Plane Spotters Anonymous: Newquay Airport’s winter “schedule” leads to early closing

By Peter Tremayne Newquay Airport has moved to its winter schedule, with fewer flights and fewer destinations.  From today (Sunday) the airport will close at 7.30pm rather than 9.30pm....

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Zombie town: it’s truly frightening, but that’s just the way the money goes in Newquay

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Saturday’s Newquay’s Zombie Crawl parade, part of a taxpayer-funded attempt to attract out-of-season tourists, has been cancelled because of Storm Austen. Although the storm is forecast...

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Hypersonic re-usable spacecraft propelled by environmentally-friendly rocket fuel coming soon, honest, says Newquay spaceport

By Peter Tremayne Newquay’s spaceport has signed another Memorandum of Understanding with a company which might one day be able to launch rockets horizontally from a long runway. The...

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Coming soon – how the Atlantic Gateway is going to make us all rich!

By Peter Tremayne Newquay’s “Aerohub” – part of the airport’s 650-acre estate – is soon to be rebranded. The Cornwall Council cabinet member responsible for the site, Independent councillor...

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Sits Vac: could you spare two years to run Newquay Airport?

By Peter Tremayne Four months after the vacancy was announced, Corserv has taken its first steps towards recruiting a new managing director for Newquay Airport.  It is set to...

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Magic numbers: what happens if you ask Artificial Intelligence to check some of County Hall’s claims about the economic benefit of Newquay Airport?

By Peter Tremayne As Newquay Airport waits anxiously for its £10 million taxpayer bailout, Cornwall’s scrutiny councillors are still waiting for answers to questions they asked on 19th August. ...

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Out of control: New Zealand was so last week – Newquay’s spaceport is now off to Germany

By Peter Tremayne No sooner has Newquay spaceport’s sole employee returned to base than he is off again. Ross Hulbert, whose job title is “Head of Engagement,” got back...

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Newquay spaceport’s 24,000-mile sales-pitch was paid for by UK taxpayers

By Peter Tremayne Newquay spaceport’s 24,000-mile roundtrip to New Zealand, which took place within days of a County Hall ban on all exhibitions and conferences which require travel outside...

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Time for the mothballs? How much council tax would you like to pay for Cornwall’s hopelessly uneconomic airport?

By Peter Tremayne Newquay Airport is entering a crucial period.  Next week Cornwall councillors get down to the serious business of scrutinising likely budget proposals – with the airport’s...

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Field of Dreams: free money! 3,000 jobs at Newquay spaceport! 3,000 jobs in renewable energy! Build it and they’ll come!

By Graham Smith Six Cornwall Council cabinet members are due to meet next week to decide how to spend the government’s £30 million Kernow Industrial Growth Fund.  The fund...

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How to dodge a bullet: stay on holiday until the shooting is over

By Julia Penhaligon Cornwall Council cabinet member Tim Dwelly’s continuing absence from County Hall spared him having to deal with several hostile questions at today’s (Tuesday’s) economy scrutiny committee...

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“We need a Harbours Board for Newquay Airport,” says councillor

By Peter Tremayne Pressure is growing on Cornwall Council to re-establish a properly-constituted committee to supervise Newquay Airport, as scrutiny councillors this morning (Tuesday) vented their frustration that they...

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The cost of “unleashing Cornwall’s potential” is measured in air miles, hotel bills and suntans

By Julia Penhaligon It is only a week since Cornwall Council’s interim deputy chief executive (can’t we just call him the chief executive? – Ed) Andy Keeling told staff...

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Just a minute: the Newquay Airport development project is too important to be left to any councillor’s “individual” decision

By Peter Tremayne Scrutiny councillors meet tomorrow (Tuesday) for what is theoretically a routine run through of a couple of issues which County Hall officials think are safe enough...

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Cornwall Council’s new boss sees his first attempt to cut waste get lost in space

By Peter Tremayne Seven days ago Cornwall Council’s so-far-unblemished interim deputy chief executive Andy Keeling issued a stern memo to more than 5,500 staff. We need to save money,...

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Cornwall Council’s “arms-length” companies: what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas

By Graham Smith Cornwall Council was unable to give a straight answer this morning (Wednesday) to a public question about Newquay Airport and its audited annual accounts. The question...

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Newquay’s Boardmasters festival had negative impact on town’s night-time economy, say local businesses

By Rashleigh MacFarlane The Boardmasters music festival in Newquay last month cost some local businesses more than 20% of their trade, according to feedback collated by the town’s Business...

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Matters arising: will Cornwall Council’s auditors remember what happened last time?

By Peter Tremayne Very few people try to get elected as local councillors with any desperate ambition to become an auditor.  To say it is unglamorous would be an...

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How Cornwall Council plans to spend more than half of the government’s Kernow Industrial Growth Fund on itself

By Peter Tremayne The clock is ticking down towards an individual decision by Cornwall Council cabinet member Tim Dwelly about the future development of Newquay Airport’s 650-acre estate. Council...

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Newquay Airport’s former managing director lands in Southampton

By Peter Tremayne Amy Smith, who resigned as the boss of Newquay Airport in June, has started work as the managing director of Southampton Airport. Ms Smith can now...

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Seafront development in Newquay: another fine mess

By Lee Trewhela A huge development on Newquay seafront has been abandoned as “undeliverable” meaning an old hotel will now be demolished with no promise that anything will replace...

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Newquay Airport’s silence of the grave: January’s exciting new challenge for plane-spotters

By Peter Tremayne Newquay Airport appears to be heading for a major crisis in January, with barely 40 aeroplanes landing and taking off during the entire month. Saturdays look...

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Gardner-gate spaceport scandal continues to cast its shadow over Cornwall Council

By Peter Tremayne The chief executive of Cornwall Council might have gone, but the questions remain.  Who knew what, and when did they know it? On Tuesday, Cornwall Council...

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January is the cruellest month: RyanAir scales back Newquay’s flights to Spain and Portugal

By Peter Tremayne Newquay Airport managers are getting ready to admit a major blow to their “winter sun” campaigns as RyanAir withdraws or reduces many of its flights to...

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Newquay Airport: it’s a funny old world

By Peter Tremayne A meeting is scheduled for this afternoon (Thursday) of the Cornwall Airport Consultative Forum – which bizarrely is due to discuss Treveth’s “land development” plans but...

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“Poldark cave” sealed by major cliff collapse near Newquay

By Rashleigh MacFarlane One of Cornwall’s better known beach caves has been closed to the public after a major cliff collapse. Holywell Cave – also known as St Cuthbert’s...

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Gardner-gate scandal – the “smoking gun” evidence which proves that last week’s official council statement was untrue

By Peter Tremayne An official Cornwall Council document about the 2024/5 “Gardner-gate” scandal at Newquay Airport has contradicted an official Cornwall Council answer to a Freedom of Information question....

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Newquay Airport marketing blunder with “I’m Mandy, Fly Me” advert

By Peter Tremayne Newquay Airport, which spends £500,000 a year on marketing, could find itself in trouble with advertising watchdogs after producing a poster which shows three scantily-clad women...

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Gardner-gate EXCLUSIVE: council chief knew of spaceport job scandal “exit agreement” six weeks before she called the police

By Graham Smith Cornwall Council chief executive Kate Kennally learned of former cabinet member Louis Gardner’s resignation as Head of Future Air and Space with Corserv on 1st May,...

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Sits Vac: questions about Newquay Airport are followed by the sudden resignation of senior Corserv boss

By Peter Tremayne One of Corserv’s senior executives has resigned suddenly, just days after appearing before a Cornwall Council scrutiny committee to answer questions about Newquay Airport. Paul Cooper,...

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Newquay Airport: Page 94 EXCLUSIVE

By Peter Tremayne A number of readers have complained that they are now seriously bored with stories about Newquay Airport.  We will therefore try to go at least a...

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Up, up and away: Newquay Airport’s appetite for public subsidy appears to know no limit

By Peter Tremayne The tensions within Cornwall Council over how much taxpayers should spend on Newquay Airport each year were laid bare today (Wednesday) as a scrutiny committee divided...

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Offering “mates’ rates” at Newquay Airport was not fraud but does pose questions for the Civil Aviation Authority

By Peter Tremayne Questions about how and why Newquay Airport offered “inconsistent” contracts to different airlines, departing from the airport’s own published fees’ rate card, are likely to centre...

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Mates’ rates at Newquay Airport: good morning, FOI team

By Peter Tremayne To: Cornwall Council and Corserv FOI teams Please tell me if Cornwall Airport Ltd ever reported to auditors Westcotts the Steer Group findings of “inconsistencies across...

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Newquay Airport: more questions than answers

By Peter Tremayne Among the many questions which should be asked by scrutiny councillors tomorrow (Wednesday) is when, precisely, did Cornwall Council leader Leigh Frost and his cabinet colleague...

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Newquay-Gatwick: EasyJet flights to end next week despite full aircraft

By Peter Tremayne EasyJet flights between Newquay and Gatwick are due to end next week, despite initial evidence suggesting that the twice-weekly service was well-used. EasyJet leaped to fill...

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The curious case of the watchdog that did not bark: how did council auditors miss key financial evidence about Newquay Airport, discovered in only a few weeks by independent consultants?

By Peter Tremayne As Newquay Airport’s request for a £9.7 million taxpayer-funded rescue hurtles towards next February’s Cornwall Council budget vote, a meeting of Cornwall Council’s audit councillors, scheduled...

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Dodgy deals and reckless gambles: how not to run an airport

By Peter Tremayne When scrutiny councillors meet on Wednesday to consider two contradictory consultants’ reports about the future of Newquay Airport, they will be urged to hold at least...

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Live by the sword, die by the sword: is the £35,000 Steer Group report on Newquay Airport the best value for money ever delivered by consultants?

By Peter Tremayne The Steer Group report on Newquay Airport really is essential reading for anyone who wonders why their council tax bills go up by the maximum 4.99%...

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Newquay Airport needs £10 million a year from the taxpayer because its dodgy deals can exist only in secret

By Graham Smith In January 2022, County Hall bosses suddenly “decommissioned” the Newquay Airport Consultative Forum as a constitutional component of Cornwall Council. Members of the public (including councillors...

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No wonder they wanted to keep it secret: the recommendations of “Independent Operational and Commercial Efficiency Review of Cornwall Airport” should be implemented in full and without delay

By Graham Smith It is an indication of the contempt with which senior Cornwall Council officials view elected councillors that the former thought the latter would approve an annual...

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Early closing and job cuts at Newquay Airport – and a “drop off” charge for passengers

By Peter Tremayne The future of Newquay Airport could depend on a hastily-arranged meeting of County Hall scrutiny councillors next week. Cornwall Council bosses want taxpayers to fund an...

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Minority Report: as Live Facial Recognition technology is deployed in Cornwall for the first time, civil liberties group warns you can now be arrested for looking a bit funny

By Harold Callahan Devon & Cornwall Police have started to use controversial live facial recognition (LFR) technology. While speed and car number plate cameras, and drones, have long been...

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Boom! Or will Newquay’s spaceport continue echoing to the sound of silence?

By Peter Tremayne Excitement is growing at Newquay spaceport (really? – Ed) over the imminently-expected announcement of a development base for the hypersonic Invictus aircraft project, which is supposed...

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Newquay drownings: holidaymakers had been fishing

By Harold Callahan A full inquest into the deaths of father and daughter John and Samantha Collins, of Doncaster, who drowned at Fistral beach, Newquay, on 26th July will...

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Cornwall Council to sell Newquay’s Royal British Legion club

By Peter Tremayne The former Royal British Legion club at Newquay appears destined for takeover by a local community interest company. The building is owned by Cornwall Council.  The...

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Wings for Victory!

By Peter Tremayne Driving past St Columb on the A39 yesterday (Thursday) I was astonished to see a familiar sight in the skies above me: a Supermarine Spitfire Mk...

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Newquay Airport passenger levy idea has merit, says council leader

By Peter Tremayne The suggestion of some sort of passenger levy to support Newquay Airport looks as if it could enjoy the support of Cornwall Council’s senior political leadership,...

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Impose a passenger levy at Newquay Airport, say councillors

By Peter Tremayne Newquay Airport will not exist without a significant long-term subsidy, scrutiny councillors were warned this morning (Tuesday.)  The question is who should pay that subsidy. Historically...

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Gardner-gate: the stain runs so deep, it merits rejection of the Corserv business plan

By Graham Smith A Cornwall Council scrutiny committee meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) should pose a serious test of council leader Leigh Frost’s June 2025 promise to clean up County Hall’s...

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Gardner-gate: did Cornwall Council deliberately waste police time or conspire to pervert the course of justice?

By Peter Tremayne On or before 14th May 2025, former councillor Louis Gardner resigned from the post of Head of Future Air and Space with Corserv. On or before...

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Newquay Airport: it gets worse

By Peter Tremayne More details have emerged about the financial crisis at Newquay Airport, as Cornwall councillors try to understand why taxpayers are being asked for £10 million a...

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Would you like to know a secret? Newquay Airport saw a 27% drop in domestic passengers during May

By Peter Tremayne Among the data which should be described in the secret £35,000 consultants’ report about Newquay Airport are details of domestic passenger numbers. This data, once published...

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I could tell you why I want you to give me £10 million a year for Newquay Airport, but then I would have to kill you…

By Peter Tremayne Cornwall Council officials, anxious not to explain why they want a £10 million a year taxpayer subsidy to operate Newquay Airport, are considering forcing scrutiny councillors...

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Flying on fumes? Skybus axes Isles of Scilly – Newquay Airport route

By Peter Tremayne Skybus has pulled all flights between the Isles of Scilly and Newquay Airport. The troubled airline says it does not have enough aircraft or pilots.  The...

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How can we scrutinise airport study if we’re not allowed to see it? complains scrutiny committee

By Peter Tremayne Today’s (Tuesday’s) meeting of Cornwall Council’s “Sustainable Growth” scrutiny committee is struggling to make progress with the main item on its agenda – because it has...

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Mid Cornwall Metro: is the £125,000 per month subsidy worth it?

By Peter Tremayne The new Mid Cornwall Metro rail service between Newquay and Par appears to be struggling for reliability since it was introduced on 16th May. Cornwall Council,...

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£10 million a year to keep Newquay Airport flying, as consultants recommend a new name and colour scheme for the Aerohub

By Peter Tremayne Newquay Airport will require a taxpayer subsidy of at least £10 million a year for a decade, according to a long-awaited Cornwall Council report. A 41-page...

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Working in the shadows: how the next Newquay Airport masterplan dodged public scrutiny

By Peter Tremayne The deadline for submitting public questions to Cornwall Council’s economy scrutiny committee expired at 12 noon today (Thursday) – with still no sign of the Newquay...

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Newquay Airport: monkey business as usual

By Peter Tremayne Taxpayers eager to know what has happened to the latest long-promised Newquay Airport “masterplan” will just have to wait.   Will we be promised more hotels,...

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Football and politics: St Austell and Newquay MP Noah Law calls on FIFA World Cup boss to suspend England’s red card

By Julia Penhaligon Full marks to St Austell and Newquay MP Noah Law, whose swift response to last night's England World Cup footballing heroics have brought smiles to the...

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Spaceport? What spaceport? We now have a “space cluster” – which is entirely different

By Peter Tremayne Cornwall’s spaceport appears to be positioning itself for a major rebrand as Cornwall Council consultants deliver a hard-hitting report on how Corserv can cut costs. County...

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Skybus boss leaves company with immediate effect

By Peter Tremayne Skybus boss Jonathan Hinkles has left the company with immediate effect. Neither Skybus nor Mr Hinkles has said why, but Mr Hinkles has updated his social...

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Newquay-Gatwick airlink restored

The first EasyJet return flight between Gatwick and Newquay completed successfully yesterday (Tuesday) despite a 35-minute delay caused by poor weather in London.  The Airbus A319 is capable of...

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Newquay Airport: running out of runway and why less could mean more

By Peter Tremayne Newquay Airport today (Thursday) announced good news for Cornwall’s atom scientists – cheap flights to Geneva, the Swiss headquarters of the CERN’s European Organisation for Nuclear...

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Newquay Airport: the next consultants’ report is due to land next month

By Peter Tremayne The future of Newquay Airport appears to rest on a consultants’ report due for publication within the next four weeks. Few aspects of Cornwall Council’s activity...

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Sits Vac: but will Newquay Airport bother to seek a new boss?

By Peter Tremayne The resignation of Newquay Airport managing director Amy Smith has renewed focus on the looming financial crisis at the airport and the urgent need for a...

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Er, that’s not the way the £100 million economic miracle is supposed to work: passengers urged to flock to Newquay Airport, so that they can escape Cornwall

By Peter Tremayne Newquay Airport has said its immediate focus is to concentrate on finding new routes for locals to enjoy winter sun and ski holidays. Confidential notes of...

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Newquay’s cliffs continue to crack and crumble

By Rashleigh MacFarlane New studies of the Whipsiderry cliffs at Newquay have confirmed that there is virtually no prospect of developers ever being allowed to build holiday homes there....

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Tourism: Newquay Airport’s latest “coals-to-Newcastle” deal is good for those seeking winter sun

By Peter Tremayne Spurious claims that Newquay Airport contributes more than £100 million to Cornwall’s economy – mostly by attracting tourists - have been somewhat dented by the launch...

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Newquay Airport and Corduroy 2: nothing ever changes

By Peter Tremayne Cornwall Council is hoping that another “preferred private sector partner” is going to pump £300 million into its ailing Newquay Airport. County Hall says it is...

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Newquay Airport facing cuts, warns councillor

By Lee Trewhela “Quite serious” cost-cutting measures are likely at Newquay airport, a Cornwall Council corporate finance committee meeting heard today (Tuesday, June 2). The council’s decision earlier this...

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Mid Cornwall Metro: twice as many trains as last year, but only 25% increase in passengers

By Rashleigh MacFarlane A 100% increase in the number of trains between Par and Newquay during the first week of the new Mid Cornwall Metro might have contributed to...

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Newquay Airport will be run by its press officer “until further notice”

By Peter Tremayne Corserv has no plans to advertise for a managing director for Newquay Airport, following the resignation in February 2025 of Samantha O’Dwyer. It was Ms O’Dwyer’s...

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Three weeks is a long time in politics

By Julia Penhaligon With a new opinion poll suggesting that Labour might survive the Makerfield by-election, some local politicians are already wondering if an Andy Burnham-led government would grant...

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Never a dull moment in the hangar of dreams: Newquay Airport has consumed more than £70 million in annual subsidies since Cornwall Council took charge

By Peter Tremayne These are exciting times at Newquay Airport.  In fact, there is never a dull moment. Pulses are racing over the imminent individual decision by cabinet member...

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Newquay activist who tried to get aid to Gaza returns to UK after her arrest by Israelis

By Harold Callahan A woman from Cornwall has arrived back in the UK after being arrested by Israeli forces while on her way to break the maritime blockade of...

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Newquay Airport needs £9.19 million from local taxpayers

By Peter Tremayne The Cornwall Council subsidy required to operate Newquay Airport over the past 12 months has shot up to £9.19 million. It’s previous highest had been around...

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Blue skies, Barney: veterans turn out in force to say farewell to WW2 Bomber Command hero

More than 100 people, many of them military veterans, attended the funeral yesterday (Wednesday) of Alfred “Barney” Barnett, of Bodmin, who died aged 104.  The former Bomber Command airman,...

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Mid Cornwall Metro suffered its first breakdown on Day 2

By Rashleigh MacFarlane Trains on the new Mid Cornwall Metro between Newquay and Par appear to be running on time today (Wednesday) after Monday’s problem with a broken down...

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Passengers deserted Skybus in the final month of Newquay-Gatwick flights, as Stansted route continues to grow

By Peter Tremayne Data published this morning (Tuesday) by the Civil Aviation Authority shows that despite offering two flights per day, Skybus could persuade only 2,768 passengers to fly...

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Historic departure of first Mid Cornwall Metro train – a new, hourly service between Newquay and Par

By Peter Tremayne Nearly 50 passengers enjoyed the thrill of riding on the first Mid Cornwall Metro train when it rolled out of Newquay at 9.52 this morning (Sunday.)...

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Newquay-Gatwick relaunch remains on schedule, says EasyJet

By Peter Tremayne EasyJet has this morning (Thursday) confirmed the launch of its new Newquay-Gatwick flights from Tuesday 23rd June. The twice-weekly service starts at £35.99 for a single...

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Revealed: Newquay Airport’s completely new-look comprehensive masterplan for redevelopment will go on show in Leeds before Cornwall councillors get a chance to see it

By Peter Tremayne Unknown to elected Cornwall councillors, who have so far seen no suggestions for how Newquay Airport might be developed into a supersoaraway business and/or retail park,...

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Skybus pauses Exeter-St Mary’s flights

By Peter Tremayne Isles of Scilly airline Skybus has suspended flights between Exeter and St Mary’s, claiming damage caused by Storm Goretti on 8th January has led to a...

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Floating offshore wind farms and that £9 million gamble: we haven’t made up our minds yet about another Newquay Airport shed, insists County Hall

By Peter Tremayne Cornwall Council today (Wednesday)insisted that no decision has yet been made about a £9 million “floating offshore wind farm co-ordination centre” to be built at Newquay...

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WW1 ship wreck, which claimed 131 lives, found 50 miles off Newquay

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If the war goes on: airlines now say they can keep flying for another month

By Peter Tremayne The prospect of any potential fuel shortages affecting flights to and from Newquay Airport should become clearer within a few weeks. Last month several airlines warned...

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“National context” to blame for Labour’s dismal result in Newquay by-election, says MP

By Julia Penhaligon The three “establishment” political parties – Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrats – have spent the weekend mulling Thursday night’s Cornwall Council by-election result in which the...

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After Newquay: two party politics are back, but it’s not the two parties we used to think of

By Graham Smith The candidates and their supporters can enjoy a bit of a rest today (Friday) but when they reflect on what happened at the Newquay’s Porth and...

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Cornwall Council by-election: Reform holds on in Newquay but Greens a close second

By Graham Smith Reform UK won the Newquay Porth and Tretherras by-election last night but with a smaller share of the vote than 11 months ago and only because...

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Gardner-gate: it was not against the rules for councillors to question the circumstances surrounding resignation of former spaceport supremo

By Peter Tremayne Former Cornwall councillor and cabinet member Louis Gardner has failed in his attempt to bring “Code of Conduct” complaints against two of his ex- colleagues who...

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Polling stations open in Newquay, as another councillor quits Reform UK

By Julia Penhaligon Polling stations are open until 10pm this evening (Thursday) for the Cornwall Council Newquay Porth and Tretherras by-election. Reform UK is defending the seat it won...

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Gardner-gate: one year later, the former “Head of Future Air and Space” at Newquay Airport is now setting up a DronePort, just down the road at St Merryn

By Peter Tremayne To say that it has been an interesting 12 months would be an understatement. This time last year Newquay’s Louis Gardner was still a Conservative Cornwall...

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Whatever happened to our £2.1 million Skybus contract? Er, we’ll get back to you on that, says council

By Peter Tremayne Cornwall Council has confirmed it is “in talks” with Skybus over what should happen to £2.1 million of taxpayers’ money awarded last November for what should...

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Newquay by-election: the home straight

By Julia Penhaligon With only one more campaigning day to go in the Cornwall Council by-election at Newquay Porth and Tretherras, candidates and their supporters are reflecting that a...

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Don’t blame me for letting Trump use our airport, says council leader

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After Newquay this Thursday, voters will next week be invited to have their say in Bude and St Ives

By Julia Penhaligon Two more town council by-elections are set to test the grassroots’ strength of Cornwall’s political parties. Polling will be on Thursday 30th April in both Bude...

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Newquay-Gatwick passenger numbers fell 32% in February

By Peter Tremayne The doubling of daily flights between Newquay and Gatwick in February could not hide the fact that passengers were continuing to desert the route, according to...

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Who remembers November’s “cheap flights to Gatwick” triumph? Skybus contract to be quizzed at full council meeting

By Peter Tremayne It has become routine for Cornwall Council officials to hide behind “commercial confidentiality” as an excuse for not talking about anything in public. But November’s £2.1...

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20th February 2017

 

Cornwall Reports is currently examining the Cornwall Council Site Allocations Document, to be considered by the Planning Policy Advisory Committee today (Monday.)

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.