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The community could have a Neighbourhood Plan if residents give it the go ahead.
Cornwall Council are inviting Residents, businesses and organisations to take part in events to shape ambitious new plans to make the region’s energy cleaner and more sustainable as well as boosting the green economy.
A brand-new collaboration between Newquay Business Improvement (BID)’s Love Newquay and Boardmasters will see additional exposure for 16 local businesses via their inclusion on the popular Boardmasters festival app.
The St Austell community came together at the town’s annual Garden Festival on Last weekend (Saturday June 24) to celebrate the landmark completion of St Austell’s Townscape Heritage Scheme – a five-year project to reimagine the town for the benefit of residents, visitors and the local economy.
Organisers of Cornwall’s surf and music festival, Boardmasters, will donate £50,000 to Newquay’s Concrete Waves Skatepark between now and 2025.
It’s not too late to apply for grants of up to £5000 for a project that brings communities across Dorset together.
Hoteliers in Bristol are renewing calls for tighter regulations and restrictions to be imposed on Airbnb properties which affect both the hospitality sector and the rental market.
Persimmon South West has withdrawn its planning application to build a housing estate on Farleigh Fields, Backwell.
Cornish hedgers are being asked to complete a short online survey which will help determine whether the ancient skill should be classified as an endangered craft.
A series of short films featuring Cornish speakers is now available on BBC iPlayer.
Voters will need to show an accepted form of photographic identification next time they go to the polling station.
Work is taking place on Charmouth Beach footbridge so it can remain safe and accessible for years to come.
Plans for a controversial housing estate on Farleigh Farm fields in Backwell, Bristol, have been submitted to North Somerset Council by Persimmon Homes Severn Valley.
National law firm Clarke Willmott LLP has strengthened its social housing sector team with the appointment of Matthew Wilson as a new partner and Head of its Asset Management team.
Developers need to be alive to the risks of issues arising from third-party land ownership, warns Taunton legal property specialist Caroline Mortimer.
Artists and businesses have taken over the former HSBC bank on the high street, and other businesses have moved to vacant premises in the town centre, as Redruth prepares for the multimillion-pound redevelopment of the historic Buttermarket site.
Dorset Council has recorded its highest number of barn owl chicks yet in its annual monitoring of barn owl boxes at council farms in Dorset.
A new exhibition at Durlston Country Park, ‘Hidden Perspectives – A Sense of Studland’, features work from three artists June Ridgway, Lizzy Short and Lin Walker, showcasing their different perspectives and interpretations of the Studland landscape through the seasons.
Dorset Council’s plans to increase the number of public charge points for electric vehicles (EVs) in Dorset are now underway, with the first new charging unit installed in Sherborne this month.
A five-day festival will be staged at locations across Dorset next month to showcase the county’s exciting digital future.
