Duchy plans 800 homes at Nansledan
Plans for 800 new homes, high street shops, a supermarket and primary school on the edge of a Cornish town have been tabled by the Duchy of Cornwall.
Land to the east of Newquay town centre has been earmarked for development by local authorities for more than 20 years.
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Prince Charles's Duchy of Cornwall already has outline permission for 500 new homes and business units on the site which is now known as Nansledan – Cornish for "broad valley".
It has now submitted another outline application for up to 800 houses, a third of which would be affordable homes, as well as local shops and a major supermarket.
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"This application is for the heart of Nansledan and would bring a range of community and economic benefits to Newquay including a new church, primary school, playing fields and the opportunity for hundreds of jobs consistent with our target of one job per household," The Duchy's Tim Gray said.
"Crucially, we would use net proceeds – including those from the supermarket – to pay for key infrastructure.
"In practice, that means helping to pay for the Newquay strategic route which Cornwall Council has identified as vital to diversifying Newquay's economy and boosting the town's links with the Aerohub Enterprise Zone at Newquay Airport, where it hopes to create 5,000 jobs."
Comments
by Olly_Gark
Wednesday, October 03 2012, 3:20PM
“I don't think Charles - the 'eco-prince' - will be happy until he has concreted over every blade of grass in Cornwall.
Stripped of the hype this is - like the supermarket development that is to be imposed on us on the outskirts of Truro - simply greed and environmental vandalism for the fat profits of a handful of people; ie. Charles and his cronies.”
by youngcornwall
Wednesday, October 03 2012, 12:37PM
“If we do not grow we will stagnate. Some would like to have the monopoly, restricting people from having a choice, shop with us or do without, the same as those objecting to new houses being built, "not in my back garden it could lower the value of our properties". Good on the Duke of Cornwall for looking ahead I say.”
by Jonny2010
Wednesday, October 03 2012, 12:01PM
“The so-called "private estate" in action once again.”
by shagrats
Wednesday, October 03 2012, 11:46AM
“The the model here is
Supermarket bankrolls new development (from money made by selling us stuff)
New development creates new jobs in new supermarket
New supermarket makes money off the people it gives the new jobs to.
This is like perpetual motion, however as physics has proved perpetual motion can only exist in a va***. And this is a va*** of new ideas with any real economic merit.
Where are the manafacturing jobs that actually create wealth ?, we can't base our economy on supermarkets and seasonal tourisim. Just by saying if we build a load of houses and a supermarket all our prayers will be answered is just plain daft. Why doesn't anyone in power push for an alternative to this short term "flurry of activity" smokescreen of supermarket / houses and get on with encouraging small buisness to flourish and expand.”