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WHAT IS A NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN?
In 2007, residents of Mawgan-in-Pydar parish produced a Parish Plan describing how we would like our area to evolve in the ten years to 2017. Changes to legislation have replaced Parish Plans with Neighbourhood Plans.
A Neighbourhood Plan has legal status and must be taken into account by planners and others responsible for the economic, social and environmental health of our area. To promote sustainable and sympathetic development, to shape the future of the parish for the betterment of the community, we must create a Neighbourhood Plan now. That’s where you come in.
Developing a Neighbourhood Plan is a lengthy process with set stages which must be followed. It is important that there is community support at every stage. We need you to tell us what you want for the future of Mawgan-in-Pydar so a Neighbourhood Plan can be implemented as soon as possible to ensure that happens!
Neighbourhood Plan Update
Last month we reported that there were 237 responses to the questionnaire. Of
these, 93% were in favour of developing a Neighbourhood Plan, only 2% were not
and 5% were unsure.
The rural nature of the parish was strongly valued by respondents, with features
such as wildlife and natural habitats, natural cliffs and coastline, clean rivers and
ponds scoring highly. People also valued open and green spaces, woods and
copses, trees and hedges.
The majority of respondents (95%) had concerns about housing development in the
parish, with damage to rural and coastal areas being their greatest concern. People
were also concerned about the pressure on local infrastructure such as roads, the
sewage network, schools and other facilities.
We’ll continue to provide updates in Dreckly, here on the website and on our social
media on Facebook and Instagram.
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Thoughts on a Vision for Mawgan in Pydar Neighbourhood Plan
Mawgan Porth provides a haven of relaxed calm. This ethos is enhanced because the chaos of anything for sale not connected to a family beach holiday is left in Newquay. Sports like wind surfing, kite surfing, jet skiing or polo on the beach take place at Watergate Bay. At Mawgan Porth lifeguards watch swimmers, surfers
and body boarders. On really calm evenings at full tide a paddleboarder or canoe may slip into the smooth sea from laughing groups on the beach.
Turn your back on the beach and everywhere is green, speckled with sheep and cows or horses. After high cliff coastal walks, there is a gentle stroll down the valley, by the river, over a wooden bridge, or through the fields and a style, to the village. Church and pub and village shop, with a craft shop by the bridge. a ford
beside the village school with a cricket ground and childrens' playground at the back of the community hall, near the Japanese Garden. It hasn't changed forever.
We owe it to our children to make the changes in our living carefully. The changes will happen because they have to, but this place is rural and it is the release from urban strain of survival in a grey concrete city. Cornwall has walls of green; Cornish stones hiding beneath trees and flowers with a gentle ditch beside to gather the rainwater that runs through the holes and earth between to feed the plants.
Our Neighbourhood plan will enable the residents to tell Cornwall Council, planners and the government in London what we think is our heritage, as well as encouraging the safe and comfortable environment that will allow and support progress.
Neighbourhood Plan Questionnaire feedback.
The responses from the questionnaire showed that people value the beach at Mawgan Porth, with over 85% of respondents saying they and members of their family use the beach daily. People said they value the natural environment and opportunities for cliff walks along the coast path, as well as the lack of commercialism. The cleanliness of the beach, the river and the sea were seen as very important, as well as beach safety and lifeguard protection to support activities on the beach and in the sea.
Mawgan Porth is greatly treasured by residents who would like to see a joined-up community approach to the environment, considering natural habitats (such as the dunes), areas of natural beauty and rare species. This may include rewilding and an increase in green spaces and extension of Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) to cover the cliff tops of Trenance to protect the rare species (choughs, adders, nesting birds - corn buntings and the unique flora).
Our Neighbourhood Plan can help to protect all the precious aspects of our local area.
More Thoughts on a Vision for Mawgan in Pydar Neighbourhood Plan