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Carrick: Crantock - a ghost town?A survey has been launched in Crantock to find out if the area really was becoming a ‘ghost town’. The new survey aims to produce a map detailing the ownership of homes in the village. The move came about after Councillor Jill Smith became alarmed when a row of houses in her street were purchased as holiday homes. She claims that within a year all the cottages opposite her house also became holiday homes. Another councillor said that it took him 11 years to get back to Crantock – his home village – as house prices had escalated so much. Other villages in Cornwall have now also come forward claiming that the severe shortage of affordable homes for local people and struggle for survival of local businesses threatened to kill their communities. The local MP Paul Tyler said he would be lobbying local authorities and the Government for a change in policy. Ideas being mooted include an increase in council tax for second homes, a moratorium on the right to buy rented council accommodation and the need to seek planning permission for change of use to keep a residential property as a second home. |
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Seeds gathered at Cornish gardens Three rescued from capsized boat A fishing boat crew rescues three people from the sea after their speedboat capsizes near Padstow in Cornwall. Priorities to safeguard children A board which monitors children's welfare groups sets out its priorities for the future. Pedestrian hit in bypass accident A pedestrian suffers serious injuries after being hit by a car on the A30 bypass near Camborne. Food prices Cornish farmers fear food bills could rocket if controversial plans get the go ahead from the European Parliament. INTERNET - CAMPAIGN FOR NATIONAL DOMAIN SUFFIXES The Celtic League has urged the Cornish Language Partnership to support the campaign to adopt national internet domain suffixes for the Celtic countries. So far just Ireland and Mannin have national domain suffixes (ie and im respectively). CORNWALL COUNCIL MONEY CRISIS WITH ICELAND? Cornwall Council is welcoming the news that the Local Government Association is meeting with the Government to discuss the position of local authorities who have money invested with the Icelandic bank Landsbanki. CORNWALL COUNCIL IS TRYING TO CHANGE THE RULES OF THE GAME In a further blow to Cornwall CouncilÂ’s plans to build a mass burn incinerator in St. Dennis, it has emerged that the County is seeking to alter the Regional Spatial Strategy for the South West to get round conflicts between the incinerator proposal and new regional planning policy. |
