A ‘development boundary’ is a Planning term for a line which defines the separation of village and countryside and beyond which more restrictive countryside planning policies apply.
Development Boundaries can:
- Give positive direction as to where new development can and cannot go, seen as a clear act of planning by community
- Provide clarity to all – they are easily understood
- Explicitly include new growth and define areas that should be protected
- Help identify the most sustainable development sites
- Help to encourage development of previously developed land in preference to green fields
- Help protect most sensitive landscape areas and prevent settlements joining up.
The old Caradon District Council Local Plan included development boundaries for St Ive and Pensilva. These are now out of date and none were retained for planning purposes by the Cornwall Local Plan (CLP) so there are no development boundaries in force as such.
The Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group consider that the re-introduction of Development Boundaries through the Neighbourhood Plan would be an effective way of managing growth in the Parish’s settlements. It has therefore carried out a study as to how this might be achieved.
Whilst the old Development Boundaries are a useful starting point for the future definition of the boundaries, they cannot simply be copied and renewed as there have been changes in the methodology for drawing up such boundaries and physical changes on the ground since Caradon drew them up that make them obsolete.
Therefore new Development Boundaries have been proposed, which can be seen in the Development Boundary Assessment Log linked below. It is important to note that this is a draft proposal on which community views will be requested during the formal consultation on the draft Neighbourhood Plan.