Liskeard Neighbourhood Plan

Planning Liskeard's Future

Broad support for the draft Liskeard Neighbourhood Development Plan

Following the intensive community engagement and formal consultation period on the draft Liskeard Neighbourhood Development Plan, the Neighbourhood Plan Team have analysed the feedback and reported to the Town Council. Overall the intentions and strategy of the draft Liskeard NDP has been well supported by the local community and local organisations. Statutory bodies have offered helpful advice. The comments received provide the basis for the Plan to be constructively amended to produce a … [Read more...]

Wetherspoons design – what you told us and what next

Wetherspoons have applied for planning permission on the old Taylor's Garage Site on Barras Street. We welcome the fact that there are plans to use this important site in Liskeard. We want to make sure that we end up with a good design which works with the surrounding buildings. We gave people an opportunity to comment via online and paper surveys.  We received 184 responses. To see the full report, please click here: Wetherspoons consultation report To see all the comments made, please … [Read more...]

Community engagement analysis shows support for Neighbourhood Plan

Strong support for the Neighbourhood Plan has been expressed by the people of Liskeard, according to the analysis of last summer's community engagement activity prepared by Professor Lynne Butel of the Plymouth Graduate School of Management, which is part of the University of Plymouth. 'Respondents consistently argue that the Neighbourhood Plan should be an opportunity to improve the town, building upon its current strengths and making good any weaknesses' she says.  Professor Butel's report … [Read more...]

Training event points the way.

On 16th December a Neighbourhood Plan training session on Housing was provided to the NP Team and Working Group volunteers. The event, funded by Locality/CDF and provided by Cornwall Rural Community Charity, gave some useful pointers on affordable housing, design and sustainability, and the potential of Community Land Trusts. After short presentations Andrew O’Brien (Affordable Housing Team Leader, Cornwall Council), Tim Kellett (Urban Designer, Cornwall Development Company, and  Alan Fox … [Read more...]

More volunteers sign up to help with Working Groups

Thirty interested people were present at our Volunteers event on the 27th November, and a few more sent apologies but indicated their continuing interest. Twenty volunteers agreed to sign up to serve alongside the existing 6 volunteers in the working groups which will look at Liskeard as: A Place to work and learn A place to live A place to meet and shop A place to relax and enjoy If you are interested its not too late to hop on board: go to this page "Become a Volunteer" to sign … [Read more...]

Liskeard Neighbourhood Plan gets Grant Aid

The production of the Liskeard Neighbourhood Plan is being supported by a grant awarded by the Supporting Communities in Neighbourhood Planning Programme led by Locality in association with the Royal Town Planning Institute/Planning Aid England, Community Development Foundation and partners, available through the My Community Rights website. The grant of £4250 will be used to help analyse the results of this summer's community engagement activity and  create the stockpile of statistical and … [Read more...]

EARLY RESULTS FROM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT POINT TO KEY ISSUES FOR LISKEARD

Seventy-five percent of people in the Liskeard area think that housing is the most important thing for the new Liskeard Neighbourhood Plan to cover according to the first results from the community engagement work carried out by the Town Council this summer. Closely behind are the town centre, work and learning, and open space/leisure. We received 576 sets of comments during the community engagement work, and we have now completed the initial analysis of what was said. That’s a fantastic … [Read more...]

First ‘Volunteer Evening’ a quiet success.

On 31st July we held our first Volunteer Evening, intended to bring potential volunteers up to speed on the Plan and explain the roles that could be played. Although the attendance was quite low, (its Summer Holidays!) there was a good discussion of the issues and those present 'signed-up' to help in various ways. Another Volunteer Evening will be held later in August or early September, so that those who missed this event have the opportunity of attending.   … [Read more...]

Busy Have Your Say Day at Morrisons

Over 150 people recorded their views about the future of Liskeard at our Have Your Say mini-exhibition at Liskeard Morrisons on Saturday 26th July. During a hot and busy shopping day lots of people took an interest, with many spending quite a few minutes to talk about the issues that concern them. We hope the ice-cream in their shopping baskets didn't melt whilst they chatted to us! Most of the people we spoke to were from Liskeard, but there was also a strong  representation from the … [Read more...]

Have your Say at Liskeard Morrisons on 26th July, 10am to 6pm

The Neighbourhood Plan team and exhibition will be outside Liskeard Morrisons on Saturday 26th July, from, 10 am to 6 pm. Liskeard has had an excellent response so far to the start of its neighbourhood plan as local people have got on board with their ideas about how it should move forward. Chair of the team, James Shrubsole said: “We want all people who both live in Liskeard but also use its services and perhaps work here to have a say as well”. To do this, the team and exhibition has … [Read more...]

More opportunities to have your say!

Liskeard has had an excellent response so far to the start of its neighbourhood plan as local people have got on board with their ideas about how it should move forward. Chair of the team, James Shrubsole said:“ We’ve made a great start, meeting people at community events around the town, including a successful community engagement day at the Public Hall and a business breakfast at the Eliot Hotel” In addition the team will be at: Liskeard Show on Saturday 12th July St Cleer Memorial Hall, … [Read more...]

Progress Report 1st May 2014

Cornwall Council has now formally 'Designated' the Liskeard Neighbourhood Area under the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations 2012. Under these any Neighbourhood Plan being produced must be carried out within the Area, the extent of which must be submitted to, publicly advertised, consulted on and approved by Cornwall Council. Cornwall Council's Cabinet Planning Portfolio Holder Cllr Edwina Hannaford signed-off the approval on 14th April and the Designation took place on 25th April.  Cornwall … [Read more...]

Progress Report February 2014

Liskeard Town Council has decided that it wants to create the first Liskeard Neighbourhood Plan, and has applied to Cornwall Council to designate the parish of Liskeard as a Neighbourhood Area, in accordance with the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations 2012. If this designation is made no alternative plan may be designated for that Neighbourhood Area until that designation expires or is withdrawn. A formal notice was published by Cornwall Council asking for initial community views on the … [Read more...]

Reports from Sub-Groups

The Consultation and Visioning workshop of July 2015 resulted in two sub-­‐groups being set up to look at the cross-­‐ cutting themes of 1) the Cattle Market site and 2) Cornwall-­‐owned properties that are part of their Property rationalisation review. The Cattle Market subgroup fed into the newly-­‐formed CC cattle market working group with suggestions for the way forward, while the property sub-­‐group information informs part of the on-­‐going devolution work with Cornwall Council. Sub … [Read more...]