As the Summer holidays; with gala, carnival and fete season comes round once again, the business of the parish carries on. As ever the Parish Council is trying to save money, so we are going to mow the recreation grounds ourselves instead of putting the work out to tender.
Although Ruth Wilson is new to the Parish Council she has agreed to chair the Parks and Open Spaces Committee. As well as the usual maintenance of recreation grounds, play equipment, cemetery and bus shelters, the committee is looking at the issue of allotments. There are currently no allotments in the parish. One of the features of housing in Pensilva, and a key feature of it's World Heritage Site status, are the large garden plots associated with the miners' cottages. This obviously provided space for growing vegetables, and may be the reason we have no allotments. Maybe because of this there was no need for allotments back then. But now we have lots of new housing with small gardens, this would explain why the 2014 survey showed a demand for hundreds of allotments.
The
Neighbourhood Development Plan has finally received the grant money to print copies of the survey report for those who would like a copy. We have also found out that we need to coordinate our plan with all the others in the Caradon Community Network Area in order to ensure that the Cornwall Council Local Plan targets for housing are met. If we don't then our Parish Plan will be invalid.
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