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Heartlands plans for Pool go on show

Members of the public will soon have the chance to see the latest exciting plans for the innovative Pool village scheme.


Plans will go on show on Monday 28th July at the Hub Club next to Carn Brea Leisure in Station Road, Pool.

The village scheme is an integral part of the Heartlands project, funded with £22 million of Big Lottery money, which contributes to the wider regeneration of Camborne, Pool and Redruth.

Heartlands plans to transform Pool into a living landmark – a superb cultural landscape with public green spaces and extensive streetscaping improvements. The site of the Robinson’s Shaft former mining complex is set to incorporate a World Heritage Site gateway centre and a possible Centre for Innovation and Creativity.

Construction is due to begin in January 2009, with completion expected by April 2010.

The village scheme plans are being exhibited at the Hub Club in partnership with Cornwall County Council’s statutory highways consultation.

Come along to the Hub Club on Monday 28th July between 12noon and 7pm to view the latest plans and talk to the architects who have designed the scheme.

Councillor Carolyn Rule, Portfolio Holder for Economy and Regeneration said: “This development is the most exciting news to hit the Pool area for decades. It will celebrate our local traditions of innovation and creativity and help Pool to once again become a truly great place to live, work and play.”





Scott James, Programme Director for Heartlands said: “We are busy finalising plans for when construction begins in just six months time. The entire Heartlands team is inspired and excited at the prospect of what can be achieved following the extensive consultation we have undertaken over the last two years in the community. This event is a sign of genuine progress in developing the scheme since our successful grant application and we hope people take the opportunity to find out more on Heartlands and the village element in particular”


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Notes for Editors

• Heartlands Project is a community-led vision to transform Cornwall’s most derelict urban area into a truly inspirational cultural landscape.

• In November 2007 Cornwall’s Heartland Project received £22.3 million in funding from the Big Lottery’s Fund Living Landmarks programme, to transform the area of Camborne, Pool and Redruth. Heartlands was one of three projects in the UK to receive funding and the only project in England that was successful.

• Hub Club is an innovative and unique project funded locally by the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund and Sport England to address at a local level a national trend of non- participation in beneficial sports and physical exercise.

• Hub Club began in June 2005 and initially had funding for three years. It is based at the Club Resource Centre in Pool, Redruth, next to Carn Brea Leisure Centre. Hub Club supports a range of grass roots clubs from youth to senior able bodied and for those with a disability.

• The Big Lottery Fund rolls out close to £2million in Lottery good cause money every 24 hours with other Lottery distributors mean that across the UK most people are within a few miles of a Lottery-funded project

• The Big Lottery Fund, the largest of the National Lottery good cause distributors, has been rolling out grants to health, education, environment and charitable causes across the UK since its inception in June 2004. It was established by parliament on 1 December 2006