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Category Archives: discourses and ideologies
Confused, complacent or just kidding us? The environmental costs of Cornwall Council’s ‘environmental growth strategy’
In Cornwall we don’t have any old growth strategy. No, we have an ‘environmental growth strategy’. Back in December 2016, the Council’s ‘vision’ was launched. And what a vision it is. Cunningly pitched far enough in the future so that … Continue reading
Delusional disorder? Cornwall’s housing growth summit
A collective mania firmly grips political and economic elites. Symptoms manifest themselves in the delusion that we live on an elastically extendable planet, with infinite resources available to plunder at will. The escalator of never-ending ‘growth’, infinite consumption and all-devouring … Continue reading
Bring us your huddled masses: housing target rises yet again
So the Government has come up with yet another cunning plan to encourage more housebuilding. Communities Minister Sajid Javid is consulting on a new, simpler method of calculating housing targets to be applied across the board for housing targets to … Continue reading
How did we get into this mess?: 11 Conclusions
So how did we get ourselves into this mess? Let’s sum up. During the ‘debate’ in the final meeting to rubber-stamp a housing target of 52,500 houses last November, a succession of councillors lectured campaigners on their ‘lack of understanding’ … Continue reading
How did we get into this mess?: 7 Preparing to submit, the winter of 2013/14
The revised Local Plan had gone out for consultation with a housing target of 42,250. It re-surfaced in late 2013 with one of 47,500. Planning officers now wanted to add another 5,000 houses, boosting the target to 47,500. The re-named … Continue reading
The myth of ‘developed’ land: the false facts roll on
Cornwall Councillors should really stop taking the pills being peddled to them by their planning officers. This morning on Radio Cornwall there was Joyce Duffin, Liberal Democrat housing portfolio holder, claiming that ‘only about 5% of Cornwall is developed’. The … Continue reading
Fake facts and fantasy: the perils of Pollardspeak
Readers of the West Briton must have choked on their cornflakes this week when they read its letters column. There was the leader of Cornwall Council, John Pollard, popping up to claim that the Council had been supporting the four … Continue reading
What do we want? Reflections on housing, ‘growth’ and the Cornish crisis.
After launching the Charter for Cornwall campaign we were asked by one sceptic what exactly it was that we wanted. The question niggled. How do we sum up the big issue facing Cornwall in a sentence or two? We’re quite … Continue reading
The Devonwall Connection 3: devonwall and Cornwall
On October 21st the Cornish were told, in no uncertain terms, and by a Cabinet Minister no less, to buck themselves up and stop thinking they were ‘distinct’. There was absolutely no prospect of Cornwall being recognised as a region. … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Loughlin, Mark Duddridge, South West Water
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The Devonwall Connection 1: The zombies wake
There was a predictable outburst of indignation when Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Sajid Javid sternly ticked off the Cornish for seeing ‘their county [sic] as distinct from the rest of the region, a special case that … Continue reading
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Tagged Exeter, Pennon, Sajid Javid, South West Water
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Cornwall - a developers' paradise? 