THINKING TRURRA
An ‘Ideas Exchange’ of short talks exploring the present and future for Truro presented by Truro Civic Society, in partnership with Truro City Council,...
March 28, 2018
The Truro List – please comment
Following the successful introduction of the Truro & Kenwyn Neighbourhood Plan, and the previously successful process to develop a Truro Conservation Area Management...
February 2, 2018
Truro is dead at night ‘because no one actually lives in the city centre anymore’
Bert Biscoe opens the debate about the opportunities available to us at the old Carrick site. Read more Here
November 3, 2017
Report September 2017
15/16 St Clement Street I hesitate to say anything but there’s a mini-digger, a pile of aggregate and a man with a theodolite on...
October 26, 2017
Boscawen Street Still Thriving
I was once asked to visit a widow who was anxious about a letter from the Dept. of Revs & Bens (DRAB!) about her...
August 4, 2017
What’s happening in Truro?
April 2017 Pydar Street News is that the deal to secure the whole of the site occupied by Carrick DC is nearing completion. This...
April 30, 2017
A Message from the Neighbourhood Plan team
For five long years Truro City Council and Kenwyn Parish councillors have worked hard to provide this Neighbourhood Plan for Truro and Kenwyn. It...
April 24, 2017
Current Issues in Truro
Chairman’s Report The winter has brought a difficult set of issues forward to preoccupy us as homeless people, many with mental health problems, addictions...
February 2, 2017
THE STORY OF TRURO WATER
By Bert Biscoe They say, in the gloomier, more prosaic corridors that we are never more than six feet away from a rat! Living...
January 9, 2017
Cornish Buildings Group debate
The Cornish Buildings Group are pleased to announce further details of our 2017 conference based around the theme of architectural design for Cornwall. The...
November 4, 2016
Vote Yes on November 10th
The Neighbourhood Plan is an important Planning document produced by the community to set out how planning decisions should be made in the area....
October 23, 2016
The Changing Face of Retailing in Truro
My first real experience in the retail trade was as a ‘Saturday boy’ in Debenhams of Northampton in 1977. I worked on the menswear...
July 11, 2016
Carrick- the Essential Debate
Across town the stasis which has embalmed the Carrick site persists. It is a large area and one which, in my view, should stimulate...
February 18, 2016
Idea for a Flourishing Foyer
In about 1982 I enquired about hiring Truro City Hall to put on a couple of rock bands. I was told that, although I...
February 1, 2016
What’s up – Christmas 2015
It would appear that the Railway Station forecourt project is ‘on hold’ – not sure of the reason, but I have spoken to Emma...
November 27, 2015
Current Planning Issues
I am glad to report that some improvements have been made to 117 Kenwyn Street. The site has been leased to the Hub Box,...
October 11, 2015
Blunt not the heart, enrage it! *
A new government and new relaxations – no planning consent required for brownfield sites! I have circulated to all members copies of the Conservation...
July 17, 2015
Of Stadiums, Supermarkets and Sewage
The big news this month is the latest round in the battle to build at Threemilestone. Thursday 12th March saw four major applications and...
March 23, 2015
TRURO UNDER THREAT FROM WRECKERS BALL
The Cornish Buildings Group and Truro Civic Society have joined forces to raise concerns about historic buildings in Truro. Paul Holden, Chairman of the...
February 5, 2015
Truro & Global Warming – a solution?
THE MISSING ELEPHANT A personal view by Michael Burgess On Wednesday 7 January 2015 Roger Gazzard, Clerk to Truro City Council gave a...
January 24, 2015