The Core Strategy
I abhor the unremitting increase of concrete over the Cornish countryside, but an irrational and emotional response to the planned housing provision in the Core Strategy will fail to influence our policy makers and...
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What has gone wrong with the planning system in Cornwall?
It was not until l948 that the Government introduced the Planning Act to regulate what and where land was developed. Since that time the Government have set the parameters and the County Councils and...
Rob Nolan on the Truro & Kenwyn Neighbourhood Plan
People say to me, why are we continuing with the Neighbourhood Plan, when Cornwall Council have already made all the big decisions. And it’s a fair question. I’ve fought tooth and nail against the...
A Sustainable Energy Future for Truro
The economy is depressed, public services are under pressure, employment is difficult to find, and we have waste problems, pressure on farmland for development, and then…there’s climate change! You start to think there’s no...
How do the leats work?
The leat system in Truro starts at Waterfall Gardens just off St George’s Road, and is extracted from the river Kenwyn, but until the early 2000’s it was extracted by the use of a...
Chairman’s Report – May 2012.
Firstly, I hope that everybody who came found the talk given by Professor Mike Jenks about ‘future thinking’ of interest and value. Some people found it hard to hear (the acoustics of the council chamber are...
Run Kernow! Run! Now!
[AFG_gallery] Run Kernow! Run! Now! Phoenicians, Arimethea Joe, Herodotus, Polydore Virgil – Past Gibraltar against the wind, Gale-filled sail – North, Boys. North! Up old Europe’s belly, across Biscay – Then Kernow – The...
A visit to the Chantry Garden
When Haley moved into the Chantry flat in August 2009 , she could see a garden becoming established . The land owned by the Chapter of Truro Cathedral had seriously been overgrown for many years,...
An undershot at the future!
Could Truro’s future energy needs be partly generated by calling on one of the wonders of past times? Truro lies in a delta – a meeting place between the sea and the rivers which...
Cap’n Swift – rumour or wraith? Or is it art?!!
When Truro’s sea trade was at its height and Sir Charles Lemon’s Quay was a hub of activity the opes were the ways used by most stevedores and seamen to reach the impatient arrivals...
Too Much “Authority”
I have felt for a long time that ‘authorities from beyond Truro who make regulations for Truro have little or no concern for the quality of life of those of us who live in...
Famous sons – Richard Lander
Richard Lemon Lander was the son of a Truro innkeeper, born in the Daniell Arms. His explorations began as an assistant to the Scottish explorer Hugh Clapperton on an expedition to Western Africa in...
Something’s happening at long last
Thanks to Edwina, you can now read all the past chairman’s reports and see the minutes of the last meeting of the Truro Civic Society. So here’s a little challenge for you. See if...
The Careless Cut is the Killer!
Under every great painting lies a canvas, and it is the quality of, and care for, that canvas, that allows the painting to endure. It is similarly true that behind the beauty and heritage...
Hello everybody
This is the start of the new Truro Civic Society Website.
History of Truro
By the start of the 14th century Truro was an important port, thanks firstly to its inland location away from invaders and its prosperity from the fishing industry, but also to its new role as...