The Cornwall We Want

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In March 2020 people across the whole country experienced a massive change to their way of life. Our resident’s survey in June 2020 showed us that this had triggered an appetite for change. Although there were some very negative side effects of the pandemic, the more positive changes made people realise that life could be different and only 1 in ten people wanted every thing to go back to the way it was before the pandemic.

So we launched “The Cornwall We Want” campaign on 26 June 2020, to hear more from residents about the changes they want for future generations.

We heard from a wide range of people, all across Cornwall. Over 25,000 people visited this online platform to take part in the conversation about the Cornwall we want. Over 900 people have taken part in discussions, round tables and focus groups. Our 3 livestreamed discussions have been watched back over 16,000 times.

You can read more about the ways people could have their say and what we heard from them in this report.

The feedback we heard from residents has been used to shape the vision set out in ‘Gyllyn Warbarth, Together we can: The Cornwall Plan’.

In March 2020 people across the whole country experienced a massive change to their way of life. Our resident’s survey in June 2020 showed us that this had triggered an appetite for change. Although there were some very negative side effects of the pandemic, the more positive changes made people realise that life could be different and only 1 in ten people wanted every thing to go back to the way it was before the pandemic.

So we launched “The Cornwall We Want” campaign on 26 June 2020, to hear more from residents about the changes they want for future generations.

We heard from a wide range of people, all across Cornwall. Over 25,000 people visited this online platform to take part in the conversation about the Cornwall we want. Over 900 people have taken part in discussions, round tables and focus groups. Our 3 livestreamed discussions have been watched back over 16,000 times.

You can read more about the ways people could have their say and what we heard from them in this report.

The feedback we heard from residents has been used to shape the vision set out in ‘Gyllyn Warbarth, Together we can: The Cornwall Plan’.

What are your hopes and fears for the future?


What has your experience of the lockdown been? Has the lockdown made you think again about what matters in your life? What changes do you want to make? What do you want the ‘new normal’ to look like for you, your business or your community? What do you see as the challenges and opportunities to achieving those aims?

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  • Share Strike Whilst the Iron's Hot on Facebook Share Strike Whilst the Iron's Hot on X (formerly Twitter) Share Strike Whilst the Iron's Hot on Linkedin Email Strike Whilst the Iron's Hot link

    Strike Whilst the Iron's Hot

    by Despaired of Cornwall, over 6 years ago

    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... Continue reading

    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.


  • Share Vision for Cornwall#2 on Facebook Share Vision for Cornwall#2 on X (formerly Twitter) Share Vision for Cornwall#2 on Linkedin Email Vision for Cornwall#2 link

    Vision for Cornwall#2

    over 6 years ago

    Another great list @ Sean.

    I could not but chuckle at your last entry ... "Better stabilisers on the Scillonian"

    I'm hoping we can achieve better stabilisers on CC's (or Central Gov's) development policies and associated planning decisions: on new tourism/housing developments in Cornwall in particular!


    Another great list @ Sean.

    I could not but chuckle at your last entry ... "Better stabilisers on the Scillonian"

    I'm hoping we can achieve better stabilisers on CC's (or Central Gov's) development policies and associated planning decisions: on new tourism/housing developments in Cornwall in particular!


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    CC feedback ?

    over 6 years ago

    So far we have this CC statement wrt The Cornwall We Want ... "Only one in ten of Cornwall’s residents want things to go back to the way they were before the Coronavirus pandemic. We want to develop a shared vision for the future of Cornwall so that Cornwall’s recovery leads to a ‘better normal’ than before the crisis."


    What I would ask is how CC is intending to turn the above statement into a real dialogue going into the future !? Who is reviewing all of our input, what will happen to that review and who will be tasked... Continue reading

    So far we have this CC statement wrt The Cornwall We Want ... "Only one in ten of Cornwall’s residents want things to go back to the way they were before the Coronavirus pandemic. We want to develop a shared vision for the future of Cornwall so that Cornwall’s recovery leads to a ‘better normal’ than before the crisis."


    What I would ask is how CC is intending to turn the above statement into a real dialogue going into the future !? Who is reviewing all of our input, what will happen to that review and who will be tasked with making sure that this community feedback is taken account of through the course of CC business and policy making?

    All these inputs - we just need to know that somehow, somewhere, someone will actually be tasked with analysing our input to feed into the policy area of CC and then that CC will corporately listen/discuss and feedback to us the Council's response to the many many consistent themes on the Cornwall we want into the future and whether CC agrees or disagrees and what they are or not going to do in response to our comments, suggestions, feelings, concerns, pie-in-the-sky ideas about how CC should take us towards The Cornwall We (the resident community of Cornwall) Want.

    (Phew, that was a long sentence - apologies if I messed up punctuation.)

    Not withstanding queries above re CC feedback, I reckon the "The Cornwall We Want" portal is a great idea. Thank you CC.

  • Share Listen To The Locals! #2 on Facebook Share Listen To The Locals! #2 on X (formerly Twitter) Share Listen To The Locals! #2 on Linkedin Email Listen To The Locals! #2 link

    Listen To The Locals! #2

    over 6 years ago

    Well, @ pjcarmelin, I would prefer that neither you nor I pay any more pounds to Cornwall Council than absolutely necessary and that second-homers, buy-to-rent owners and anyone buying any property from outside the county or holidaying here pay a bit more instead (a "Kernow community tax" !)

    Various tax/council tax loop-holes have been exposed here and it's definitely time for them to be plugged as a minimum.

    Well, @ pjcarmelin, I would prefer that neither you nor I pay any more pounds to Cornwall Council than absolutely necessary and that second-homers, buy-to-rent owners and anyone buying any property from outside the county or holidaying here pay a bit more instead (a "Kernow community tax" !)

    Various tax/council tax loop-holes have been exposed here and it's definitely time for them to be plugged as a minimum.

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    Peaceful nights.

    by Fran Helston, over 6 years ago

    Closing of pubs and night clubs during lockdown has been bliss for us. Living in the Main Street of Helston is marred by night time noise from over amplified music, intoxicated revellers, fighting, vandalism, taxi doors slamming and engines revving. This uncontrolled night time noise is allowed to go on until 5am. No amount of complaints made to Environmental Health have any effect. Covid19 has provided us with night time peace that most people living in residential areas enjoy, and probably take for granted. I would like licences for music and alcohol returned to when closing time was 11pm for... Continue reading

    Closing of pubs and night clubs during lockdown has been bliss for us. Living in the Main Street of Helston is marred by night time noise from over amplified music, intoxicated revellers, fighting, vandalism, taxi doors slamming and engines revving. This uncontrolled night time noise is allowed to go on until 5am. No amount of complaints made to Environmental Health have any effect. Covid19 has provided us with night time peace that most people living in residential areas enjoy, and probably take for granted. I would like licences for music and alcohol returned to when closing time was 11pm for pubs, midnight for clubs with occasional extensions to 1am. It has been a blessing to have unbroken sleep, resulting in better health and more energy. I dread a return to pre-lockdown.

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    Having an Influence#2

    over 6 years ago

    Great list RingthemBells.

    Great list RingthemBells.

  • Share A little more respect for those of us who live here #2 on Facebook Share A little more respect for those of us who live here #2 on X (formerly Twitter) Share A little more respect for those of us who live here #2 on Linkedin Email A little more respect for those of us who live here #2 link

    A little more respect for those of us who live here #2

    over 6 years ago

    Unarguable thoughts Mor&Jon. Anyone listening ?????

    Unarguable thoughts Mor&Jon. Anyone listening ?????

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    Having an Influence

    by RingthemBells, over 6 years ago

    A County where residents:

    • experience, and are able to enhance, equality
    • are comfortable in, and ambitious for, their green environment
    • are able to reduce their own carbon footprint
    • can give their children the best start in life
    • know they can progress and prosper without having to move out of the County
    • feel they can influence local planning and decision making
    • can contribute effectively to community activities
    • see greater understanding across the generations and peoples of different backgrounds
    • do not have to worry about care in old age
    • know that they are part of a wider, effective and fair national and... Continue reading

    A County where residents:

    • experience, and are able to enhance, equality
    • are comfortable in, and ambitious for, their green environment
    • are able to reduce their own carbon footprint
    • can give their children the best start in life
    • know they can progress and prosper without having to move out of the County
    • feel they can influence local planning and decision making
    • can contribute effectively to community activities
    • see greater understanding across the generations and peoples of different backgrounds
    • do not have to worry about care in old age
    • know that they are part of a wider, effective and fair national and international society
    • can celebrate their Cornish heritage.
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    More rights for indigenous Cornish people

    by Roger, over 6 years ago

    In 2014, the government included the Cornish people into the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, naming them as a National Minority.

    I think it is high time that that recognition was vigorously enforced.

    The amount of anti Cornish abuse this past few months has been intolerable.

    The results of the compliance reports should be made more visible and published in the media, although of course we all appreciate that the local media is extremely poor.

    The voice of the Cornish people must be heard.

    In 2014, the government included the Cornish people into the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, naming them as a National Minority.

    I think it is high time that that recognition was vigorously enforced.

    The amount of anti Cornish abuse this past few months has been intolerable.

    The results of the compliance reports should be made more visible and published in the media, although of course we all appreciate that the local media is extremely poor.

    The voice of the Cornish people must be heard.

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    Anti racism change in Cornwall

    by Anti Racism Cornwall, over 6 years ago

    I would like to see actionable, accountable steps for change across Cornwall including, but not limited to the below:

    • Support for BAME community - Make sure the anti-racism work is being actioned inwardly, speak up & call out racism across Cornwall
    • Education & Learning - school curriculum, campaigns, spaces to amplify & listen to BAME voices
    • Campaigns - unpack & educate on all the different forms of racism prevalent across the County. For example - Covert Racism, Micro Agressions, Systemic Racism
    • BAME-owned business directory - work with Cornwall Chamber of Commerce to create & amplify. Look at wider opportunities available... Continue reading

    I would like to see actionable, accountable steps for change across Cornwall including, but not limited to the below:

    • Support for BAME community - Make sure the anti-racism work is being actioned inwardly, speak up & call out racism across Cornwall
    • Education & Learning - school curriculum, campaigns, spaces to amplify & listen to BAME voices
    • Campaigns - unpack & educate on all the different forms of racism prevalent across the County. For example - Covert Racism, Micro Agressions, Systemic Racism
    • BAME-owned business directory - work with Cornwall Chamber of Commerce to create & amplify. Look at wider opportunities available across Cornwall to BAME community in general & increase the directory year on year
    • Community engagement - events (once safe to do so), celebrations, food festivals, conferences, learning spaces, open forums etc


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