Camborne, Pool, Illogan & Redruth local news

Cornish police officer “would have been sacked” if she had not resigned, says disciplinary panel 16th May 2022
Cornish tin prospectors raise nearly £1 million, and prepare for test drilling near Helston 11th April 2022
More pre-fabs set to sprout in Camborne 4th April 2022
If you go down to the woods today you still won’t have to pay to park your car 31st March 2022
Cornwall councillor responsible for car parking “surprised” by Tehidy Woods charging proposals 24th February 2022
If you go down to the woods today, you’d better first sign the petition about car park charges 21st February 2022
How climate activists found a way to make Camborne MP George Eustice contribute to their cause 10th February 2022
Banger racing to resume at United Downs 26th January 2022
EXCLUSIVE: Energy company’s bid to force disclosure of Cornwall’s hot rocks secrets 19th January 2022
Cornwall’s Opposition parties frustrated by delays in selecting general election candidates 17th January 2022
“Kill The Bill” protest planned for Camborne on Saturday 13th January 2022
Another opinion poll forecasts Tory losses in Cornwall 26th December 2021
Suspended jail sentences for Wheal Jewel rogue traders 24th December 2021
Man charged in connection with anti-vax bomb hoax in Truro 22nd November 2021
Cornwall’s rugby league players get the chance to play on a national stage 3rd November 2021
Are the days of banger racing in Cornwall finally over? United Downs track appears to be in limbo after council grants lease for alternative user – but then refuses planning permission 1st November 2021
County Hall sharpens its axe, adding St Austell’s council offices to those it wants to chop 13th October 2021
Covid-19: Something is happening and we don’t know what it is, as Cornwall’s infection rate races ahead of the neighbours 6th October 2021
The end is nigh for Cornwall’s banger racing fans 5th October 2021
Covid-19: Welcome to Camborne, one of Cornwall’s “red list” clusters, only 20 miles from the area with the lowest infection rate 4th October 2021
Covid-19: Health chiefs close Stithians vaccination centre, just as new infections in west Cornwall start rising again 27th September 2021
Covid-19 forces school closure in Cornwall 21st September 2021
Promotion for St Austell and Newquay MP Steve Double in this week’s government reshuffle 18th September 2021
Cornwall keeps a voice in the cabinet as Camborne & Redruth MP George Eustice survives reshuffle 16th September 2021
EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall Council’s recent deals in the property market include a pub 24th August 2021
Time is running out for Cornwall’s last banger racing track, as councillor calls for a community takeover 17th August 2021
Climate change “criminals” hand themselves in to the police at Camborne 14th August 2021
Cornish nationalist Graham Hart jailed for antisemitism 7th August 2021
Plan to turn United Downs banger racing track into a rum distillery needs an Environmental Impact Assessment, rules government 3rd August 2021
The first batch of Cornwall Council’s “bunkabins” destined for Carn Brea 22nd July 2021
Row over plan for “affordable” homes highlights the issues which frame Cornwall’s housing crisis 22nd July 2021
Jeremy Corbyn returns to Cornwall, as Labour squabbles over who should run its Truro and Falmouth constituency 18th July 2021
Labour Party sends its tanks in to Truro & Falmouth, cancelling an Annual General Meeting and preventing the election of local officials 2nd July 2021
Covid-19: Cornwall’s new case numbers start to fall, but still higher than England’s average 28th June 2021
G7 Summit: Police arrest another 15 “suspected of conspiring to be a nuisance” 13th June 2021
Cornish singer Graham Hart admits inciting racial hatred 7th June 2021
Don’t look now, but here comes the Property Advisory Group – hoping to organise the sale of the century 12th May 2021
Cornwall dog breeder gets suspended jail sentence 29th April 2021
Planning inspector says “no” to out-of-town retail park at Camborne 29th April 2021
All in one place: the full list of the Cornwall Council candidates 10th April 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
Hands off the United Downs banger racing track, Sport England tells Cornwall Council 8th March 2021
Camborne landlady banned for five years in landmark tribunal ruling 5th March 2021
Cornish holiday resort sold to America 4th March 2021
A new future for Cornwall Gold and Tolgus Mill? 17th February 2021
Crash, bang, wallop – two worlds collide as world’s first eco-powered rum distillery seeks to replace banger racing 17th February 2021
South Crofty Tin Mine: shares finally start trading on the London stock exchange 16th February 2021
Planning boss application to convert stables into three-bedroom house puts County Hall’s approach to local development policies under the spotlight 1st 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
Camborne Community Centre in line for major refurbishment 27th January 2021
Two of Cornwall’s Tory MPs “raise concerns” about the impact of Brexit deal on fishing communities 17th January 2021
Covid-19 forces the closure of several Cornish pubs 29th 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
Under the hammer: the many mansions of Cornwall Council 1st December 2020
Another Covid lockdown is “possible” in January, warns Camborne & Redruth MP George Eustice 30th November 2020
New initiative to reduce school exclusions in Cornwall 29th November 2020
Rent increase threatens future of pre-school at Praze-an-Beeble 20th October 2020
Cornish Lithium raises £5.2 million in three days of crowdfunding 15th October 2020
Poor air quality kills more than 200 people in Cornwall each year, says council 2nd October 2020
Slight improvement in Cornwall’s Covid-19 cluster map, as Truro and Falmouth now clear 2nd October 2020
Cornwall’s hot rocks test drilling suspended while scientists investigate earthquakes 1st October 2020
Does Cornwall have the most dangerous workplace in Britain? Inside the bacon factory where a third of the staff had Covid-19 1st October 2020
After yesterday’s £6 million bail-out, the battle for Cornwall’s leisure centres is only just getting started 1st October 2020
Covid-19: swift intervention by Public Health Cornwall helped prevent a more severe outbreak in Camborne-Pool-Redruth 30th September 2020
EXCLUSIVE: Hold tight, councillors are in for a bumpy ride as they try to find out why Cormac has applied for a bus operators’ licence 28th September 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
Covid-19: Year 8 told to stay away at Camborne Science and International Academy school 22nd September 2020
Five year ban for smallholder who kept animals in filthy and dangerous conditions 21st September 2020
Covid-19: Cornwall’s rate of infection doubles in three days; 70 new cases since Friday; five clusters 21st September 2020
Covid-19 outbreak at Pilgrim’s Pride food processing factory, Pool 18th September 2020
Covid-19: South East Cornwall cluster on Rame peninsula 18th September 2020
Covid-19 confirmed at Cornwall College, as local cases increase by 18 in 24 hours 15th September 2020
“Save Our Pool!” – Wadebridge fears its leisure centre is at the top of County Hall’s “hit list” 13th September 2020
A brief history of protest and change brightens the beach at Porthtowan 7th September 2020
Some of Cornwall’s indoor swimming pools might never reopen, warns new report 27th August 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
Controversial Camborne housing plans approved on chairman’s casting vote 29th June 2020
Controversial Camborne housing project to be decided tomorrow 28th June 2020
Another facelift for Redruth, as Historic England awards more cash 23rd June 2020
Will all of Cornwall’s leisure centres re-open next month? County Hall promises a statement soon 18th June 2020
What’s the best way to spend £25 million in Camborne? 2nd June 2020
“We’re in the money!” Penzance in line for a multi-million pound windfall, while North and East Cornwall can only wait for crumbs 31st May 2020
Call for planners to defer decision about Camborne houses, rather than debate online 27th May 2020
Outsourcing company which runs Cornwall’s leisure centres asks taxpayers to top-up staff’s wages 18th May 2020
Covid-19 test site at Bodmin to close and move to Bude; Truro test site moves to Pool 14th May 2020
Cornwall’s towns in economic meltdown as Covid-19 keeps shoppers at home, according to new research 24th April 2020
Camborne’s Trevithick Day, and the World Pilot Gig Championships, cancelled because of Covid-19 – as Visit Cornwall urges tourism industry to “Keep Calm and Carry On” 16th March 2020
IN PICTURES: Tread carefully, you never know what’s underneath – Cornwall’s latest mineshaft collapse 11th March 2020
EXCLUSIVE: Own a slice of South Crofty for less than 4 pence a share, as owners embrace radical new plan to find out what’s underground 8th March 2020
Police appeal for information following “unexplained” death in Camborne 7th March 2020
Redruth hoping for £3.8 million heritage boost 11th February 2020
Camborne, Redruth & Hayle Labour activists nominate Rebecca Long-Bailey as leader 10th February 2020
£290 million A30 upgrade between Carland Cross and Chiverton gets its final political sign-off, meaning work should start later this year 9th February 2020
Plans resubmitted to build houses close to South Crofty tin mine 3rd February 2020
Everything you ever wanted to know about Cornwall’s spaceport project, explained in just 60 minutes with tea and biscuits 21st January 2020
Camborne homes proposal comes back before planners next week 7th January 2020
Bleak outlook for South Crofty, with no start-date in sight for pumping dry the flooded tin mine 6th January 2020
Cold callers cold shouldered in Carnon Downs 17th December 2019
Camborne housing plans refused 16th December 2019
Cornwall’s Anti-Brexit campaign pins its election hopes on tactical voting 8th December 2019
Hopes appear to be fading for South Crofty to resume tin mining by 2021 5th December 2019
Corbyn and Johnson on the election campaign trail in Cornwall today 27th November 2019
Work starts to make safe Redruth football pitches, undermined by industrial heritage 24th 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
EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall Council considers how to keep on top of information about “contaminated land,” including a former chemical weapons factory 4th November 2019
Tulip pork processing factory at Bodmin consults on another 270 job losses, after pocketing nearly £5 million from taxpayers 24th October 2019
Carn Brea Leisure Centre packed for Brexit Party rally 15th October 2019
Don’t try to throw milkshakes at Nigel Farage, urges Cornwall For Europe 14th October 2019
Nigel Farage on his way to Cornwall 8th October 2019
Conservatives win Camborne Town Council by-election 27th September 2019
Planners approve homes on site of former Redruth care centre 25th September 2019
Planning permission for homes close to former tin mine refused – in case it ever re-opens 24th September 2019
Redruth in line for 52 “affordable” homes 17th September 2019
Illogan housing plans recommended for approval 17th 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
Millions of pounds in “Town Deal” cash goes to the constituencies where the Tories need votes 8th September 2019
Countdown to opening time in the Old Brewery, and a chance to search for magic spells on 14 miles of shelves 4th September 2019
2,000 years after someone took the P – there is a new Cornish word for the English Channel 28th August 2019
Small earthquake near Helston 9th August 2019
Councillors vote 7-5 to approve housing plans on land allocated for allotments 31st July 2019
George Eustice gets his old job back at Defra, as Boris Johnson continues ministerial appointments 26th July 2019
Planners say “no” to out-of-town shopping centre near Camborne 25th July 2019
Controversial Camborne out-of-town shopping centre set for approval 18th July 2019
Online campaign to raise £1 million for Cornish Lithium 16th July 2019
Cash boost for Penzance High Street 6th July 2019
Labour launches its “Green Industrial Revolution” in Cornwall 23rd June 2019
South Crofty mine gets more time to raise cash – meanwhile, the tin remains underground, and underwater 20th June 2019
Government backs Cornish Lithium Company to help develop new generation of electric vehicle batteries 12th June 2019
Police arrest Camborne man in connection with “Holocaust denial” broadcasts 4th June 2019
Crown Prosecution Service backs drugs charges against 18-year-olds, following girl’s death 4th June 2019
Tories get control of West Cornwall planning committee, posing a question mark over Liberal Democrat-Independent coalition 3rd June 2019
Jeremy Corbyn to visit Cornwall 18th May 2019
Planners vote 8-5 to reject “re-building” of derelict cottage near Redruth 9th April 2019
Cornwall Council’s intervention in the housing market: more questions than answers 25th March 2019
George Eustice quits government in protest at latest Brexit position 28th February 2019
Creditors give South Crofty more time to find the cash it needs – but deadlines are looming 8th January 2019
South Crofty tin mine has its day at the County Hall “bank of last resort” – asking for £1 million of taxpayers’ cash 18th December 2018
EXCLUSIVE: Hot rocks energy company revises its return on investment – backers will get only 2% – not 12% 8th November 2018
“Affordable” housing plan approved at Praze An Beeble 25th September 2018
A range of prices for cremations 24th September 2018
Is the glass half-full or two-thirds empty? Cornwall Council marks its own homework, and scores C-minus 14th September 2018
Labour promises Cornwall £350 million to cover “missing” EU cash 2nd August 2018
Redruth football pitches out of action due to collapsing mineshaft 30th July 2018
North Cornwall Liberal Democrats look to the future 23rd July 2018
Labour calls for an end to austerity, as protesters march through Camborne 19th July 2018
14-year-old Camborne girl dies after taking “unknown substance” 8th July 2018
Speak Cornish Week draws to a close at Heartlands today 1st July 2018
Camborne on the march against austerity, after report highlights thousands of extra deaths since 2010 13th June 2018
Local council election results project two Tory losses in Cornwall 6th May 2018
Cornwall’s secondary school pupils face cut-per-head lottery under new funding formula, as class sizes start to increase 19th April 2018
Council set to embark upon land deal spending spree as part of ambition to build 1,000 houses 27th March 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
The Salisbury nerve gas attack: how most roads lead back to Cornwall 20th March 2018
Redruth’s Stephen Barnes is new Labour group leader at Cornwall Council 5th 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
Camborne gangmaster shut down after multiple abuses of her workers 29th January 2018
A timetable for the resumption of tin mining at South Crofty 24th January 2018
Cornwall’s libraries: the devolution revolution has been postponed 23rd January 2018
Residents to hear latest on plans to resume tin mining at South Crofty 22nd 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
Work starts to repair Portreath harbour wall (again) 5th January 2018
Named – the ten Minor Injury Units in Cornwall due to close under Accountable Care 3rd January 2018
Man dies in tractor accident 2nd January 2018
From posh nosh to foodbanks – the New Year Honours sprinkle magic over Cornwall 30th December 2017
Work starts on building two Spitfires 28th 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
Labour Party selects Paul Farmer as candidate for Camborne, Redruth & Hayle 3rd December 2017
Decision Day for Labour Party members to select Camborne, Redruth & Hayle candidate 2nd December 2017
Labour Party will have a new General Election candidate in Camborne, Redruth & Hayle constituency as Graham Winter withdraws 28th November 2017
Council housing returns to Cornwall – but only if private sector profits permit 13th November 2017
Cornwall remembers 13th November 2017
Labour activists prepare to select their candidate for Camborne & Redruth 12th November 2017
County Hall flags at half mast as mark of respect to Candy Atherton 31st October 2017
Candy Atherton, 1955-2017 31st October 2017
Cornwall’s foodbanks braced for arrival of Universal Credit 30th October 2017
Planning officials recommend approval of “shipping container” housing for Falmouth University students 23rd October 2017
And they’re under starter’s orders: Labour ready to select Parliamentary candidate in Camborne & Redruth 21st October 2017
Cornwall’s libraries: the “devolution revolution” is taking longer than expected 20th October 2017

Camborne, Pool, Illogan and Redruth 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.