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Risen from the dead: Cornwall homes reconsidered despite environmental concerns

A plan to build over 200 new houses in Truro, originally approved eight years ago, has been revised by developers.

Yesterday, Wain Homes, a development company that focuses on the North and South West, proposed a re-worked proposal of the 275 homes that were set to be built in Truro, Cornwall.

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The changed plans now include a reduction in the number of affordable homes for the Dudman Farm development, which is located off the Highertown area of the city, to 30% from an original 40%. In a statement the developer revealed that this is due to economically viability.

The development firm claimed it was ‘recognising local comments on this matter and the importance of providing affordable housing in Cornwall.’

Reb Nolan, Liberal Democrat Cornwall Councillor for Truro Boscawen and Redannick, said: ‘What they’re proposing for the affordable is 30%, but our policy is 35%.

‘It is the difference between 96, which is what we’re expecting, and 82, which is what they’re offering.

‘Sixty-seventy of them would be affordable rentals, which is good because it means people have got the chance of getting them.’

Amongst the plans, developers have also stated that access to the eastern part of the site, where 200 houses are planned, will also be through a neighbouring housing estate, Penn an Dre. However, this has raised safety and traffic concerns among residents, said the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS).

Cllr Nolan said when outline permission was first granted in 2015, the houses at Penn and Dre were not there.

‘Work had started on it, but people weren’t living there; so they didn’t get a chance to object,’ said Cllr Nolan. ‘Suddenly they’re going to have all these cars going up and down on a road that just isn’t really suitable. The estate road goes right past the children’s play area.’

Against this backdrop, an online petition opposing the development has more than 1,000 signatures, and there is growing opposition on the council’s online planning portal.

Image: Greg Willson

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