Population growth and greed

Virtually every person I know who cares about the Duchy are aghast at the level of housing development that is being foisted upon us. And not for the benefit of local people. It seems a mission from those in charge to attract more and more people to Cornwall whether it be to holiday or to live. This cannot continue at the rate it has been over the past 10 years without seriously impacting on the quality of life of those already living here.

Cornwall is in severe danger of 'cooking the golden goose'. When the Duchy is covered in concrete, nobody will want to come here and nobody will want to live here. Those that remain will have to put up with an environment that has been ruined in the name of greed.

Second home ownership should be severely curtailed, new housing development stopped and those involved in tourism should realise that there is a limit to how many visitors can be accommodated without severely testing the goodwill of residents and our beautiful environment. At the moment, economic growth still trumps all despite the evidence of the damage it causes all around us.

Cornwall Council are not entirely responsible for this state of affairs but it sometimes appears they are happy to maintain the status quo for whatever reason.