AT ABOUT 18M SOUTH OF WEST END OF CHURCH OF

SAINT WENAPPA, CHURCHTOWN, Gwennap, GWENNAP, Cornwall

CHEST TOMB 3M NORTH OF CHURCH OF WENAPPA

• List Entry Number: 1328992 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: CHEST TOMB 3M NORTH OF CHURCH OF WENAPPA, CHURCHTOWN,

Gwennap, GWENNAP, Cornwall

LYCH GATE AT CHURCH OF SAINT WENAPPA

• List Entry Number: 1329012 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: LYCH GATE AT CHURCH OF SAINT WENAPPA, CHURCHTOWN,

Gwennap, GWENNAP, Cornwall

CHEST TOMB AT ABOUT 27M NORTH OF MIDDLE OF CHURCH OF SAINT WENAPPA

• List Entry Number: 1312769 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: CHEST TOMB AT ABOUT 27M NORTH OF MIDDLE OF CHURCH OF

SAINT WENAPPA, CHURCHTOWN, Gwennap, GWENNAP, Cornwall

THE VILLAGE HALL

• List Entry Number: 1140905 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: THE VILLAGE HALL, CHURCHTOWN, Gwennap, GWENNAP, Cornwall

CHEST TOMB 2M NORTH OF NORTH WEST CORNER OF CHURCH OF ST WENAPPA










• List Entry Number: 1140941 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: CHEST TOMB 2M NORTH OF NORTH WEST CORNER OF CHURCH OF ST


CROSS 1 METRE NORTH OF CHURCH OF SAINT WENAPPA

• List Entry Number: 1136478 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II* • Location: CROSS 1 METRE NORTH OF CHURCH OF SAINT WENAPPA,

CHURCHTOWN, Gwennap, GWENNAP, Cornwall

CHEST TOMB TO FRANCIS FAMILY 2M SOUTH OF WEST END OF CHURCH OF SAINT WENAPPA

• List Entry Number: 1136485 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: CHEST TOMB TO FRANCIS FAMILY 2M SOUTH OF WEST END OF

CHURCH OF SAINT WENAPPA, CHURCHTOWN, Gwennap, GWENNAP, Cornwall

6 CHEST TOMBS 3M WEST OF CHURCH OF SAINT WENAPPA

• List Entry Number: 1140942 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: 6 CHEST TOMBS 3M WEST OF CHURCH OF SAINT WENAPPA,

CHURCHTOWN, Gwennap, GWENNAP, Cornwall

GATE-PIERS AND ADJOINING GARDEN WALLING SOUTH AND EAST OF CUSGARNE MANOR FARMHOUSE

• List Entry Number: 1136530 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: GATE-PIERS AND ADJOINING GARDEN WALLING SOUTH AND EAST OF

CUSGARNE MANOR FARMHOUSE, HIGHER CUSGARNE, Gwennap, Cornwall

BRIDGE AT SW 752423 SE

• List Entry Number: 1140912 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: BRIDGE AT SW 752423 SE, Gwennap, HALE MILLS, Cornwall

SUNDIAL AT ABOUT 15M EAST OF PENGREEP HOUSE










• List Entry Number: 1140917 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: SUNDIAL AT ABOUT 15M EAST OF PENGREEP HOUSE, Gwennap,

PENGREEP, Cornwall

BOUNDARY STONE AT SW 731409 SW

• List Entry Number: 1140929 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: BOUNDARY STONE AT SW 731409 SW, Carharrack, Cornwall


• List Entry Number: 1140930 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: BOUNDARY STONE AT SW 729404 SW, Gwennap, Cornwall


• List Entry Number: 1140931 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: BOUNDARY STONE AT SW 741403 SW, Gwennap, Cornwall

CONSOLIDATED MINES, CHIMNEY

• List Entry Number: 1140934 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: CONSOLIDATED MINES, CHIMNEY, Gwennap, Cornwall

•

STILE AT SW 734400 SW

• List Entry Number: 1328976 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: STILE AT SW 734400 SW, Gwennap, COMFORD, Cornwall

GROUP OF 3 CHEST TOMBS AT ABOUT 45M NORTH OF WEST END OF CHURCH OF SAINT WENAPPA










• Location: GROUP OF 3 CHEST TOMBS AT ABOUT 45M NORTH OF WEST END OF CHURCH OF SAINT WENAPPA, CHURCHTOWN, Gwennap, GWENNAP, Cornwall

TOWER OF CHURCH OF SAINT WENAPPA

• List Entry Number: 1140940 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: I • Location: TOWER OF CHURCH OF SAINT WENAPPA, CHURCHTOWN, Gwennap,

GWENNAP, Cornwall

GROUP OF 3 CHEST TOMBS AT ABOUT 15M NORTH OF WEST END OF CHURCH OF SAINT WENAPPA

• List Entry Number: 1140943 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: GROUP OF 3 CHEST TOMBS AT ABOUT 15M NORTH OF WEST END OF

CHURCH OF SAINT WENAPPA, CHURCHTOWN, Gwennap, GWENNAP, Cornwall

PAIR OF CHEST TOMBS TO BEAUCHAMP FAMILY AT ABOUT 44 AND 47M NORTH OF WEST END OF CHURCH OF SAINT WENAPPA

• List Entry Number: 1140944 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: PAIR OF CHEST TOMBS TO BEAUCHAMP FAMILY AT ABOUT 44 AND

47M NORTH OF WEST END OF CHURCH OF SAINT WENAPPA, CHURCHTOWN, Gwennap, GWENNAP, Cornwall

TIN BOUNDARY STONES AT SW 740420 SW

• List Entry Number: 1136436 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: TIN BOUNDARY STONES AT SW 740420 SW, Gwennap, Cornwall

GATE-PIERS AND FLANKING WALLING AT ABOUT 150M EAST OF PENGREEP HOUSE

• List Entry Number: 1136579 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: GATE-PIERS AND FLANKING WALLING AT ABOUT 150M EAST OF

PENGREEP HOUSE, Gwennap, PENGREEP, Cornwall

HOMELY

• List Entry Number: 1140908 • Heritage Category: Listing










• Grade: II • Location: HOMELY, Gwennap, COMFORD, Cornwall

CUSVEY MINES, CHIMNEY AT SW757419SE PART OF THE CONSOLIDATED MINES

• List Entry Number: 1140935 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: CUSVEY MINES, CHIMNEY AT SW757419SE PART OF THE

CONSOLIDATED MINES, Gwennap, Cornwall

THE COPPERHOUSE COTTAGE

• List Entry Number: 1140939 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: THE COPPERHOUSE COTTAGE, Gwennap, BURNCOOSE, Cornwall

BUILDING AT ABOUT 3M NORTH OF COTTAGE TO MIDDLE OF GROUP

• List Entry Number: 1328980 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: BUILDING AT ABOUT 3M NORTH OF COTTAGE TO MIDDLE OF GROUP,

SUNNY CORNER COTTAGES, Gwennap, SUNNY CORNER, Cornwall

WHEAL CLIFFORD, POWDER HOUSE, PART OF THE UNITED MINES

• List Entry Number: 1312783 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: WHEAL CLIFFORD, POWDER HOUSE, PART OF THE UNITED MINES,

Gwennap, Cornwall

CUSVEY MINES, ENGINE HOUSE PART OF THE CONSOLIDATED MINES

• List Entry Number: 1136423 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: CUSVEY MINES, ENGINE HOUSE PART OF THE CONSOLIDATED MINES,

Gwennap, Cornwall

COTTAGE TO WEST

• List Entry Number: 1136585 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: COTTAGE TO WEST, SUNNY CORNER COTTAGES, Gwennap, SUNNY

CORNER, Cornwall








CHAPEL VIEW

• List Entry Number: 1140909 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: CHAPEL VIEW, Gwennap, COOMBE, Cornwall

ELMSFORD

• List Entry Number: 1140916 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: ELMSFORD, LOWER CUSGARNE, Gwennap, Cornwall

BUILDING AT ABOUT 3 METRES NORTH OF COTTAGE TO EAST OF GROUP

• List Entry Number: 1140920 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: BUILDING AT ABOUT 3 METRES NORTH OF COTTAGE TO EAST OF

GROUP, SUNNY CORNER COTTAGES, Gwennap, SUNNY CORNER, Cornwall

CONSOLIDATED MINES, CHIMNEY

• List Entry Number: 1140933 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: CONSOLIDATED MINES, CHIMNEY, Gwennap, Cornwall

CONSOLIDATED MINES, CLOCKTOWER

• List Entry Number: 1136402 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: CONSOLIDATED MINES, CLOCKTOWER, Gwennap, Cornwall

COTTAGE TO MIDDLE OF GROUP

• List Entry Number: 1136587 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: COTTAGE TO MIDDLE OF GROUP, SUNNY CORNER COTTAGES,

Gwennap, SUNNY CORNER, Cornwall

BUILDING AT ABOUT 20M SOUTH OF COTTAGE TO WEST










• Location: BUILDING AT ABOUT 20M SOUTH OF COTTAGE TO WEST, SUNNY CORNER COTTAGES, Gwennap, SUNNY CORNER, Cornwall

GLEBE COTTAGE

• List Entry Number: 1328974 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: GLEBE COTTAGE, Gwennap, COMFORD, Cornwall

CONSOLIDATED MINES, ENGINE HOUSE

• List Entry Number: 1136409 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: CONSOLIDATED MINES, ENGINE HOUSE, Gwennap, Cornwall

TREWENNA HOUSE

• List Entry Number: 1140906 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: TREWENNA HOUSE, CHURCHTOWN, Gwennap, GWENNAP, Cornwall

UNITED MINES, ENGINE HOUSE AT SW 746414 SW

• List Entry Number: 1136440 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: UNITED MINES, ENGINE HOUSE AT SW 746414 SW, Gwennap, Cornwall

GREENSPLATT HOUSE AND GARDEN WALL TO SOUTH

• List Entry Number: 1136515 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: GREENSPLATT HOUSE AND GARDEN WALL TO SOUTH, GREENSPLAT,

Gwennap, Cornwall

COTTAGE TO EAST OF GROUP

• List Entry Number: 1136590 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: COTTAGE TO EAST OF GROUP, SUNNY CORNER COTTAGES, Gwennap,

SUNNY CORNER, Cornwall

TUNNEL AT SW 751424 SE









• List Entry Number: 1140911 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: TUNNEL AT SW 751424 SE, Gwennap, HALE MILLS, Cornwall

MILL HOUSE

• List Entry Number: 1140914 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: MILL HOUSE, HIGHER CUSGARNE, Gwennap, Cornwall

COACH HOUSE AT APPROXIMATELY 25 METRES WEST OF PENGREEP HOUSE

• List Entry Number: 1140918 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: COACH HOUSE AT APPROXIMATELY 25 METRES WEST OF PENGREEP

HOUSE, Gwennap, PENGREEP, Cornwall

CASKAIR COTTAGE

• List Entry Number: 1140932 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: CASKAIR COTTAGE, Gwennap, Cornwall

STILE AT APPROX 400M NORTH WEST OF TREVINCE HOUSE AND BOUNDARY STONE TO SOUTH

• List Entry Number: 1140936 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: STILE AT APPROX 400M NORTH WEST OF TREVINCE HOUSE AND

BOUNDARY STONE TO SOUTH, Gwennap, Cornwall

ELDONS ENGINE HOUSE (IVEY HOUSE) AT SW 748415 SW

• List Entry Number: 1140937 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: ELDONS ENGINE HOUSE (IVEY HOUSE) AT SW 748415 SW, Gwennap,

Cornwall

ZIMAPAN HOUSE










• Location: ZIMAPAN HOUSE, Gwennap, Cornwall

STABLING AT ABOUT 50M NORTH WEST OF PENGREEP HOUSE

• List Entry Number: 1328979 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: STABLING AT ABOUT 50M NORTH WEST OF PENGREEP HOUSE,

Gwennap, PENGREEP, Cornwall

THE GREAT YARD, PART OF THE CHASEWATER RAILWAY

• List Entry Number: 1328988 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: THE GREAT YARD, PART OF THE CHASEWATER RAILWAY, Gwennap,

Cornwall

BURNCOOSE COTTAGE

• List Entry Number: 1328990 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: BURNCOOSE COTTAGE, Gwennap, BURNCOOSE, Cornwall

THATCHED COTTAGE

• List Entry Number: 1312747 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: THATCHED COTTAGE, HIGHER CUSGARNE, Gwennap, Cornwall

CUSVEY MINES, ENGINE HOUSE AT SW 757419 SE PART OF THE CONSOLIDATED MINES

• List Entry Number: 1312808 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: CUSVEY MINES, ENGINE HOUSE AT SW 757419 SE PART OF THE

CONSOLIDATED MINES, Gwennap, Cornwall

PARISH BOUNDARY STONE AT JUNCTION OF LANES AT SW 697 391

• List Entry Number: 1160575 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: PARISH BOUNDARY STONE AT JUNCTION OF LANES AT SW 697 391,

HELSTON ROAD, Lanner, PENVENTON, Cornwall









THE COPPER HOUSE AND WALLS ADJOINING

• List Entry Number: 1136459 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: THE COPPER HOUSE AND WALLS ADJOINING, Gwennap, BURNCOOSE,

Cornwall

BURNCOOSE LODGE AND WALLS AND GATE-PIERS TO NORTH WEST

• List Entry Number: 1136472 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: BURNCOOSE LODGE AND WALLS AND GATE-PIERS TO NORTH WEST,

Gwennap, BURNCOOSE, Cornwall

TREMONT AND TRENARREN INCLUDING GARDEN WALLS

• List Entry Number: 1136556 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: TREMONT AND TRENARREN INCLUDING GARDEN WALLS, LOWER

CUSGARNE, Gwennap, Cornwall

STABLING AT ABOUT 20M SOUTH WEST OF PENGREEP HOUSE

• List Entry Number: 1136578 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: STABLING AT ABOUT 20M SOUTH WEST OF PENGREEP HOUSE,

Gwennap, PENGREEP, Cornwall

THE FOX AND HOUNDS INN

• List Entry Number: 1140907 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: THE FOX AND HOUNDS INN, Gwennap, COMFORD, Cornwall

HICKS MILL

• List Entry Number: 1140910 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: HICKS MILL, Gwennap, COOMBE, Cornwall

COMFORD HOUSE

• List Entry Number: 1328975









• Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: COMFORD HOUSE, Gwennap, COMFORD, Cornwall

LAUNDRY AND COTTAGES AT ABOUT 10M NORTH WEST OF PENGREEP HOUSE

• List Entry Number: 1328978 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: LAUNDRY AND COTTAGES AT ABOUT 10M NORTH WEST OF

PENGREEP HOUSE, Gwennap, PENGREEP, Cornwall

HALE MILLS COTTAGE

• List Entry Number: 1312738 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: HALE MILLS COTTAGE, Gwennap, HALE MILLS, Cornwall

BURNCOOSE HOUSE

• List Entry Number: 1312784 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: BURNCOOSE HOUSE, Gwennap, BURNCOOSE, Cornwall

CASCADDEN FARMHOUSE

• List Entry Number: 1312799 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: CASCADDEN FARMHOUSE, Gwennap, Cornwall

LITTLE BESIDE HOUSE

• List Entry Number: 1328977 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: LITTLE BESIDE HOUSE, LITTLE BESIDE, Gwennap, Cornwall

CHURCH OF SAINT WENAPPA

• List Entry Number: 1328991 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: I • Location: CHURCH OF SAINT WENAPPA, CHURCHTOWN, Gwennap, GWENNAP,

Cornwall

CUSGARNE HOUSE









• List Entry Number: 1140915 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II* • Location: CUSGARNE HOUSE, LOWER CUSGARNE, Gwennap, Cornwall

TREVINCE HOUSE

• List Entry Number: 1328989 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: TREVINCE HOUSE, Gwennap, Cornwall

Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape

• List Entry Number: 1000105 • Heritage Category: World Heritage Site • Location: Illogan, Cornwall, Devon

TUNNEL AT SW 762419 SW PART OF THE REDRUTH AND CHASEWATER RAILWAY

• List Entry Number: 1140856 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: TUNNEL AT SW 762419 SW PART OF THE REDRUTH AND CHASEWATER

RAILWAY, Gwennap, Cornwall

CUSGARNE MANOR FARMHOUSE AND MOUNTING BLOCK TO REAR

• List Entry Number: 1140913 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II* • Location: CUSGARNE MANOR FARMHOUSE AND MOUNTING BLOCK TO REAR,

HIGHER CUSGARNE, Gwennap, Cornwall

PENGREEP HOUSE

• List Entry Number: 1136570 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: I • Location: PENGREEP HOUSE, Gwennap, PENGREEP, Cornwall

Round 280m south west of Trebowland

• List Entry Number: 1020102 • Heritage Category: Scheduling • Location: Gwennap, Cornwall

LITTLE BESIDE FARMHOUSE









• List Entry Number: 1312750 • Heritage Category: Listing • Grade: II • Location: LITTLE BESIDE FARMHOUSE, LITTLE BESIDE, Gwennap, Cornwall

Other Heritage Assets World Heritage Site

https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/environment-and-planning/conservation/world-heritage-site/

https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/environment-and-planning/planning/planning-policy/adopted-plans/planning-policy-guidance/cornwall-and-west-devon-mining-landscape-world-heritage-site-supplementary-planning-document/

https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/environment-and-planning/conservation/world-heritage-site/areas-places-and-activities/gwennap-kennall-vale-and-perran-foundry/

Finger Post Signs

Wheal Maid Valley

Poldice Valley Todpool To Hale Mills

Kennal Valley Hale Mills To Bissoe

Cusvey Common

Poldice Arsenic Works

Bissoe Ocre And Gunpowder Works

The Miners Arms, Tregarlands Farm

Gwennap Village

Redruth And Chacewater Railway And Setts

The Cornish Way

Water Shutes (Such As Those Near Killigrew House, Cusgarne)

Parish Pumps (Cusgarne And Coombe Lane)










Plaque Adjacent To Crofthandy Bus Stop

The Cornish Arms Public House

The Fox And Hounds Public House

Frogpool Chapel And Rooms


SITES AND MONUMENTS


MINES


ENGINE HOUSES


WORLD HERITAGE SITE


NATIONAL MAPPING PROGRAMME