Cornish Distinctiveness

We’d like to hear from you about what makes Cornwall’s buildings, environment and landscape so distinct from others - what makes them ‘Cornish’?

As part of the Cornwall Devolution Deal, the ‘Cornwall Historic Environment Cultural Distinctiveness and Significance Project’, was commissioned to make sure that Cornwall’s historic environment is recognised when designing change and making planning decisions.

The project has developed documents which include some prompts, suggestions, ambitions and hopes. These have been used to develop a toolkit of guidance that can help you create your own assessment.

We want to open the conversation out to you. We want to understand if the elements we have identified are those that you value and cherish.

Please share with us examples of what Cornwall looks like to you. What makes the place that you live in look and feel the way it does? This could be anything that makes the place that you live distinctive.