Interim Report on Local Plan progress, including first baseline report, emerging issues, and next steps

October 9, 2025 Cornwall Growth Board (Committee) Approved View on council website

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Summary

... the Cornwall Growth Board of Cornwall endorsed the baseline report to guide the Local Plan's direction, approved further site iterations for potential communities, advanced scoping for growth distribution alternatives, incorporated solar farm findings into the Local Plan, adopted the Communication and Engagement Plan, and established a cross-party working group to advise on the Local Plan.

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Content

 
It was moved by Councillor La
Broy, seconded by Councillor Frost, and
 
RESOLVED
 
1. 
That the Baseline report at Appendix 1, including
the key issues and restatement of the principles, be endorsed to be
used as the foundation for the further direction of the Local
Plan.
2. 
That further iterations of the call for sites be
undertaken in response to emerging findings including, but not
limited to, locations for potential new communities and the
development of an associated framework for their delivery,
including partnerships with Government and relevant
agencies.
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 piloted and used to support
this work to integrate with other methodologies including the
Cornwall Development and Decision Wheel or similar
tools.
4. 
That the initial findings from the work in response
to the Council Motion from April 2024, relating to solar farms and
the role of grade 3b land, as set out in Appendix 2 to the report,
be incorporated into the evidence base for the Local plan and that
further work on a Land Use Strategy for Cornwall be progressed as
part of the Local Plan.
5. 
That the Communication and Engagement Plan at
Appendix 3 be adopted.
6. 
That a cross-party informal working group be
established to advise the Cabinet Member for Tourism, Localism and
Planning on the Local Plan and that such a panel be administered by
the Planning and Housing Service in accordance with the scope set
out at Appendix 4.
 

Supporting Documents

Local Plan Update - Report.pdf
Local Plan Update - Appendix 1 - Draft Baseline Report.pdf
Local Plan update - Appendix 2 - Cornwall Land Use Study Initial findings.pdf
Local Plan update - Appendix 3 - Draft Engagement Plan.pdf
Local Plan Update - Appendix 4 - Working Group Scope.pdf
Local Plan Update - Appendix 5 - Decision Wheel.pdf

Details

OutcomeRecommendations Approved
Decision date9 Oct 2025
Subject to call-inYes