Purpose

Report
setting out the further work undertaken to develop the content of
the Local Plan together with feedback from the Economic Growth and
Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Content

It
was moved by Councillor Monk, seconded by Councillor Mould,
and
 
RESOLVED:
 
1. 
That, having had regard to the assessment of the
consultation responses, the Interim Policy Position Statement, as
set out at Appendix 1 to the report, be adopted and that authority
be delegated to the Service Director for Planning and Housing
to:
 
i. 
update the guidance regarding Section 106
contributions, so as to be consistent with the aspirations of the
Interim Policy Position Statement;
 
ii. 
undertake a Strategic Viability Assessment to inform
that work; and
 
iii. 
undertake minor amendments to the Interim Position
Policy Statement in response to further government guidance or
learning points from appeals.
2. 
That further iterations of the call for sites be
undertaken in response to emerging findings and need including, but
not limited to, locations for potential new communities.
3. 
That work be progressed on scoping activity, in
accordance with the current Sustainability Appraisal framework (and
any successor to that framework), including identifying initial
reasonable alternatives for distribution of growth for future
assessment by the Cornwall Growth Board, prior to consultation and
that appropriate software solutions be explored to support this
work to integrate with other methodologies including the Cornwall
Development and Decision Wheel.
4. 
That the core group of stakeholders initially
identified by the Economic Growth and Development Overview and
Scrutiny Committee be updated, as set out in the report, and
periodically kept under review by the Service director for Planning
and Housing, with appropriate input from Members.
5. 
That the updated principles for the Local Plan be
adopted, having regard to the recommendations of the Economic
Growth and Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee from its
meeting on 14 January 2025.
6. 
That the Service Director for Planning and Housing
prepare a set of key principles and expectations of promoters and
the role of the Council for the delivery of new communities in
order to ensure that the Council can progress discussions
positively and practically if required.
7. 
That, once complete, the findings from the work in
response to the Council Motion from April 2024 relating to solar
farms and the role of grade 3 land be incorporated into the
evidence base for the Local plan as set out in the
report.