Proposed new developments
Truro Football Club Mrs Carlyon and I visited the exhibition of the proposals which will form a planning application for a retail development. It...
October 4, 2014
Spring Report
We come to the end of yet another turbulent, discomforting year when loss and disappointment overwhelm and eclipse small local positives. Our town is...
June 1, 2014
Truro Parking and Traffic
There is a growing conflict emerging between commuters and residents over parking, which is giving rise to a growing number of enquiries for Residents Parking...
April 13, 2014
The ‘Developing’ Situation
‘The Battle for the land’ The current situation is complex. Following the loss of the Tolgarrick fight we are now seeing applications coming in...
December 6, 2013
Troubled Times
Truro City Council lost its Judicial Review against Cornwall Council. It was a comprehensive decision. The Judge found against TCC on all six points....
September 5, 2013
Conservation Matters
MEETING OF THE TRURO CONSERVATION AREA ADVISORY COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY 3 APRIL 2013 at 10.00 am PRESENT: Hugh Lander (Chairman) James Bright (Vice-Chairman) Councillor...
April 24, 2013
Prospects for the Property Market
A recent Report by Vickery Holman takes an overview of the prospects for the property market. Whilst an element of this stuff is puffery, the...
April 22, 2013
Chairman’s Report – November 2012
Last week I received a letter from Scot Gilchrist who is visiting relatives in New Zealand. When the Duke of Cornwall visited Wellington on...
November 26, 2012
“To kill two birds with one stone”
(Many thanks to Mike Burgess for submitting this thought provoking article) A few thoughts on a strategic plan to deal with possible...
November 3, 2012
Number One Priority is Sewerage
Chairman’s Report – September 2012 The new application for Tolgarrick Farm – upon which the Society needs to make a submission – includes correspondence...
September 5, 2012
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...
August 15, 2012
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...
August 9, 2012
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...
May 23, 2012
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...
April 27, 2012
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...
April 25, 2012
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....
January 5, 2012
