Artist s impression of how the site and hilltop park will look. Credit: Lavigne Lonsdale/Cornwall Council planning register A Fantastic opportunity to create a brand new public park on the old oil depot above Falmouth docks has been granted conditional approval. Cornwall Council has granted permission for Castle Drive Developments Ltd to build six underground homes and create a public park on the site above Castle Drive. The scheme was recently described as fantastic when it came before Falmouth Town Council s planning committee. Councillor John Spargo said he fully supported the scheme and described the creation of a new public park for Falmouth as fantastic .
AN investigation has revealed that the blockage of a sewer pipe at Gyllyngvase has been caused by concrete, asphalt and stone. Over the weekend South West Water were called out to the public toilets on Gyllyngvase Beach after reports of raw sewage spilling onto the beach. A manhole had lifted up and raw sewage had spilled onto the pavement. They conducted a CCTV survey and found the pipe had been blocked by a variety of building materials. It said it s next step would be to investigate and clear out the rubble. The area has been sealed off with red and white tape and cones on Monday.
The saga of the Gyllyngvase Beach public toilets looks set to continue with no relief for users after raw sewage spilt onto the pavement outside at the weekend. The toilets on Falmouth sea front have been plagued with problems for over a month and have been closed for health and safety reasons because of problems with the pipework. South West Water has been investigating the problem but have so far not been able to resolve the issue. On Sunday the problem resurfaced once again with raw sewage being spilt onto the pavement after back pressure caused the manhole cover to be lifted.