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BBC News
19-06-2025
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Cornwall car park campaigner 'overwhelmed' after petition success
A campaigner said he was "absolutely overwhelmed" after Cornwall Council announced it would scrap the transfer of council-owned car parks to a private Jones, from Porthleven, set up a petition after the plans were announced by the previous Conservative administration. The 19 car parks, including ones in Newquay, Tintagel, Porthleven, St Ives and Fowey, were in line to be affected before new council leader Leigh Frost reversed the proposal. Mr Jones said he was "delighted by the decision". After he first discovered the plans, Mr Jones said he contacted Cornwall Council which he claimed informed him there was "no route for appeal". "If there's no route, I'll make my own route," he said. "Apart from the petition we have sent off email after email, and pushed and pressured."It just goes to show with this administration, your vote counts." Had the car park plans gone ahead, it would have seen 19 council owned car parks transferred to Corserv Solutions Ltd. At the new council's first cabinet meeting on Wednesday, it was also announced the planned sale of Cornwall Airport Newquay would be scrapped. He said: "Reversing these decisions protects our airport and car parks for the benefit of our communities, our economy, and our future."This is about common sense, getting back to basics and making sure our public assets work for the people of Cornwall."
BBC News
18-06-2025
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New Cornwall Council leader scraps airport and car park plans
The new cabinet at Cornwall Council has overturned two proposals put forward by the previous administration and will scrap the planned sale of Cornwall Airport Newquay and the transfer of council-owned car parks to a private Leigh frost was speaking at the new council's first cabinet meeting on also said the council would be reviewing the council's relationships with its companies as part of "three key announcements".He said: "Reversing these decisions protects our airport and car parks for the benefit of our communities, our economy, and our future. 'Deal is off the table' "This is about common sense, getting back to basics and making sure our public assets work for the people of Cornwall."He added: "I am pleased to say that we are overturning two previous decisions made by the last administration."The car park plan involved transferring 19 council owned car parks to Corserv Solutions Ltd."These vital community assets will remain firmly in Cornwall Council's hands, not handed off or lost to local control," Frost airport plans involved negotiations to secure a private commercial partner for the airport last year, and Frost said that deal was now "off the table". 'Duty to protect' assets Councillor Tim Dwelly, portfolio holder for resources, said the airport was "vital for keeping Cornwall connected"."These assets belong to the people of Cornwall, and we have a duty to protect them," Dwelly added. "Passing control of them to outside organisations would have risked losing local oversight and public trust."More than 1,000 people previously signed a petition in a bid to stop the previous administration from privatising car parks. Councillor Dan Rogerson, portfolio holder for transport, said car parks were important for helping towns "thrive".He added: "By keeping them under council control, we can focus on what matters to people - fair prices, good services, and decisions made in the best interest of the residents of Cornwall."The review of the council's relationships with its companies was announced following the appointment of former councillor Louis Gardner to a senior role at the Spaceport, from which he resigned and later apologised for breaching the authority's code of conduct, Frost told the meeting.
BBC News
13-06-2025
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Thousands ask council to drop Porthleven car park sale plans
More than 1,000 people have signed a petition which has asked Cornwall Council not to privatise one of its popular car Field in Porthleven is one of 19 car parks the council has agreed can be leased to its arms-length company Corserv Solutions Ltd as part of cost-cutting measures.A petition to oppose the decision said new ownership would introduce number plate recognition cameras which campaigners said would not benefit the Council previously said the decentralisation of the assets would be more effective if run by town and parish councils, environmental or heritage trusts, and the private sector. "This system will be a 24 hours, seven days a week, 52 weeks of the year operation to maximise the monies taken," said Jona Jones, the Porthleven resident who started the petition."Kitto's Field car park is right in the centre of town and next to our only supermarket-style shop, which has only four parking spaces."There are no advantages to the community in this money-making proposal, therefore not benefiting Porthleven at all." he car parks affected by the plans include Watergate Bay, near Newquay, with 400 spaces, and Trebarwith Strand, near Tintagel with 272 spaces, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
