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
Chairman’s Report July 2013
TCS in a dividing society The economy appears to be picking up – or at least, property prices seem to be rising. The plight...
July 23, 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
A Good Debate
The debate between Mike Burgess and Luci Isaacson about how to prepare Truro for the future impacts of climate change was lively and well...
January 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
Chairman’s Report – October 2012
Autumn has inserted itself between the showers! The magpies in the tree behind my house rattle like a pair of over-excited snipers, whilst the battle...
October 22, 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
