Quality of life.

I have enjoyed and been reminded of how beautifull the place where I live can be without the sounds and smells of various kinds of transport. The birds are louder and the smells are sweeter the skies are cleaner and people communicated more.

With this in mind this is what I would like to see:

Much less use of cars (I would like to stop using mine. However this is not possible at the moment due to lack of any alternative). We need a much better transport system with a fleets of small people-carrier type vehicles ferrying people to their destinations. I am horrified by the noise generated by planes and helicopters taking tourists to the Scillies (15 last Friday and I stopped counting) and I really believe that these trips should be curtailed because they are at the expense of the people who live here and they destroy what the countryside has to offer to us and very much to the detriment of holiday makers In West Penwith.

I would also like to see much better planning for new build estates so that car parking is carefully planned, soft landscaping is included, wind tunnels are not created and the inhabitants have a view not of their car but of a green area. They should also include good bus links to major towns. Estates should become places where people are proud to live therefore take care of them and the surroundings.

A reduction in business rates for high street properties.

Better management of tourism. Public lavatories should always be open and managed.

An end to solar panels in fields and an huge increase of solar panels on flat roofs in industrial estates and within built up areas.

A general policy where the countryside is valued for what it can be not for what can be taken away from it. For example the habit of cutting kerbside vegetation on lanes during summer and autumn is truly horrific for wildlife. They are important wildlife corridors and should be cherished.