Comments on: Housing Bombshell

By: Anthony Hoskings

Anthony Hoskings — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 19:11:29 +0000

We seriously need to see what infrastructure is going to be built to support over 4000 houses a year. We will desperately need more Hospital, Dentists and Doctors. Ask our local MP’s what support will we get from the Government. 75% of these house must be for local people with a financial structure created to allow young people to meet the cost

By: Stephen Horscroft

Stephen Horscroft — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 18:07:14 +0000

We have 35,000 empty or under used properties in Cornwall and (in addition) empty spaces in town centres and upstairs from shops. Tearing up green fields which we need for food and biodiversity is madness. In the period 2004-24 almost 60,000 more houses were delivered in Cornwall (DCLG figures) yet homelessness has now gone up to a record 27,000. This proves that you simply cannot build your way out of a housing crisis. Some Labour MPs (Fred Thomas and Anna Geldard) appear to be suggesting that Cornwall will not get any more funding or house building unless it signs up to a Devonwall Mayor. On the house building that sounds like yet another good reason not to agree to it.

By: Yvonne Frost

Yvonne Frost — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:39:35 +0000

This is such an awful decision, I doubt any of these houses will be affordable to local families. As for our local MPs they are towing the party line with no thought for our community

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:31:48 +0000

I agree with Paul Caruana! This is thoughtless wanton destruction of our county. Surely the local authority has to consult with the people of Cornwall. There are already hundreds of houses being built accross the County, none of them are council housing. Affordable housing is a joke, they are only affordable once, then they are subject to market forces, so the only people who benefit are the developers! Inferstructure has to be the main priority before considering new housing. Truro is gridlocked most of the time, there is a shortage of doctors, dentists, care facilities, nurses, builders, so building more houses is a waste of time and will only compound the situation we are already in!

By: Paul Caruana

Paul Caruana — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 18:15:11 +0000

Going “skywards” isn’t what Cornwall is about. We need houses but for whom ? Locals ?
Londoners ? Migrants ? Locals have very little chance of securing affordable accommodation via our council. If priority was given to locals I might agree with it. If it is for others, I am not. Our local MPs seem to be out of touch with the feelings of local people. Unless and until local views are taken seriously, little will change.