File Downloads




Penzance Harbour Users' Association:
Powerpoint Presentation proposing a marina in Penzance
(9.8kb - requires Powerpoint viewer)


Cornwall Wildlife Trust's
Report of the Survey of Eelgrass Beds in Mount's Bay 2005
(pdf file 365kb)



In early 2006, MDL Developments Ltd applied to Cornwall County Council to recommence large-scale quarrying operations at Penlee, this permission was regretably granted on 31st January 2007 by a very narrow margin.

View the minutes of the meeting in which this permission was passed: click here (MS Word 67kb)

These were our recommendations to help stop them:
Short concise version (single A4 page)
Long detailed version (6 x A4 pages)
(both in MS Word format)

Here are MDL's initial submissions to Cornwall County Council (in abridged MS Word format) to support the application:

Introduction (52.1kb)
Access (85.5kb)
Geo-Conservation (886kb)
Noise Dust Blasting Plant & Visual Impacts (442kb)
Please Note: these four files have been OCR-scanned from the original report but, to reduce file size, do not include the maps and illustrations. We apologise if there are any typographical errors arrising from the transcription process.



PNP Public Exhibition Display Material:

Exhibition Display and Public Consultation Material click here

Display Material Newlyn Harbour Regeneration. Newlyn Mission 7th & 8th October 2005:

Ten Page Presentation (1.16mb pdf) 10 x A3 size

Additional Traffic Information (1.57mb pdf) 4 xA4 size

PNP/Hyder Technical Reports:

Hyder Technical Reports available for download click here


Regeneration - Preliminary Reports / Project Drivers:

W.S. Atkins Report: 'Penzance Harbour and Town Regeneration, Phase 1 Action Plan' 2001 click here (pdf 559kb)

Atlantic Consultant's Report: 'Newlyn and Surrounding Area, Regeneration Strategy' Aug 2002 click here (pdf 486kb)


Regeneration - An Alternative View

New Economics Foundation - Chasing Progress Beyond Economic Growth - 2004 click here (pdf 303kb)


'The Assessment of the Potential Contribution of Marinas & Watersports to Increasing Prosperity in Cornwall' - a report by Ove & Partners for Cornwall Enterprise - 2001
click here to download (pdf, 3.09mb)

See page 120 - It show that Penzance is the favoured location for a marina and that several marina operators had previously considered the potential of Penlee Quarry as a marina and didn't touch it with a barge pole due to 'access problems'. MDL have therefore got more money than sense.


'Technical And Strategic Assessment of Current Aggregate Reserves and Potential Use of Secondary & Recycled Aggregates in  the South West Region' A study by Capita Symonds Ltd, April 2005' click here to download (pdf, 306kb)

Sounds really boring doesn't it? Read section A19, A20, A21 and A24 - It proves Penlee has no commercial potential as a working quarry and the developers could get as much stone as they want, and more cheaply, from elsewhere if they really wanted to. We should be able to hang them with this one!

ODPM - 'The Role of Imports to UK Aggregates Supply click here (pdf 214kb)


National Biodiversity Network
click here , enter 'penlee' in the search box to see the details of Penlee's SSSI and the local species of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Fish, Insects, Lichens, Mosses etc etc...


The Historic Environment Service, Cornwall County Council - 'The Conservation Value of Pits and Quarries in Cornwall'. click here (pdf 1.34mb)

Everything we could wish for, and more...
Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly Urban Survey (CSUS)

see: Newlyn, Penzance and IoS various reports/formats click here

Affordable Homes as the Developers' Carrot...

Penwith District Council and Newlyn Fish Industry Forum - A Housing Strategy For Newlyn 2004-2007
(pdf 176kb) click here

Audit Commission Report into Affordable Housing Targets click here (pdf 1.12mb)

Port Penlee Ltd Company Accounts
Report and Financial Statements Dec. 2003 (pdf 142kb) click here
Annual Returns to 2005 (pdf 59kb) click here


Penwith District Council

Local Plan 2004 (pdf 662kb) click here
Penwith - A Vision of the Future (pdf 202kb) click here
Affordable Housing - (various reports) click here for link

Cornwall County Council

Local Area Transport Plan (various) click here for link


Environment

Council for the Protection of Rural England - 'Your Countryside, Your Choice' - Report 9th Sept 2005 (pdf 2.65mb) click here


Fishing Industry / Fishing

DEFRA - 'Charting Progress - An Integrated Assessment of the State of the UK Seas' - Reports various. click here for link

Marine Conservation Society - Reports

ICES - Reports

WWF - Reports


Stop The Marina - Campaign Materials:

click here to go to our Campaign page