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    [Save Penwith Moors] Carn Galva for Common Land

    Posted on 18 May 2012 | No Comments
    Save Penwith Moors has initiated an application to re-register a large part of Carn Galva as Common Land – the first of several such applications for West Penwith moorland. This will give the area far better protection from any future development (permanent fencing/gates, farm sheds...
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    Concreting Cornwall? Last chance to say no!

    Posted on 14 February 2012 | 1 Comment
    Important news that may have passed you by! On January 9 this year, while most of Cornwall was either still recovering from an almighty New Year’s Eve hangover, or yet to focus on what made them decide on just those resolutions for 2012, Cornwall Council...
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    [Save Penwith Moors] 2.5% is too much for ‘not-natural England’

    Posted on 9 November 2011 | No Comments
    2.5 % IS ALL WE ARE ASKING FOR, says Save Penwith Moors: The total ‘Natural England’ target area for ‘Higher Level Stewardship’ in Penwith is 24,134 hectares. Save Penwith Moors are requesting that the six areas below are left free of new stock proofing and...
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    Craig Weatherhill: Arrogant Qangos Must Go!

    Posted on 30 October 2011 | No Comments
    A Penzance archaeologist and historian has joined with Cornish MP George Eustice in calling for ‘English’ Heritage to be replaced, in Cornwall, with a locally based body. Craig Weatherhill, author of several books, papers and articles, is exasperated by what he terms: “This arrogant quango’s...
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    Mega Incinerator project could be up in smoke!

    Posted on 18 October 2011 | No Comments
    An official press statement from UK Law News from the High Court on the  recent St Dennis incinerator ruling. It was as follows: “Objectors opposed to plans for a waste incinerator in the picturesque Cornish countryside today triumphed in their High Court challenge to the...
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    40,000 more houses for Cornwall by 2030!

    Posted on 7 August 2011 | 1 Comment
    At the Cornwall Council Planning Policy Advisory Panel meeting on Thursday 4 August 2011, the councillors did not support the officers recommendation to set a housing target of 54,000 new properties between 2010 and 2030. The revised figure that was closely voted on (6:5) will...