Monthly Archives: May 2018

More on those surveys that never were. Cornwall Council still insists world is flat

Posted on May 3, 2018 by bwdeacon

You have to give Cornwall Council’s planners full credit for being as slippery as a set of eels. First, they concede that they have no actual contemporary survey data to back up their regular claims that 80%+ of new housing … Continue reading →

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The curious case of the Cornwall Council housing surveys that never were

Posted on May 1, 2018 by bwdeacon

Back in 2015 Phil Mason, Cornwall Council’s planning chief, announced at a meeting about housing that new housing projects attracted no in-migrants. Instead, all new houses were actually being built for current residents. It’s fair to say that this was … Continue reading →

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