Have say on plan for communities


After more than two years of surveys and discussions, a draft of the Polperro and Lansallos Parish Neighbourhood Development Plan was published this week.


During the next six weeks, the draft plan will be open for consideration by local residents, groups, organisations and businesses, and by other community stakeholders.


‘We believe this draft plan represents the views of the local community on how they want the parish to develop, while complying with the countywide Cornwall Local Plan,’ said Sally Harmer, communications officer of the neighbourhood development plan steering group.


A key issue for the draft plan is the number of new homes that may be expected to be built locally by 2030.


The plan considers the most appropriate sites for the homes and how they should be designed and built so as to


Members of the parish neighbourhood development plan team


protect valuable areas of the countryside, conserve energy and fit in with the character of Polperro and other settlements within the parish.


The draft plan provides for protecting green spaces while seeking to stop or reverse the trend for more and more houses to become second homes or holiday lets. The plan is available


for downloading from the website www. polperro.community, and there is a feedback form for comments. Printed copies are available at Polperro Post Office, Polperro Surgery and other locations.


Following consultations during April, the plan will be reviewed and amended, depending on comments and feedback


received. It will then be officially submitted to Cornwall Council and checked by an examiner to ensure it meets all the relevant legal and procedural requirements.


Once the plan passes a local referendum, it will have to be taken into account for all planning decisions within the Polperro and Lansallos parish.


Warning issued after landslide


A warning went out to people using Looe’s Second Beach after a landslip.


The steps to the beach were closed last month after coastguards assessed the situation as unsafe.


But a prompt visit from a Cornwall Council engineer meant that the entrance could be reopened, said Brian Galipeau of the East Looe Town Trust, which manages the adjacent main beach.


The Second Beach is privately owned with a public right of way across it, and is popular with local dog walkers.


Mr Galipeau warned that sections of the cliff along this part of the coast were unstable – and that further cliff falls could restrict safe access doing high water.


A section of Looe’s Second Beach after a landslip. The steps have now reopened


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