Strike Whilst the Iron's Hot

TV shows making Cornwall look like paradise encourage tourism and people moving here. That is ok, but the current rate is unsustainable. We need to get control of our destiny.

.ban homes being sold as 2nd homes. Allow more caravan sites, purpose-built lodges, hotels, B&Bs etc. We want people to come, but not damage the county

.stop building on our countryside (not always council's fault due to govt targets) but expensive, ugly, small, squashed houses are being thrown up everywhere. If developers want to build, they must use brown fields and there must be a much larger % of affordable homes for locals. The % that developers have been allowed to get away with is an outrage. Homes must be eco too. I'm sick of the planning free-for-all with locals' opinions brushed aside as a nuisance. Planners make decision, but locals have to endure the consequences

.pedestrians and cyclists, not cars, should be king. Have more cycle lanes and clear footpaths. So many have been overgrown and covered in dog mess for years. Roads aren't allowed to get into this condition, so why footpaths and pavements?

.harder stance on antisocial behaviour. Since pubs/bars closed and homeless off the streets, not much drunkenness etc. If places serve people who are already drunk, they should lose their licence. Zero tolerance, and more effort to house the homeless.

.more focus on the elderly with a better help network. During lockdown, neighbours everywhere have been great, but council needs to be involved with those who need it in their own homes. Council-run retirement homes were almost always better (I know from past experience).

.more help for the young. Jobs mainly in the tourist industry are hardly ones to aspire to. Who wants to be a waiter all their life? More jobs/training in e.g. agriculture/horticulture/ecology/technology so that the young don't have to leave, especially if they can get housing here that they can afford.

Thanks.