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Our Evidence Base

Our Evidence Base

How has the draft Plan been developed?

Community Consultation

The current draft of the Plan has been drawn up following extensive public consultations between 2015 and 2019, both at public ‘EXPO’ events organised by the Penzance Regeneration Board and Cornwall Council, and at drop-in sessions within each community where residents could contribute to developing their own ‘Visions’ for their neighbourhood. 

These visions helped to confirm support for key projects for inclusion in the Future High Streets and Town Deal bids.

Community Representation

The Community Link Group (CLG), established in 2018, includes community representatives from Heamoor, Newlyn, Paul and Sheffield, Mousehole, Gulval, Eastern Green, Penzance Central, Alverton, and Treneere. It has been fully involved in preparing the draft Plan.

Penzance is not a single community

It was obvious from the outset that the development of this draft Plan needed to recognise and reflect the fact that the civil Parish of Penzance is not a single community. The Parish is made up of several areas and communities with distinct identities, qualities and advantages, each facing different challenges and opportunities. The Plan has been developed around seven community areas:

  1. Penzance
  2. Newlyn
  3. Eastern Green
  4. Gulval
  5. Heamoor
  6. Mousehole
  7. Paul

At the heart of the draft Plan, topic based policies have been developed which apply across all of these community areas (and the whole Parish). To support the regeneration priorities in Penzance and Newlyn, these two communities also have place specific policies.

Evidence Base Documents

Extensive community consultation and professional reports have been carried out in the development of this draft Plan. You can view them all here:

2023 Documents

Report to Inform Habitats Regulations Assessment
Strategic Environmental Assessment – Environmental Report Addendum
Penzance Neighbourhood Plan – Basic Conditions Statement
Penzance Neighbourhood Plan – Submission Consultation Statement

2022 Documents

Strategic Environmental Assessment to accompany the Regulation 14 version of the Neighbourhood Plan
Interim Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for the Penzance Neighbourhood Plan (superseded)
AECOM Penzance Housing Needs Assessment 2022
Penzance Strategic Environmental Assessment and Habitats Regulations Assessment – Screening report 2022
Penzance Screening opinion decision 2022
Trapped: Housing Crisis Report – Penzance Council 2022
Evidence Statement – Green Buffers

2021 Documents

Cornwall Second Homes – Cornwall Council Report 2021
Cornwall 5 Year Housing Land Supply Statement – Cornwall Council Report 2021
Public register of houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) – Sep 2021
Penzance Town Report – Cornwall Council Report 2021
Penzance Retail Survey 2021
Local Green Spaces Evidence – General
Local Green Spaces Evidence – Eastern Green
Local Green Spaces Evidence – Gulval
Local Green Spaces Evidence – Heamoor
Local Green Spaces Evidence – Mousehole
Local Green Spaces Evidence – Newlyn & Trevadoe
Local Green Spaces Evidence – Paul
Local Green Spaces Evidence – Penzance West
Local Green Spaces Evidence – Penzance East

2020 Documents

Penzance Economic Profile – Cornwall Council Report 2020
Creative Economy Summary -Cornwall Council 2020
The Creative Economy: Key Facts & Figures – Falmouth University 2020

2019 Survey

A public survey was carried out with communities across the whole Parish in 2019.

The results:

Eastern Green
Heamoor
Mousehole
Treneere
Newlyn
Pz Town Centre

Pre-2019 Documents

GVA Sector Trends – Cornwall Council Report 2018
Penzance Spatial Strategy Report 2018
Penzance Town Report – Cornwall Council Report 2018
Penzance EXPO Survey Results – December 2018
Penzance EXPO Leaflet – October 2018
Gulval Village Plan 2017
AECOM Housing Needs Assessment 2016
Stage 1 Consultation Questions 2015-16
Stage 1 Consultation Survey Data 2015-16
Historic Landscape Character Assessment 2005

Accessibility

We have worked hard to make sure the documents on this page are as accessible as possible, although we are aware that some PDFs may not be fully accessible to screen readers. If you have any problems accessing the information in the documents above, or need them in a different format, please contact us.

Key Documents

  • Phase 1 Exhibition
  • Cornwall Council Support to Local Councils
  • How to shape where you live
  • Cornwall Council NP Guidance
  • National Planning Policy Framework
  • Penwith local plan 2004
  • Stage 1 Consultation Survey Data

Useful Links

  • CPRE
  • Roseland Plan
  • St Ives Plan
  • Locality
  • Neighbourhood Planning
  • Cornwall Local Plan

In the News

  • Consultation to begin on Penzance Neighbourhood Plan
  • Penzance Neighbourhood Plan to take centre stage at town’s EXPO event
  • Don’t forget to submit your feedback!
  • 2019 Survey
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