06/01/2025 PA24/07500 APPROVEDApplicant:- Mrs S DHarumpalLocation:- Holland & Barrett 8 Fore Street Bodmin Cornwall PL31 2HQProposal Listed building consent for internal alterations, shop sign and new fire escapeWard: Bodmin St PetrocParish:- BODMINhttps://planning.cornwall.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=SKMIZ4FGM0S00

06/01/2025 PA24/07626 APPROVEDApplicant:- Mrs Sandhya DharumpalLocation:- Holland & Barrett 8 Fore Street Bodmin Cornwall PL31 2HQProposal Install new external fire escapeWard: Bodmin St PetrocParish:- BODMINhttps://planning.cornwall.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=SKS8AZFGI8400

Cornwall IFCA Takes Action to Protect Local Crustacean Species In a significant move to safeguard local marine life, Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) has introduced a new byelaw aimed at managing fishing efforts on edible crab and lobster stocks within Cornwall’s inshore waters. This decision follows an extensive stakeholder-led process and was approved […]

Members of Cornwall Youth Council have published a manifesto outlining their goals for the next two years.  The plan includes making sure children and young people have a safe home to live in, are involved in decisions at school that impact on them, have better parks and playgrounds, and know how to look after their […]

The Liberal Democrat Group have set out their priorities for engaging with the government on their devolution proposals set out in a White Paper published just before Christmas 2024

DRAFT contents Devolution bid: Somerset Council is included in an amended combined authority devolution bid with Wiltshire and Dorset Councils, which will include a Mayor for the Heart of Wessex – Leaders welcome Devolution White Paper and Revised Expression of Interest in devolution by Dorset, Somerset, and Wiltshire Councils. Planning: Somerset Local Plan ‘call for […]

Smallbrook Road in Warminster will be shut for motor vehicles from February 1st to April 30th each year so the toads of the town can cross safely.  The road goes through Smallbrook Meadows nature reserve, and, in the council’s words, “Toads migrate to their ancestral breeding ponds and are required to cross Smallbrook Road during […]

Cheadle MP Tom Morrison has voiced his deep disappointment and frustration at the Planning Inspector’s decision to allow 278 homes to be developed on land formerly used as Gatley Golf Course despite huge amounts of local opposition and Stockport Council refusing the plans last year. “This is a devastating blow to our community and to […]

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Good news has been announced this week (published Guardian 7th Jan 2025) The Government aims to eliminate remaining internet blackspots, it is reported, with the announcement of £289 million in new contracts to provide gigabit-level fibre broadband to 131,000 households and businesses in rural areas of England and Wales. The full article can be seen […]