Keeping safe
Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) Keeping Safe information
https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/fire-and-rescue-service/keeping-safe/
Last updated: 29/09/2025 07:36:55
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Register your appliance
The ‘Register My Appliance’ website makes it easy for you to register all of your electrical products....Register your appliances online
Product recalls
With nearly one fire a day in London involving white goods, London Fire Brigade has launched the Total Recalls campaign to make it easier for people to protect themselves from potentially lethal faulty appliances.
https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/fire-and-rescue-service/keeping-safe/register-your-appliance/
Last updated: 12/12/2022 11:38:22
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Local land charges
They are required tosecure the payment of a sum of moneylimit the use of the land/propertyThey are binding upon successive owners.The Local Land Charges Register records charges, such as: a payment required for works carried out in default of a notice a listed building a condition in a planning permissionA search of the register will show all registered entries on The Local Land Charges Register....It enables informed decisions when buying a property/land.A search of the Local Land Charges registerA search provides information required as part of the conveyancing process....These use a standardised set of questions defined by The Law Society.The set of required forms for submission to carry out a search are: the LLC1, which is the Register of Local Land Charges Requisition for Search, the Con29, which provides the standard Enquiries of Local Authorities 2016 editionA search may also be carried out by way of a Personal Search.A personal search is by appointment only.
https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/local-land-charges/
Last updated: 17/09/2026 09:53:21
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Using solid fuels safely in commercial kitchens
But cooking with solid fuels brings serious safety risks....These are the main rules:
Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974You must keep people safe from risks like carbon monoxide, even when the business is closed....You must reduce the risk of exposure to safe levels.
https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/business-trading-and-licences/business-regulatory-support/self-service/using-solid-fuels-safely-in-commercial-kitchens/
Last updated: 31/03/2025 14:24:41
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St Austell Bay Resilient Regeneration (StARR) Project
Funding has been secured for this £32m flood alleviation and regeneration scheme to reduce flood risk to communities living and working in the St Austell Bay area.
https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/environment/countryside/flood-risk/flood-risk-management-projects/st-austell-bay-resilient-regeneration-starr-project/
Last updated: 07/10/2025 12:32:21
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Sustainable drainage policies and requirements for Cornwall
These include within
existing town centres
commercial and retail areas
redevelopment projects
SuDS should be designed to achieve the following criteria:
Maximise the benefits to the sense of place, amenity and biodiversity; and
Reduce the overall level of flood risk on the site and the surrounding areas; and
Provide attractive, biodiverse and non-buried systems; and
Incorporate SuDS within greenspace, blue and green infrastructure, amenity, and biodiversity
schemes to manage surface water flows, improve water quality, educate and improve the wellbeing of communities; and
Where built into public green or open space, have sufficient room to provide a safe, naturalised system without the need for fencing or barriers; and
Provide for simple and straightforward maintenance....Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA)
The Cornwall Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) is a tool to assess flood risk in Cornwall....It also holds information for planners and developers to
enable the management of development,
limit flood risk to people and property wherever possible
manage the risk elsewhere.
https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/environment/countryside/flood-risk/suds-policies-and-requirements-for-cornwall/
Last updated: 26/08/2025 14:43:28
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Formatting, Interpretation and Translation Services
Information in alternative formats
We are committed to delivering services in a fair and equitable way....These include;
audio tape
Braille
large print
easy read
alternative language
alternative document type (e.g.
https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/people-and-communities/equality-and-diversity/formatting-interpretation-and-translation-services/
Last updated: 23/11/2022 16:19:13
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Set up your online account and log in
Select the link or copy and paste the web address into your internet browser to activate your account
If you do not receive an email and you have checked your junk folder, you’ll need to register again
Set up an online account
Log in
After logging in for the first time, you will need to update your personal details.
https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/business-trading-and-licences/business-rates/sign-up-to-view-your-business-rates-online/set-up-your-online-account-and-log-in/
Last updated: 04/02/2026 09:34:41
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Property flood resilience projects
This scheme is funded through Defra, Cornwall Council and South West Regional Flood and Coastal Committee Local Levy. ...For properties on the scheme, Cornwall Council will:
Carry out a risk assessment to determine how and why your property is at risk of flooding (using our contracted surveyor). ...The Council will cover the cost of the risk assessment and survey for all properties.
https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/environment/countryside/flood-risk/flood-risk-management-projects/property-flood-resilience-projects/
Last updated: 15/08/2025 14:12:27
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Banners, buntings, seasonal lights or flower baskets over the highway
Further advice on organising your event
As an event organiser you have a duty to undertake a risk assessment. ...You must also record what measures you have taken to mitigate risk. ...You will find some useful advice on risk assessments on our events pages.
https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/transport-parking-and-streets/street-works/banners-buntings-seasonal-lights-or-flower-baskets-over-the-highway/
Last updated: 27/03/2025 15:28:02
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