Our September 2025 Meeting Report

Altarnun Parish Council has now completed the purchase of the red telephone box situated at Tregunnon Cross. At its September meeting, councillors posed the question of what future use it could have. Whether it can benefit the community in its immediate vicinity or whether, if moved could serve a useful purpose elsewhere in the parish. The other two boxes that the parish bought are being used as a library and to house a public access defibrillator.

The council will be very grateful to receive viable suggestions for its use, especially from residents living in and around Tregunnon, Treween, Trenarrett and Trethinna. You can speak to any of the councillors or contact the clerk via our website or on the phone (web: altarnunpc.co.uk. tel: 07841780397).

It was reported that during August, stakeholders were engaged by Cornwall Council to partake in meetings regarding the 20mph roll out in our area. A public consultation will be launched via social media and on information signage that will be posted in the target areas, inviting comment and challenge in response. This can also be done on the Cornwall Council online platform at Let's Talk Cornwall . The team responsible for the initiative need your participation to ensure they are serving the local singularity in the right way, whilst seeking to achieve their aim of a safer and accident free environment.

Likewise similar meetings were held regarding the A30 safety upgrade. These have been positively welcomed, and the whilst the final outcomes of the working party at Cornwall Council are some months away, the feeling is that local needs and wishes are very much being taken on board, enabling a community centric report and recommendation to be put forward to National Highways and central Government. There now appears to be more people than ever fighting this corner and the wave of ambition to successfully pick their way through the bureaucratic minefield that exists in this arena is very impressive.

Septembers crop of planning applications invited councillors to once again comment on works at Carne Manor and Carne Manor Cottage. It was explained that the owners have sought pre planning application advice with regard to this listed property and that planning consultants are giving guidance to substantive schemes that appear to be returning the property to be more in keeping with its historic origins. The latest applications are for permission to demolish a conservatory and porch and for the erection of new sun room, porch and loggia along with some internal alterations and addition of new rooflights in the manor and for a new roof structure to north west corner, including internal alterations and installation of new timber windows and doors as well as secondary glazing to existing historic windows in the cottage.

An application was received for the conversion of an agricultural barn to a self-build dwelling and solar array (replacing barn conversion under Class Q decision PA24/07633) located east of Cobblestones, Trethinna Hill and represents an upgrade to the plans already agreed and will allow the property to be offered to the open market in due course.

The final planning application was for the retention of works to former barn including a new external door to the west elevation, together with proposed change of use of barn into a single dwelling at Tredaule Manor Farm. The works and use detailed in the application are pre-existing, so the applicants are seeking to regularise their position with the planning authority.

None of these applications found disfavour within the parish council meeting and councillors supported them all.

Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday 1st October 2025 and will start at 7.30pm in Altarnun Village Hall. All are welcome.