This is the incredible revelation of how our tax collecting local council keeps former employees quiet after they leave Cornwall Council... What are they trying to keep hush hush?!!

All the while, Bodmin Town Council has had enough:

Bodmin Town Council hope that Cornwall Council conduct a proper investigation into the impact of their development allocations. Will YOUR councillor be challenging the hyper-development of Cornwall?

Restoration of Camel at Grogley Weir.
Below is the response of Bodmin Town Council to the Environment Agency.

You will see our Town Council continue to support our Town and its well being. We must ensure our Ward Representatives do the same.

Ref: River Camel, Grogley Weir scoping consultation

Dear Sir / Madam,

Bodmin Town Council Planning Committee resolved at its meeting held on 6th February 2019 to provide the following response.

Response to Environment agency Consultation; River Camel Restoration.

The Camel and its tributaries have been one of the main components in shaping the visual character of Bodmin and will continue to have a large part to play in the future prosperity of the town as a tourist asset.

The main threat to the delicate ecosystem of the River Camel and its tributaries in the immediate future will be the impact of the allocated development. The unprecedented scale of the expansion of Bodmin as detailed in the Cornwall Council Development Plan Document (DPD) is a grave cause for concern.

The demand on the Camel to provide run off rain water capacity will be increased as more land becomes developed and by nature less permeable, this will expediently generate the inevitable increase of pollution entering the waterways of Bodmin attributed to modern living.

The question of capacity of the River Camel to cope with drainage water and treat sewage from a growing town is also high on the councils list of concerns. All organisations with responsibility for the River Camel must recognise this threat, any shortfall in capacity having an effect on the ability of the town to grow. Provision of recreation afforded by the Camel Valley should be high on any agenda as this a vital economic asset to all the communities along the River Camel, with particular attention on how the Camel Cycle trail interacts with the River valley.

The concern of residents and respected environmental bodies is well documented. The save Halgavor Moor campaign has with the help of the CPRE Cornwall (Campaign to Protection Rural England) providing a raft of evidence supporting the bio diversity of the existing streams and predicted damage unchallenged development will cause.
http://www.cprecornwall.org/…/Screen-version-Winter-2018-19

I would hope the River Camel Restoration project would prompt a full study of the nine water courses and rivers in and around Bodmin feeding into the Camel and not just be limited to the work planned at Grogley. A comprehensive point of reference produced by the partners involved in this consultation, (Environment Agency, West Country Rivers Trust, Natural England and South West Water) should be produced as a definitive datum for reference when any of the listed bodies are consulted on development in Bodmin, by Cornwall Council and all developers.

And whilst adults play Facebook wars, school kids are taking to the streets:

Youngsters in Cornwall recognise mistakes being made!

It's a good job that school pupils in Cornwall are protesting at the appalling way our natural environment is being treated. It's their future being put at risk after all.

The Westminster Government, ever distant and uncaring and now a cesspit in a state of party political meltdown as it reveals its true colours, corruption and criminality, has imposed unreasonable housing construction targets on Cornwall, resulting in a population increase which cannot be sustained. The houses being 'slung' up are substandard and problematical resulting in increased worries placed upon those who buy them. (more on this soon as a whistleblower leaks information about some of these new 'developments')

More people equals more pollution and Cornwall Council now have Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) in place for the Camborne, Pool, and Redruth (CPR) area since 2005, Bodmin since 2008, Tideford since 2011, Gunnislake and St Austell since March 2014, Truro since July 2015, Camelford since January 2017, Grampound since July 2017 and Launceston since February 2018.

This means that air pollution is higher than national levels resulting in adverse effects on health, asthma and respiratory problems and so on,

Just another way that the Westminster Government and its irresponsible agencies and quangos are destroying Cornwall and damaging the health of its people.

It really is time for a change and for people to wake up to the fact that the Westminster Government cares little for Cornwall and her people.

Cornwall Council AQMAs: https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/…/environmental-protection-air