Cornwall councillors have voted to accept and adopt the Cornwall Local Plan, which sets out a vision for growth and identifies the quantity and broad locations of new housing, community facilities, shops and employment. Its policies will be the basis for planning decisions.

The Local Plan sets out an overall housing target of 52,500 new homes to be built up to 2030. As at April of this year, 38,000 of this total number already have planning permission or have been built.

Find out about planning applications that affect you by visiting the Public Notice Portal.

The Council is now able to progress a number of more detailed planning documents for key sites for development around main towns, and for safeguarding minerals reserves.