Letter Writing

If you want to do one thing this week to try and Save College Valley then write a letter to either of these planning officers at Cornwall Council asking them to remove College Valley from the allocations list:

Matthew Williams MRTPI Principal Planning Officer Delivery Team Planning Housing and Regeneration Service Cornwall Council Dolcoath Avenue, Camborne. TR14 8SX

Matthew Brown :

Planning Delivery Group Leader First Floor Council Offices Dolcoath Avenue Camborne TR14 8SX

Here are some reasons you could give:

A) The breakdown of natural bio-diversity and ecology caused by manmade pollution especially on fragile ancient woodland (especially since there is soil contamination). B) The threat to wildlife including several red and amber status animals and plant life. C) Damage & loss of the remaining lower valley to Flooding (and sewerage overflow) and also the high risk of flooding to lower properties. A drainage report carried out on the lower Glasney Valley confirms that it is a floodplain and at high risk of flooding. D) The loss of one of the Towns oldest and most spectacular landscapes; it is a visible and highly valued landscape and area within the Town, utilised widely used by the Community. E) Loss of one of the Towns oldest heritage foundations valued as part of the Towns heritage which is respected and protected as such. F. Loss of the Community’s sense of place and well-being caused by the negative effects on this site by any development. By this we mean not just on the, ‘observed’, landscape but to the public areas below. G. Based on the high cost of building on this site the potential to deliver 40% affordable housing would be severely in doubt. The cost implications of building on a site with this topography, managing water run-off and mitigating the flood risk to the lower valley, along with a range of other factors mean any developer would be able to reduce their commitment to the level of affordable housing they deliver.