I often get asked about what's happening with the Butchers Arms pub. Well, having met with the owner, members of BAPS (Butchers Arms Preservation Society), and our Cornwall Councillor, it seems that the Butchers Arms still has a future as a pub. The building is boarded up and so looks abandoned, but having seen inside, it is in a good dry condition. All the furniture, pumps and kitchen has been cleared out, but the bars, flagstones and pub signs are all still there. A lot of work needs to be done to get the pub running, but the owner will invest if someone can be found to lease the pub. BAPS are investigating options, or maybe a new landlord will step forward.
Three quarters of the Pensilva Recreation Ground East field owned by Cornwall Council and used by different parts of the community such as; the Primary School, the junior football club and others is being disposed of by Cornwall Council. Pensilva Recreation Ground charity owns the West field with the main football pitch, and a quarter of the East field. Cornwall Council are inclined to transfer the land to the Primary School in preference to the Parish Council and are not considering the Pensilva Recreation Ground charity. This seems like a bad move for the community, since both the Parish Council and the Primary School are likely to try to build on the land when short of cash. In order to preserve the land for community use it should be transferred to the charity which is obliged to keep it for recreational use in perpetuity.
It's been suggested that we should walk the Parish Paths. Does anyone want to join me inspecting our paths, especially if you know them well, as I don't know them as well as I'd like to.
Don’t forget the parish
website st-ive-parishcouncil.gov.uk with council meeting agendas and
minutes; also downloadable copies of the Parish Pump. For those of you
who do Facebook, our St Ive Parish Council page is still being updated
with parish news. Phone me, email me on martin.corney@btinternet.com or
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