RESIDENTS are being asked to ?get involved with a major project to set out a vision for how Cornwall could look by 2050.
Cornwall Council’s aim is for everyone in Cornwall to start well, live well and age well, as well as supporting the county’s target to become carbon neutral.?
This? vision ?is wide-ranging and ?will? mean creating ?stronger communities ?that ?support ?fairer, greener ?growth, giving young people a great? education, ?and ?making ?more opportunities ?for ?better-paid work? available to everyone.??
Addressing ?the climate emergency, inequality and health and well-being issues that are key to Cornwall Council’s? vision.
The ?Prosperous Cornwall 2050 ?project ?brings ?together plans and strategies from across Cornwall Council,?including the Local Transport Plan, the Housing Strategy, the Local Skills and Labour Strategy and a plan for our places, known as a spatial strategy.?
And it is the spatial strategy?t hat? residents are being asked to have their say on? as ?the Council launches an? initial? period ?of? informal consultation.?
A survey was launched yesterday (Tuesday, November 9) and will run until December 31.?
Olly Monk, Portfolio Holder for Housing and Planning, said: “This will set ?out ?a vision of what Cornwall wants, where it ?wants it ?and the way in which ?we think ?our communities? will? use places in the future.?
“It will help shape what needs to happen through ?our next ?local plan ?and other strategies, giving a picture of the Cornwall our communities want. It will? help? with ?decision making ?for? planning applications ?and ?proposed building ?and? developments.”?
The survey asks people how they think we could meet a growing need by building the right things in the right locations and offering more of the affordable homes that are needed.
it will also ask how the way in which new places are built can help people have healthier lifestyles, as well as how existing towns and villages can be improved to help towards that aim.?
Also under the microscope is how towns and villages can be less ?dependent ?on cars ?and how it can be made easier for residents to choose alternative, ?more sustainable? ?ways to travel.??
How people work now and in the future is examined, looking at the effects? on towns? and? villages ?of changes in ?where ?and how ?people do their jobs ?and also at what people may need in their future homes.
The survey asks how we can help nature at the same time as providing homes, services and infrastructure and the community facilities needed to support?them.
Visit https://letstalk.cornwall.gov.uk/pc2050 to complete the survey.?