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Penzance Retail Space
Sat at home last night in front of the computer, after a couple of meetings, a photograph of a document was posted on Twitter by @Tweet_Bus, for which I thank him. The document caused a little comment...
View ArticleThe work of a Parish Councillor
I've read a lot over the past few weeks about encouraging more people to stand to become Councillors and it makes interesting reading. Cornwall Council have just held an event for people wishing to...
View ArticleA Letter to Dave
Hi Dave,Had a nice chat with the chaps in the club the other night, thought I would bring you up to speed about the hols this year. You are going down to Rock this year aren't you? Spose you can’t do...
View ArticleShock, I've not been a Councillor for South Ward for the past 10 Years.
I’ve just got back from Town where I had gone to do a few jobs, whilst there I popped into the Town Council Office, which lead to a bit of a shock (not good in my condition, no I’m not pregnant).In the...
View ArticleSt Johns Hall Penzance
There has been a lot written over the past week about Cornwall Councils £5.6 million investment in St Johns Hall in Penzance.With headlines in the Cornishman veering from “Is £5.6m on hall a sensible...
View ArticlePenzance Harbour Where are we now.
What is happening to plans for Penzance Harbour? You may well ask.Penzance Town Council took on the job of trying to bring forward a plan for the harbour after the failure of the Route Partnership...
View ArticleS.A.R Privatisation
Privatisation is not some thing I am generally in favour of and is an area that I would not normally write about but some of the comments and reporting about the privatisation of the UK’s Search and...
View ArticlePenzance its future.
Does Penzance turn down development?I have read much on social media and in the press claiming that Cornwall Council doesn’t care about Penzance and why is there no development going on in Penzance,...
View ArticleThe New Penzance Town Council
Well that’s it then, the people have spoken, the votes have been counted, Penzance Town Council has its councillors for the next 4 years.Of the 20 councillors who make up the Town Council 8 are new to...
View ArticlePenlee Quarry
Last week (15th May 2013) I was asked if I would write a piece for the Cornishman newspaper regarding the revived proposals for the development of Penlee Quarry, headlined in the paper last week, with...
View ArticleConservative controlled Penzance Town Council
I wrote a blog soon after the elections, on the political make up of the new town council, (here).I stated that looking at the list of those elected and the parties they represent at first glance no...
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Newlyn Railings. The right solution.
Nearly a year ago I wrote about some replacement railings that Cornwall Council planned to install in Newlyn. Here……On Friday, I received an e-mail from the contractor stating that following my...
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A little bit of good news
A little bit of good news, I popped into town yesterday (Penzance), Mrs Pz01 is on holidays so retail all the way. I was pleased to see that Lou’s Shoes in Causewayhead have moved. For those who don't...
View ArticleEven more good news
Even more good news.Mrs Pz01, who was in town (Penzance) this morning noticed that Sorcha Cubitt Beauty had opened today, at the bottom of Causewayhead. Following on from my Blog from Tuesday about two...
View ArticleDamned if you do damned if you don’t.
This evening (13 June 2013) there is a meeting of the Penzance Town Council Planning Committee, this will be the second meeting of that committee since the elections, of the 10 members on the...
View ArticlePlanning Applications. Damned Again
Two weeks ago, I wrote a piece on a Planning Application for change of use from a retail shop to a take away. Read ‘Damned if you do Damned if you don't’ hereA bit like buses immediately along comes...
View ArticleCoinagehall Street redevelopment in Penzance
This morning I went to a meeting with the developers of the Old Vospers Garage (Coinagehall Street) site in Penzance, the meeting had been scheduled for sometime, and was a follow up to the public...
View ArticleRetail Park in 'Hayle'
I read with interest the article in this weeks Cornishman (5th Sept) regarding the proposed retail development in ‘Hayle’. The first thing that comes to mind is that the development is no more in Hayle...
View ArticleBuses, Penwith and Cornwall Council
Having just read the statement on the Western Greyhound website http://www.westerngreyhound.com./ ‘Notice was given by Cornwall Council officers on a number of routes at the end of July and we were...
View ArticlePenzance Farmers Market
This afternoon was the AGM of Penzance Farmers Market. I am very happy to announce that I was voted in to be Chairman for the coming year. Over the past 5 years, the Penzance Farmer Market has grown...
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'Gulval to be consumed by Penzance Housing'
Today I was forwarded an e-mail from a colleague concerning yet another development being planned in Penzance & Gulval, as you can read below officers at Cornwall Council already think that enough...
View ArticleCouncil Chief Executives, Serial Job Changers
In any other walk of life when recruiting staff would you consider a serial job changer? The answer I think is properly no, you want staff to be loyal, grow into the company, see their decisions come...
View ArticleMore Parking Shenanigans at Cornwall Council
Whilst searching for something else on Cornwall Councils Website, I came across this little nugget of information.Cornwall Council will be trialling reduced car parking in several Council owned car...
View ArticleCornwall Council withdraws another service.
Tucked away in my briefing notes this week was a letter for information from the Highway Network Manager, the information being passed on was that in future the Highways Department would not be...
View ArticleCouncil Tax
Its budget planning time up at Cornwall Council and once again cuts to services and facilities is the order of the day and once again there are calls for town and parish councils to take over some of...
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