As councillors voted for a carte blanche for our dubious council officers, it would seem that as well as the Inox developer bailout at Langarth Farm, they also voted for another 10,000 homes in and around Chiverton, Penstraze and Threemilestone. Gloweth & Highertown in Truro already being one of the most polluted areas in the UK (extremely high NO2 levels), we're now adding another batch of expensive plasterboard junk (see Persimmon at Newbridge, Wimpey at Highertown or Wain Homes at Tregolls Farm) for all - especially big city landlords - but local families that need essential housing, and right in the way of the A30 & Treliske Hospital. It's a shame Phil Mason (phil.mason@cornwall.gov.uk) is still involved in this scheme, given that only six months ago, he described his strategy for Threemilestone as "a mistake". So the rugby fraternity thought they were pushing for a new stadium, and end up with... not a lot, bar a new town outside Truro and mountains of debt... for us and at least one generation of Cornish kids to pay back probably via more inflation-busting and record-breaking council tax increases. If the council don't go bust within 2-3 years and if the stadium ever actually gets built and doesn't go bust itself, it'll be a double miracle, just as it will be for ambulances to reach Treliske before patients die, or that A&E doesn't start spilling out onto the road, in the record smog recorded in the Treliske area. Well done Phil Mason, John Betty (john.betty@cornwall.gov.uk) and at the top of the pile of ineptitude, waste and tax money gambling, Kate Kennally (kkennally@cornwall.gov.uk), aka the triumvirate Savid Javid spanner monkeys, the riders of the Cornish apolcalypse or the developer-bribed and compromised government’s useful planning “strategy” fools... A message from Orlando Kimber: Dear Friend, Cutting to the chase, there is a review of and consultation on the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) It closes on May 10th. If you want to read the full package (not recommended!) here’s the link: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/draft-revised-national-planning-policy-framework This review is one of those points in history where the Government hopes that nobody notices but you will surely see the result in a very few years on the Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB’s) around the coast of Cornwall. Large commercial property developers are struggling to sell their newly built estates, even with the Government's help-to-buy scheme for houses of up to £600,000. Certainly not what the public thought this programme was for. Therefore, the chance to build without question on AONB’s provides an opportunity where the developers could shift houses faster than a cream tea on a sunny Sunday. The question that we hear so many times in Cornwall is how did we get to this point of so much building? The answer is partly in the relaxation of the of the planning laws in 2011. The most important change is the merging of NPPF 115 & 116 into one new guideline: NPPF 170. The new wording is so vague and ambiguous that it gives the Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty on a plate to the developers. Not to sound too dramatic, but for countryside campaigners, it would be game over. You can respond to the consultation either online at https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/NPPFconsultation or by following the response advice at the foot of https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/draft-revised-national-planning-policy-framework stating that you want to keep the existing wording of NPPF 115 & 116 and your own concerns. Anybody that has campaigned in the last few years will be familiar with the effectiveness of NPPF 115 & 116 in resisting building on Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Sights of Special Scientific Interests (SSI’s) and other valuable landscapes. They set out the tests quite clearly for why building cannot be undertaken on the AONB and provide solid reasons to challenge inappropriate building proposals. Across the South West, the AONB Trusts seem reluctant to challenge these revisions. One has to sympathise that their Objections will be fairly muted as they are part funded by the local Councils which in turn, want the money from the building of new houses. Therefore, it is essential that you call your Parish, Town and County Councillors to account; support amenity groups such as Cornwall for Change, CPRE Cornwall and CPRE Devon; and even write your to your local MP: Derek Thomas St Ives derek@derekthomas.org George Eustice Camborne and Redruth george.eustice.mp@parliament.uk Sarah Newton Truro and Falmouth sarah.Newton.MP@parliament.uk Scott Mann North Cornwall scott@scottmann.org.uk Sheryll Murray Southeast Cornwall sheryll.murray.mp@parliament.uk Steve Double St Austell & Newquay office@stevedouble.org.uk Thanks for your interest and best wishes, Orlando My thanks also to Justin Haque, Chair of CPRE South Hams (Devon) for this information. P.S. As ever, can you help spread the word by forwarding the link below to your friends? https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/protect-cornwall-s-green-fields Thanks Supporters of this petition by area: Towns & villages # of Supporters Penzance-Newlyn-Helston-St Ives-Hayle 805 Redruth-Pool-Camborne 752 Truro-Threemilestone-Roseland-Chacewater 616 Bodmin-Liskeard-Wadebridge-Launceston-Bude-Saltash 600 St Austell-Clay Country-Lostwithiel-Fowey-Par 516 Newquay-Quintrell Downs-Perranporth-St Agnes 437 Falmouth-Penryn-Mawnan-Mylor 355 CORNWALL 4082 Cornish expats / Others: 1830 (of which) Exeter/Other Devon 129 Plymouth 113 London 78 Cardiff/Wales 70 Edinburgh/Glasgow/Scotland 55 USA/Canada 59 France/Spain/Italy 44 Australia/NZ 39 Total (25-04-2018) 5912