Homes approved despite affordable housing concerns

CORNWALL Council planning committee has approved plans by the council's own development company Treveth to build 40 homes despite concerns about the amount of affordable properties.

- by LEE TREWHELA

The application sought approval for design, layout and scale following outline approval in 2023 on 1.37 hectares of undeveloped land off Angarrack Lane at the southern edge of Connor Downs, between Camborne and Hayle.

It is an affordable-led housing scheme with 50% of the total provision being affordable homes for local people. The mix would be 10 affordable rented, 10 shared ownership and 20 open market.

However, the division member Cllr Lionel Pascoe and the local parish council were not happy with the minimum affordable housing provision, low number of rented properties and a concern that, despite assurances to the contrary, the open market properties cannot be guaranteed to be occupied by local people.

The matter came before a meeting of Cornwall Council's strategic planning committee on Thursday, April 17.