Plans drafted for Truro land development

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Draft guidance for how land north of the A390 in Truro could be developed is available on the Council’s website.

The draft development brief will help the Council determine planning applications and proposals for the 140 hectare site north of the A390 at Truro/Threemilestone. The brief is open for consultation until Thursday 1 September and has been drafted following feedback from the local community earlier this year. Proposals from three major developers for the site include around 2,500 new houses, two sizeable new food stores and a 10,000 seat stadium.

Mark Kaczmarek, Cornwall Councillor for housing and planning, has approved the brief despite a lack of agreement from Truro City and Kenwyn Parish Councils. Councillor Kaczmarek said: “Without a brief it is far less likely that development will be of the appropriate quality and properly phased with all necessary facilities and services than if the Council were to simply react independently to the major applications that it will have to determine in the coming months”. 

Councillor Kaczmarek continued: “I would emphasise that production of the brief does not pre-empt the outcome of the emerging Truro and Surrounding Area Framework which will be published shortly for consultation, and which may or may not allocate all or part of the site for development”.

View the document online and give us your views on the draft guidance for how land north of the A390 at Threemilestone could be developed or pop into the mobile library (central area), Threemilestone Community Centre, Truro City Hall, Truro Library or Truro One Stop Shop.

Comments needs to be submitted by 1 September.

Story posted 26 July 2011