LABOUR councillors are promising to work collaboratively with all their colleagues after taking control of the council at the Falmouth Town Council annual meeting last night. Last night saw many changes as new councillors took their places following the local elections on 6 May. It was the first physical, although socially distanced, meeting since lockdown began last year.
Labour Councillors - Emily Seiler, Jayne Kirkham, Kirstie Edwards, Brod Ross, Jude Robinson, Gerald Chin-Quee, Zoe Young, Debra Clegg, Alan Rowe, Louise Coley. Steve Eva was elected as Town Mayor, he will be supported by Deputy Mayor Kirstie Edwards Steve’s consort will be Mayoress Vicky Eva and his Chaplain will be Canon Bill Stuart-White. The mayoral charity www.georgiasvoice.co.uk Georgia s Voice
There will be more concentration on environmental issues after Falmouth voted in Labour majority town council - bucking the national trend. The political balance now stands at ten Labour, two Conservatives, two Independent, one Lib Dem and one Green. Dean Evans is the first Green party candidate to have ever been elected to the town council. The new Labour town councillors are: Arwenack: Emily Seiler and Zoe Young; Boslowick: Debra Clegg; Penwerris: Gerald Chin-Quee (although Gerald is a veteran of the council), Kirstie Edwards, Jayne Kirkham, who was also re-elected to the county council, and Alan Rowe. Re-elected Labour town councillors are Jude Robinson, Arwenack and Louise Coley and Brod Ross for Trescobeas.
133 homes are to be built at Kergilliack on the outskirts of Cornwall. Picture from file: Getty Images A development of 133 homes near Falmouth has been granted planning permission despite concerns about plans to narrow a road to create a new footpath. Barratt David Wilson Homes had applied for full permission to build the new homes on land off Hillhead Road in Budock. The application went before Cornwall Council’s west sub-area planning committee yesterday for a third time after it was deferred twice by councillors who were concerned about proposals to narrow Kergilliack Road to allow for a new footpath which would serve the development.
The design of the front wall on the controversial Liner building on Falmouth seafront has been been passed to the enforcement officer at Cornwall Council over claims it is in breach of planning permission. Councillor David Saunby told the Packet that Cornwall Council Planning Enforcement are now involved, as there seems to be a clear breach of what was originally approved in the planning conditions, regarding the type of stone used, and the wall construction, not fitting in with other granite walls in the immediate area. The issue was first brought up at a meeting of Falmouth Town Council back in December when councillors criticised the design of the wall.
OVERWHELMING opposition has led to a proposal to create a shared use cycleway through a much loved wildlife woodland being thrown out. Cormac Solutions, on behalf of Cornwall Council, had proposed to widen part of the footpath network through Tregoniggie Woodland and convert it to a shared use path for use by pedestrians and cyclists as part of the emerging walking and cycling network for Falmouth. There were also planning changes to the entrances to the woodland to facilitate safe use by pedestrians and cyclists with signs put up to reflect the semi rural nature of the area . But a virtual meeting last week it was decided to withdraw the proposal after overwhelming public opposition led by the Friends of Tregoniggie Woods.