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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    Residents

    by Ambler, almost 4 years ago

    I have lived in Cornwall nearly 60 years and being in lock down took me back to being young and living in a small village where everyone knew everyone and looked out for each other....We have lived where We are now for 13 years and although we know a fair few people but with work etc not that many but during lock down We walked the dog around the lanes and by -ways from the village as did so many other people.We got to know so many people but have noticed as work has started up we are not seeing... Continue reading

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    Give us more recreational space

    by Florence, almost 4 years ago

    During the lockdown, construction workers and heavy vehicles have continued their work of turning our recreational playing field into a car park. The company renting the recreational playing field from the town council paid mitigation money for being given the right to turn it into a car park and to make up for the loss of the recreational space and the town council voted to give the money to the football club and the rugby club. Both are about a mile away and I doubt if any of the residents living close to the playing field and using the playing... Continue reading

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    Creating a more self-sufficient Cornwall

    by Ruby, almost 4 years ago

    The colour of the sea was stunning during lockdown, the skies were clear and so were the roads! You could hear nature all around you. I want to keep some of that.

    I think Cornwall has been ruined by too much tourism, taking homes which should be available for residents, blocking residential streets with camper vans and creating much of the road and coastal pollution.

    We need a mixed economy enabling us to be more self-sufficient in hard times. We are a world away from London and other large cities and we have different concerns, strengths and areas for development.

    ... Continue reading

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    Local issues

    by Sue A, almost 4 years ago

    I think we need to support local shops. We have just got used to having everything we want NOW. Let's try to get back to seasonal, local produce. Cut single use plastic, reduce, reuse, recycle, take your litter home! There are many, easy ways we can make a difference. Turn lights out, taps off reduce waste. Think about the things we take for granted etc.etc.

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    Sense

    by Clifflass, almost 4 years ago

    Proud of how our resident community has risen to the covid challenge - not so sure how Cornwall Council has contributed - not been seen on the ground

    A population where average age is more than national average needs adequate services, not a hospital in and out of black rating, needs improved mental health care - free for those most in need, not 6 week waiting lists

    Weekly refuse collection to ensure environment is looked after - more and more plastic bags with rubbish thrown out of cars as public bins overflowing or taken away

    Ensure 2nd home owners appropriately... Continue reading

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    Attracting Investment

    by MOONSHADOW, almost 4 years ago

    Now retired I have spent the last fourteen years observing the lack of opportunity for the young people in Cornwall, who really have to leave the County to realise their potential.

    Mining is Dead

    China Clay is dying

    Fishing is in the hands of Stevensons

    Agriculture is in the handS of a few

    The industries I have been involved with work, so long as they are selling within Cornwall. On the international stage, they are woefully behind the times and unable to meet the instantaneous demands regarded as standard by the rest of the world.

    "Drekkly" is all very quaint... Continue reading

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    Cornwall awaits

    by Jimbo, almost 4 years ago

    Cornwall will face many changes from what we have had prior to lockdown and it will be for local people to actively help develop Cornwall to an even better place, either to live in or holiday in.
    The survey suggest people want less traffic and want walking and cycling to be more the norm, but do they? Already the number of walkers I see has dropped dramatically and car usage has increased.
    we really need to think about how we complete surveys - is it to be fact or fiction.

    Less traffic sounds good but tourism is a main provider... Continue reading

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    Future musing on a county with less tourism

    by saltash_dude, almost 4 years ago

    Like Porthtowan Residient says a reliance on tourism is something I'm thinking about. My thoughts are purely speculative and just based on my perception of things.

    I'm aware that ideas are much easier said than done but I wonder what our County could be like with a slow shift away from tourism and towards something else that still keeps people in work...mining gone, what if tourism faded a bit next. But then what and how would tourism based business adapt?

    Perhaps a future focus might be about a better and more enjoyable local environment for residents in Cornwall AND elsewhere... Continue reading

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    Tourism an alternative view - A blight and a drain ?

    by Austin , almost 4 years ago


    I have lived a great deal of my life in Cornwall and grew up here and live here today. The BBC and local news constantly portray tourism as a “good thing” bringing money into our economy.

    I consider tourism to be a blight and a drain, giving nothing but low paid low skilled seasonal jobs. The majority of the money made leaves the county holiday parks owned by multinational companies to satisfy the greed of share holders. Cornwall council has an obsession with tourism promoting it to the detriment of everything else.

    Cornwall used to be a great beautiful place... Continue reading

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    I’d forgotten the good things... now I have re-experienced and re-imagined them.

    by Andrew, almost 4 years ago

    There was less traffic, people had more time for each other, the Hill didn’t stink of diesel fumes and there were more insects and birds. That was then, and this is what it’s like under lockdown.

    True, my work has gone and the future looks precarious, but somehow it feels better, and I’m confident that there are opportunities for home working. Our outgoings have dropped since we stopped the ritual of shopping trips and eating out and we’ve discovered that we can actually get on with each other in the same house after all.

    We wouldn’t have made the effort... Continue reading

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