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- Left hand, right hand – bridge repair people now look to September before locals can cross the River Camel 27th June 2022
- Helland Bridge repairs delayed again, because Cormac failed to apply for planning permission 24th June 2022
- Rave On: Davidstow’s “Not The Jubilee” party continues to irritate some locals 5th June 2022
- The wrong kind of Jubilee party has North Cornwall residents up in arms 4th June 2022
- Cornwall’s psychiatric patients risk being sent 142 miles to Bristol because of local bed shortage 2nd June 2022
- All bridge repairs are equal, but in Cornwall, some are more equal than others 26th May 2022
- Four day centres for adults with learning disabilities set to close 22nd May 2022
- Three bridges over Cornwall’s River Camel all closed at the same time 19th May 2022
- Does Bodmin need an open river, instead of an underground stream, to deal with its serious flood risk? 16th May 2022
- Closure of Helland Bridge has been good news for breeding birds 5th May 2022
- The curious case of the giant concrete “shed” which now dominates the skyline in an Area of Great Landscape Value 28th April 2022
- A bridge too far: Cormac prepares for major engineering task at Helland, as locals urge physical traffic-calming measures to prevent more damage in future 27th April 2022
- Bodmin in line for major NHS investment over next 10 years 11th April 2022
- Don’t let it rain on Bodmin: who’s to blame for the collapsing town leat and flood risk? 2nd April 2022
- Helland bridge, closed by lorry crash in December, likely to remain closed until at least the end of April 31st March 2022
- Bodmin car park at risk of “imminent” collapse with potential for catastrophic flooding 28th March 2022
- Good news for lawyers: Bodmin Town Council, in a hole, plans to keep digging 17th March 2022
- Jamaica Inn bans fox hunts, ending 100-year tradition 15th March 2022
- Light aircraft crash lands near Bodmin 27th February 2022
- “Have paint – can travel” – Cornwall councillor says he cannot complain if others now attempt DIY parking bays 25th January 2022
- Application to change use of farm land to campsite 4th January 2022
- Fire sweeps through aircraft hangar at Cardinham 23rd October 2021
- North Cornwall development embargo: planners think they have found a way to make progress 22nd October 2021
- Covid-19: Royal Cornwall hospital declares “critical incident” just 24 hours after health secretary says NHS pressure “is not unsustainable” – Cornwall’s MPs vow to act 22nd October 2021
- Covid-19: Cornwall’s average infection rate flattens, as Bodmin becomes the new virus capital 21st October 2021
- Cornwall’s leisure centres: protestors to tell County Hall that the long and winding road which has led to today’s crisis has little to do with Covid, and everything to do with a contract signed in 2017 13th October 2021
- County Hall sharpens its axe, adding St Austell’s council offices to those it wants to chop 13th October 2021
- Drive for 30 minutes before going for a swim, says council, as it lays out its case for closing four of Cornwall’s leisure centres 22nd September 2021
- EXCLUSIVE: Inside the star chamber, with no ******* money, as Cornwall Council considers closing leisure centres 14th September 2021
- Covid-19: Cornwall’s “enhanced” status will see door-to-door campaign urging vaccination 11th September 2021
- Cornwall Council launches consultation on plans for another 780 houses near Bodmin, despite development embargo 9th September 2021
- Is your local leisure centre a “community asset” yet? County Hall gets ready to ask some hard questions 7th September 2021
- Lots of lycra on display as two-wheel fans prepare to salute Tour of Britain cycle race 5th September 2021
- Cornwall’s motorists urged to make sure their cars are not parked on Tour of Britain cycle route this weekend 30th August 2021
- Bodmin Town Council spending thousands on lawyers, as dispute with Jail continues 12th August 2021
- Environment Agency to investigate the “Bodmin Pong” 22nd July 2021
- North Cornwall planning embargo could remain in place for months 7th July 2021
- Covid-19: Only three areas of Cornwall unaffected, according to latest cluster map 7th July 2021
- Call for more walk-in Covid vaccination centres in North and South East Cornwall is “a fair challenge” 23rd June 2021
- Angry residents demand police action to remove the Rainbow Family from Bodmin Moor 20th June 2021
- 15th century Helland Bridge, a Grade 1 scheduled monument, faces long closure after car crash 20th June 2021
- Can you help cast the first stone? Cornish hedge project seeks a drop of the hard stuff 1st June 2021
- Tour of Britain: £156 to watch people riding their bikes 26th May 2021
- Don’t look now, but here comes the Property Advisory Group – hoping to organise the sale of the century 12th May 2021
- County Hall confirms embargo on new building in part of North Cornwall: full details 27th April 2021
- EXCLUSIVE: Natural England asks Cornwall Council to pause housebuilding because of serious, long-term damage to important wildlife sites 26th April 2021
- All in one place: the full list of the Cornwall Council candidates 10th April 2021
- Dismay as Bodmin’s swim club for eight-year-olds cannot start until 8pm 31st March 2021
- All of Cornwall’s leisure centres will reopen on Monday 12th April 30th March 2021
- Tough questions ahead for County Hall, as leisure centres remain closed until the middle of the election campaign 15th March 2021
- Revealed: County Hall’s timetable for selling off land and offices seeks a decision by July 11th March 2021
- “Hitler Youth” group takes a hike on Bodmin Moor to protest against Covid lockdown 9th March 2021
- Under the hammer: St Austell town centre for sale by auction, at half the price offered in 2019 15th February 2021
- Bodmin plugs in to electric bikes 14th February 2021
- Huge gorse fire lights up the sky over Cornwall 10th February 2021
- Reopening Cornwall’s branch railway lines: plenty of ideas, but no money for infrastructure 4th February 2021
- “We’ll consider a wide range of business models,” says council, as consultants look at the future of Cornwall’s leisure centres 31st January 2021
- Cornwall to keep Covid marshals until May at the earliest 31st January 2021
- Covid-19: Infection rates still high in Bodmin and Saltash 28th January 2021
- Objectors’ fury at plan to turn Lostwithiel golf course into “cookery campus” 21st January 2021
- Plans published for Lostwithiel centre to study plant science 19th January 2021
- Covid-19: Bodmin infections continues to soar 14th January 2021
- Bodmin is the Covid capital of Cornwall, as infections soar 13th January 2021
- County Hall warning about very high Covid-19 numbers in Newquay 12th January 2021
- Wainhomes applies for planning permission for 540 new houses at Bodmin 23rd December 2020
- Three more GP surgeries now offering Covid-19 vaccination 21st December 2020
- Government awards Covid-19 “culture cash” to help Cornwall’s cinemas 21st December 2020
- Cornwall’s GPs start vaccinating patients against Covid-19 15th December 2020
- Work due to start on new science building at Callywith College, Bodmin 8th December 2020
- Under the hammer: the many mansions of Cornwall Council 1st December 2020
- Bodmin, St Austell, Truro and Penzance all watching for news about Dorothy Perkins, Topshop and Burton retailers 29th November 2020
- Covid-19: more than 100 test positive at Bodmin meat factory 25th November 2020
- Covid-19: outbreak confirmed at Bodmin food plant, as Budehaven secondary school forced to close 18th November 2020
- Covid-19 heritage grants: Lost Gardens of Heligan scoop more than £600,000 as steam railways and churches also benefit 12th October 2020
- Poor air quality kills more than 200 people in Cornwall each year, says council 2nd October 2020
- After yesterday’s £6 million bail-out, the battle for Cornwall’s leisure centres is only just getting started 1st October 2020
- Is the Camborne-Pool-Redruth area heading for a Covid-19 lockdown? 28th September 2020
- Covid-19: Cornwall now has 10 clusters, and 20 new cases in 24 hours 23rd September 2020
- “Save Our Pool!” – Wadebridge fears its leisure centre is at the top of County Hall’s “hit list” 13th September 2020
- County Hall plans to spend £3.8 million for “trick cyclists” at Newquay 25th August 2020
- Bodmin Jail reopening on 1st October 15th August 2020
- Major chemical spillage at Sharp’s Brewery, Rock 10th August 2020
- Suspended sentence for “hit and run” driver after fatal St Teath accident 9th August 2020
- Covid-19 confirmed at Lanivet primary school 26th July 2020
- Leisure centres at Falmouth, Launceston, St Ives, Saltash and Wadebridge will all remain closed until further notice after another “outsourcing” contract goes bad 16th July 2020
- North Cornwall police investigate allegations of anti-social behaviour 7th July 2020
- Will all of Cornwall’s leisure centres re-open next month? County Hall promises a statement soon 18th June 2020
- Lanivet’s Pandafest hopes to be back next year 4th June 2020
- What we missed: while Covid-19 kept us at home, it’s been business as usual at County Hall 21st May 2020
- Outsourcing company which runs Cornwall’s leisure centres asks taxpayers to top-up staff’s wages 18th May 2020
- Chocks away, as light aircraft flights resume at Cardinham 18th May 2020
- Covid-19 test site at Bodmin to close and move to Bude; Truro test site moves to Pool 14th May 2020
- Bodmin waste centre to become 24-hours-a-day recycling operation 13th May 2020
- Barnecutts the bakers is back on Thursday 12th May 2020
- Question: When is a holiday home not a holiday home? Answer: When the council fails to take action for so long that nobody cares 15th April 2020
- On yer bike: Tour of Britain cycle race is still on 23rd March 2020
- Back to school for Cornish students who went skiing in the coronavirus region of Italy 26th February 2020
- Look closely at the humble Cornish hedgerow and you will find a publicly-funded piece of installation art 23rd February 2020
- Bodmin’s Tulip food factory to stay open, but with 130 fewer workers 12th February 2020
- Labour Parties in North Cornwall and St Ives nominate Emily Thornberry as their leader 12th February 2020
- A rebrand and a new name for Bodmin’s military museum 9th February 2020
- Health chiefs sacrifice overnight services in North Cornwall in order to treat patients elsewhere 9th January 2020
- Bodmin publican surrenders licence before committee can debate allegations of rowdy behaviour 8th January 2020
- Crunch meeting for Bodmin pub forced to close after claims of “fighting and urinating in the street” 2nd January 2020
- Residents near A30 at Temple say the job is still not finished 24th December 2019
- Investigation into the cause of fire which swept through the building where Rudolph Hess was once interned 22nd December 2019
- Publisher of Cornish newspapers closes its last newsroom in Cornwall, and heads for Plymouth 27th November 2019
- Liberal Democrat Disability Association files formal complaint about its own North Cornwall candidate 23rd November 2019
- This is where your vote will be counted: Bodmin, Truro and Pool 21st November 2019
- EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall Council confirms it spent more on building houses than it was able to get by selling them 21st November 2019
- Tulip pork processing factory at Bodmin consults on another 270 job losses, after pocketing nearly £5 million from taxpayers 24th October 2019
- Labour selects Bodmin’s Joy Bassett as its Parliamentary candidate in North Cornwall 23rd October 2019
- Planners vote 12-2 to approve “less affordable” housing scheme in Bodmin 15th October 2019
- County Hall upsets Bodmin Town Council by putting profits first in so-called “affordable” housing project 6th October 2019
- The Battle of Bodmin set to test Cornwall Council’s cabinet this morning 18th September 2019
- “We will fight them on the beaches” – town and parish councils go to war over once-in-a-generation boundary disputes 15th September 2019
- Hundreds of pro-democracy campaigners rally in Bodmin 31st August 2019
- Pro-democracy supporters take to the streets of Cornwall in protest at “Brexit shutdown” of Parliament 29th August 2019
- Wainhomes fires the first shots in forthcoming Battle for Bodmin 26th August 2019
- Lace up your boots and travel the globe: Cornwall has ambitions to play in football world cup 20th August 2019
- Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson visits North Cornwall 18th August 2019
- YouGov poll cheers Liberal Democrats in St Ives and North Cornwall 14th August 2019
- Farm hopes to be back to normal within two months after last week’s major fire 22nd July 2019
- Pollution incident kills fish at the Par River, near Luxulyan 12th July 2019
- Plans for new Bodmin housing estate go on show 27th June 2019
- Bodmin urged to have its say on next phase of the “Contemporary Cornish Living” project 25th June 2019
- Plan to turn 280-acre woodland near Bodmin into cycle centre 19th June 2019
- Cornwall’s swimming clubs fear GLL price rises could force them to close 18th June 2019
- Cornwall councillor Chris Batters is new chairman of the Police & Crime Panel 15th June 2019
- North Cornwall MP Scott Mann stands up for Cornish Wrestling 12th June 2019
- Roselyon school to close – not enough pupils, say trustees 22nd May 2019
- Twenty rural schools in Cornwall to get fibre broadband 20th May 2019
- Cash boost for Cornish rail projects will create a second platform in Bodmin and refurbish Saltash station 22nd April 2019
- North Cornwall Liberal Democrats select Danny Chambers as their Parliamentary candidate 11th April 2019
- Cornwall’s communities urged to become new watchdogs to press for better NHS dental treatment 8th April 2019
- Cornwall Council’s intervention in the housing market: more questions than answers 25th March 2019
- Nearly 30,000 children in Cornwall live in poverty, says Director of Public Health 21st March 2019
- North Cornwall’s Lib Dems to have a choice over who will be their Parliamentary candidate 13th March 2019
- Bodmin councillor Leigh Frost declares he wants to be North Cornwall’s next MP 12th March 2019
- Planners vote to approve controversial Bodmin housing scheme 5th March 2019
- Why Bodmin’s council tax bills are higher than Truro or Falmouth 3rd March 2019
- The retail park money trick which is costing Cornwall’s council taxpayers 7th February 2019
- Concern over the future of Day Centre 24th September 2018
- A range of prices for cremations 24th September 2018
- EXCLUSIVE: How Whitehall has been secretly pulling the strings that have closed Cornwall’s hospitals 16th September 2018
- Police won’t say “no” to a gift – but they will write it down 30th July 2018
- North Cornwall Liberal Democrats look to the future 23rd July 2018
- EXCLUSIVE – NHS bosses reject “easy cash” from TV company who wanted to film at disused Bodmin Treatment Centre 30th June 2018
- Jamaica Inn seeks approval for further expansion 25th June 2018
- Four deaths in four weeks lead to renewed calls for road safety on A38 5th June 2018
- Cornwall’s traffic wardens and the taxi rank parking poser 29th May 2018
- The French Connection: exploring cultural and heritage links 23rd April 2018
- Cornwall’s secondary school pupils face cut-per-head lottery under new funding formula, as class sizes start to increase 19th April 2018
- Bodmin Treatment Centre: the purpose-built NHS facility which has now been closed for a year 4th April 2018
- The secret jigsaw: how the NHS is Shaping Our Future into a Cornwall of winners and losers, depending on the “Property Asset Scorecard” 23rd March 2018
- £400,000 fines for A30 roadworks delay 14th March 2018
- Heavy snow forecast for Cornwall this afternoon 1st March 2018
- Council pays for refurbishment of eight leisure centres 20th February 2018
- Battle lines drawn for Cornwall Council elections in 2021, as Independents face party political squeeze 14th February 2018
- 87, 88, 89…….that’s not right! Last-minute hitch as councillors crawl towards the boundaries finish line 8th February 2018
- GPs to the rescue? Will your local doctor take the place of your nearest Minor Injury Unit? 1st February 2018
- Cornwall’s libraries: the devolution revolution has been postponed 23rd January 2018
- Could Falmouth keep its Minor Injury Unit? New report sheds insights into how health and council bosses are planning the “Kennally Care” future of Cornwall’s community hospitals 18th January 2018
- Named – the ten Minor Injury Units in Cornwall due to close under Accountable Care 3rd January 2018
- Defra hails the latest cull “a success” as the North Cornwall badger body count piles up 26th December 2017
- Bodmin’s Dragon slain 14th December 2017
- Good news for pet owners as fire crews get new life-saving kit 7th December 2017
- National Westminster closes several branches throughout Cornwall 4th December 2017
- Budget was “a missed opportunity” to help clean Cornwall’s air quality blackpsots 26th November 2017
- North Cornwall Lib Dems get ready for the next general election 20th November 2017
- Mebyon Kernow to contest Police & Crime Commissioner election, and the next general election 19th November 2017
- Mebyon Kernow heads to Bodmin for annual conference 13th November 2017
- Council housing returns to Cornwall – but only if private sector profits permit 13th November 2017
- Cornwall remembers 13th November 2017
- Cornwall’s foodbanks braced for arrival of Universal Credit 30th October 2017
- Calls for safety audit after claims of increase in accidents on Bodmin’s new road layout 25th October 2017
- Cornwall’s libraries: the “devolution revolution” is taking longer than expected 20th October 2017
- Dartmoor ponies find a new home 20th October 2017
- A Very Bodmin Scandal, as former MP Peter Bessell returns in TV version of the Jeremy Thorpe story 11th October 2017
- And this is where the lifeboats are – but there are only 87 seats for 123 councillors, as the scramble for places gets underway 29th September 2017
- Tennis players question loss of indoor viewing area as Bodmin Dragon Centre awaits £475,000 facelift 16th September 2017
- Bodmin Jail looks set to get its car park as council prepares to lease playing field to developers 5th September 2017
- Bodmin’s new Callywith College opens its doors for the first time 19th August 2017
- Bodmin cinema gets the go ahead 14th August 2017
- “Wenches in Trenches” set to show Bodmin the messy business of life (and death) in Flanders fields 9th August 2017
Bodmin set for growth?
13th February 2017
By Peter Tremayne
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Cornwall Reports is currently examining the Cornwall Council Site Allocations Document, to be considered by the Planning Policy Advisory Committee next week.
The document identifies the following towns/areas as strategically important for growth: Penzance & Newlyn, Hayle, Camborne-Pool-Illogan-Redruth, Helston, Falmouth and Penryn, Newquay, St Austell, Eco-communities (china clay areas) Bodmin, Launceston and Saltash.
Here is a map, and the planning officer’s executive summary:
A Cornwall Site Allocations Document is being prepared that sets out strategic sites to deliver Cornwall’s economic and housing growth within some of Cornwall’s largest settlements. The Cornwall Site Allocations Development Plan Document (DPD), forms part of a suite of documents that sit under the banner of the Cornwall Local Plan; demonstrating how the growth targets within the Cornwall Local Plan: Strategic Policies document will be delivered within these settlements.
The development of the area based sections of the Allocations DPD has been progressed in close consultation with the relevant local Cornwall Council members and the Town and Parish Councils.
The document recently went through a period of public consultation, ending on the 16 November 2016.
Approximately 1300 representations were received and the main issues that were raised, together with officer responses, are set out in Appendix 2 (see ‘Supporting Information’ at the end of this report for the link to the document).
As a result of this consultation, together with the continued engagement with other bodies, various changes to the area based sections were made. Appendix 1 sets out the proposed publication version of the Cornwall Site Allocations DPD, with changes to the area based section highlighted using track changes.
This report is seeking endorsement of this publication version of the Cornwall Site Allocations DPD; which would result in undertaking a further period of public consultation. Subject to no significant changes being required as a result of this consultation, the Service Director of Planning & Sustainable Development, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning, would then submit the Cornwall Site Allocations DPD to the Secretary for State, which would then lead to an Examination in Public.