by Dawn Robinson-Walsh | Oct 29, 2023 | Cornwall, Councils, Environment, Weather
Crews from St Mary’s (Isles of Scilly), Falmouth, Helston, Truro, St Mawes, Polruan, Liskeard and Looe have all attended flooding incidents in the past 12 hours, and the danger is not over yet. Flood alerts have been updated today and still include Flexbury and...
by Dawn Robinson-Walsh | Oct 29, 2023 | Councils, Environment
Torridge Council, which includes places close to Bude such as Holsworthy, Welcombe, Bradworthy and Hartland, is reminding people about litter and the penalties for dumping it. Dropping or depositing litter on any land in the open air is an offence under...
by Dawn Robinson-Walsh | Oct 25, 2023 | Bude, Councils, Planning
Bude’s Falcon Hotel has applied for Planning and Conservation Area consent for the erection of an extension to The Falcon Hotel to provide four holiday letting apartments, together with associated parking. The application number is PA23/07019 From the application...
by Dawn Robinson-Walsh | Oct 12, 2023 | Community, Consumer, Cornwall, Councils
From Cornwall Council: Cornwall Council still needs to confirm the bank account details of around 5,500 council taxpayers in order to pass on a £150 rebate to help meet energy bill demands. The money was part of the Government’s measures to tackle the rising cost of...
by Dawn Robinson-Walsh | Oct 10, 2023 | Councils, Planning
Many people were delighted by the prospect of a crematorium at Poundstock, making cremations much easier for bereaved families than the current long journey to Bodmin or Barnstaple provides. Equally, many who lived or had business interests in Poundstock were appalled...
by Dawn Robinson-Walsh | Oct 10, 2023 | Councils, Devon, Travel
From Devon County Council: The North Devon Link Road will be partially closed for a month from Wednesday 11 October to allow essential maintenance work to go ahead. As part of our ongoing scheme to upgrade the A361, contractor Griffiths needs to excavate the road in a...