St Minver Lowlands, St Minver Highlands

Share St Minver Lowlands, St Minver Highlands on Facebook Share St Minver Lowlands, St Minver Highlands on Twitter Share St Minver Lowlands, St Minver Highlands on Linkedin Email St Minver Lowlands, St Minver Highlands link

Consultation has concluded

During 2019 and 2020 we undertook a review of the whole of Cornwall. The review had to be paused temporarily due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. When the review resumed, Cornwall Council was able to make final decisions in respect of most Towns and Parishes. Due to the complexity of the issues for the whole of Penzance Parish and the time constraints Cornwall Council agreed that the decisions about proposals for Penzance be deferred until after the May 2021 elections.

Since we last consulted on these deferred proposals (between December 2019 and March 2020) a considerable length of time had passed and some of the circumstances that are relevant to these proposals may have changed since then. We therefore provided a further opportunity to provide feedback on these proposals.

As no final decisions were made with regards to these proposals, we were seeking opinions on:

  • the Council’s draft recommendations from December 2019 that were the subject of the last public consultation; and/or
  • any subsequent recommendations that were made following the consideration of the outcome of the public consultation.

1. Merger of St. Minver Highlands Parish with St. Minver Lowlands Parish  


2. Boundary between St. Minver Highlands and St. Minver Lowlands - Polzeath & River Camel Estuary 



Background

Cornwall Council received a submission from St Minver Lowlands Parish Council that it wished to merge with St Minver Highlands in line with Map 1.0. St Minver Highlands Parish Council did not support this proposal but wished to change its boundary with St Minver Lowlands so that a) all of the village of Polzeath would be within St Minver Highlands Parish, as per Map 2.0, and b) the area of the River Camel estuary, indicated on Map 3.0, would transfer to St Minver Lowlands Parish. St Minver Lowlands did not support the changes to the boundary. 

Cornwall Council’s draft recommendation was that it did not consider that the proposed changes would better reflect the interest or identity of the local community or secure more effective and convenient community governance.  

Following the public consultation where views were received both supporting and opposing the proposed changes, the Electoral Review Panel recommended that the decision be deferred until after the May 2021 elections. This was due to a lack of agreement between the affected Parishes, the complexity of the issues raised and the time constraints. 

Full Council approved the decision to defer for the reasons provided by the Electoral Review Panel.  

Consultation

To help inform the Council’s final decision on the changes under consideration, we asked for any additional views and information about these proposals, particularly with regards to any relevant changes that may have taken place in the area since March 2020 that impact on the proposals under consideration. People did not need to re-submit any views that they had already provided to us during the original consultation, as these would still be considered.

To provide their additional views, feedback or evidence with regards to these draft proposals, people were invited complete a feedback form, which was available online on this page or as hard copy on request. A printable reference copy is provided on this page. People were also able to email or post their response to us. The deadline for responses was 29 April 2022.

Outcomes

The feedback from this public consultation was considered at Constitution and Governance Committee meetings on 6th September 2022, 1st November 2022 and 12th January 2023 and informed their recommendations, which were raised and discussed at an Extraordinary meeting of the Council held on 31st January.

With regards to the proposals on this page, the decision was made to make No Changes to the current arrangements.

During 2019 and 2020 we undertook a review of the whole of Cornwall. The review had to be paused temporarily due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. When the review resumed, Cornwall Council was able to make final decisions in respect of most Towns and Parishes. Due to the complexity of the issues for the whole of Penzance Parish and the time constraints Cornwall Council agreed that the decisions about proposals for Penzance be deferred until after the May 2021 elections.

Since we last consulted on these deferred proposals (between December 2019 and March 2020) a considerable length of time had passed and some of the circumstances that are relevant to these proposals may have changed since then. We therefore provided a further opportunity to provide feedback on these proposals.

As no final decisions were made with regards to these proposals, we were seeking opinions on:

  • the Council’s draft recommendations from December 2019 that were the subject of the last public consultation; and/or
  • any subsequent recommendations that were made following the consideration of the outcome of the public consultation.

1. Merger of St. Minver Highlands Parish with St. Minver Lowlands Parish  


2. Boundary between St. Minver Highlands and St. Minver Lowlands - Polzeath & River Camel Estuary 



Background

Cornwall Council received a submission from St Minver Lowlands Parish Council that it wished to merge with St Minver Highlands in line with Map 1.0. St Minver Highlands Parish Council did not support this proposal but wished to change its boundary with St Minver Lowlands so that a) all of the village of Polzeath would be within St Minver Highlands Parish, as per Map 2.0, and b) the area of the River Camel estuary, indicated on Map 3.0, would transfer to St Minver Lowlands Parish. St Minver Lowlands did not support the changes to the boundary. 

Cornwall Council’s draft recommendation was that it did not consider that the proposed changes would better reflect the interest or identity of the local community or secure more effective and convenient community governance.  

Following the public consultation where views were received both supporting and opposing the proposed changes, the Electoral Review Panel recommended that the decision be deferred until after the May 2021 elections. This was due to a lack of agreement between the affected Parishes, the complexity of the issues raised and the time constraints. 

Full Council approved the decision to defer for the reasons provided by the Electoral Review Panel.  

Consultation

To help inform the Council’s final decision on the changes under consideration, we asked for any additional views and information about these proposals, particularly with regards to any relevant changes that may have taken place in the area since March 2020 that impact on the proposals under consideration. People did not need to re-submit any views that they had already provided to us during the original consultation, as these would still be considered.

To provide their additional views, feedback or evidence with regards to these draft proposals, people were invited complete a feedback form, which was available online on this page or as hard copy on request. A printable reference copy is provided on this page. People were also able to email or post their response to us. The deadline for responses was 29 April 2022.

Outcomes

The feedback from this public consultation was considered at Constitution and Governance Committee meetings on 6th September 2022, 1st November 2022 and 12th January 2023 and informed their recommendations, which were raised and discussed at an Extraordinary meeting of the Council held on 31st January.

With regards to the proposals on this page, the decision was made to make No Changes to the current arrangements.