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The Regeneration Schemes A letter from a fisherman on Newlyn's 'Regeneration': Fisherman's view on project Thursday, 12 January 2006 Newlyn fisherman, Shaun Edwards, who has put both his fishing boats up for sale because of the current crisis in the fishing industry, is accusing the Newlyn Regeneration Project of being in "cloud cuckoo land". In a letter to The Cornishman, Mr Edwards writes: "I read last week's front page article with much scepticism! "Maybe it's me that is in cuckoo land and not project officer, Tony Woodhams, but all I know is I've been fishing for 25 years and over the last three years I have seen my earnings/amount of fish/and net profit drop constantly - and I am getting out of it. "Am I the only boat skipper/owner that is seeing this? I don't think so. "I would like to see the business case study, to see what has been assessed for the catching sector. "If Mr Perkins, the owner of the land in Newlyn Coombe, would like to benefit the local community, then it's best you look at another industry and certainly not fishing! "And I would like to let people know that there is definitely going to be a decommissioning scheme for the UK fishing fleet either at the end of this year or early next year. Do the RDA , Mr Woodhams and Mr Perkins know that? "There should be research into how many or what percentage of the boats in Newlyn that would take decommissioning and those who wouldn't, then these people might have an idea how many boats will be left, and therefore how much fish will be landed into Newlyn. "For example, 100 boats catch 1,000 tons of fish in 12 months. "If 60/70 per cent of the boats get scrapped, then 30 boats left would catch 3,000 tons if they are lucky, as fish stocks are constantly on the decline through over fishing. "I wonder if that little lot is all included in the Business Case Study, Mr RDA, Mr Woodhams, Mr Perkins. "And may we have an answer as to why Long Rock Industrial Estate cannot be used for a Seafood Park, as it is wasteland and it wouldn't ruin Newlyn Coombe." Meanwhile, the local campaign group "Stop The Marina!", which has been raising concerns about the regeneration proposals for Newlyn, launches a new website at noon today. The site, which will retain the original URL address of www.stopthemarina.co.uk, is the result of six months of consolidating research material by group members. article copyright © THE CORNISHMAN Further work in progress, here's an overview of what's to come... Our meaning of 'developers'. Explanation of 'PNP team'. Overview of Objective One etc - 'Let them eat growth!' Why Regeneration is untimely, inappropriate and dangerous:
Brief description of the eight schemes: (highlight our reservations and outright oposition where appropriate - qualify briefly. 1. Port Penlee 2. Sandy Cove 3. Newlyn Harbour 4. Newlyn Property Redevelopment 5. Newlyn Coombe Ind Est. 6. PZ Breakwaters 7. PZ Harbour 8. IOS St Mary's Harbour Stone? sure we got gotta plenty stone, how much stone you want? How much you wanna pay? Background to the schemes: Atlantic Consultant's report, WS Atkins report, DeFacto PM, Roger Tyms & Co, Hyder reports. PNP Team original Newlyn traffic scheme (compulsory purchase and demolition) - rejected original massive Tolcarne scheme - rejected original 'seafood park' at sandy cove - rejected original Penlee high fixed bridge - rejected The so-called public consultations and exhibitions, 'planning for real' workshops. The New MegaYachts: Too Much of a Good Thing?
Do we really need this in Mount's Bay?
'Done Deal'? MDL boat show selling Penlee marina space, CCC traffic
study illustration 'newlyn fish park', MDL £2m up-front spend on quarry upgrade, PDC/JmK 'behind the
project', click here to read the article in the New York Times MegaYachts in Mount's Bay click here South West property prices set to fall further in 2006
Report here and News items here
Anticipated timeline for various schemesHousePriceCrash.co.uk click here to go to website What we originally thought of them and what we now think of them! how attitudes change when truth is known. Which schemes may possibly be viable as 'stand-alone' (newlyn harbour without housing?) Which may have merit. Stop one, stop them all? Why do we need so many new homes?
(Comments by GolowDydh, reprinted from the Cornwall24 forum)
'The Cornwall Structure plan requires that Penwith builds 3300 houses
between 2001 and 2016, this is an average of 220 per year, at present
Penwith is slightly ahead of schedule having built around 100 extra to
date. However as time goes on it will be more difficult to find
suitable sites so I expect the rate will slow down. Of the 972 built to
2003/4, 116 or 11% were classed as affordable, the 2003/4 figure of
just 9 out of 248 was the lowest for 12 years despite the council
saying that affordable housing was a significant problem.
The reasoning given for building purpose built holiday accomodation, is the hope that it will stop people buying second homes from other housing stock. However, this will mean that 210 properties per year will still have to be built somewhere in Penwith in order to meet targets. Any holiday type developments will not reduce this requirement, but may mean that if the theory works, pressure will be reduced and in a few years time when targets are set for the period beyond 2016 they may be lower. Current rates of in migration would suggest that this will not happen.' click here to go to the section of Penwith District Council's website detailing their strategy to provide 'Affordable Housing'. Glossary of terms - interpretation of 'development-speak'/ Offlish Literal definition of 'Regeneration' 'Sacred words' and mis-use of terms Hayle Harbour. explain differences, more-run down, no impact on tourism, link to site and articles Highlight CSUS report - everything there, why was it not used and never quoted in bibliogrraphys? CPRE report overview link to connections: And if you thought last year's ZapCat weekend was bad...this is the kind of 'regeneration' that MDL have told us they want to inflict on Mount's Bay. Don't say we didn't warn you... 2006 Sportsboat and RIB show dates announcedA personal paper by Peter Burton given as a presentation to
the Cornwall Conference 2004, jointly organised by Cornwall Rural Community
Council and The Future of the Fishing Industry? Marine Conservation Society Statement click here Greenpeace Statement click here WWF statement and report click here DFFRA - An Integrated Assessment of the State of Our Seas click here End of the Line by Charles Clover click here to read a review of the book The Guardian - Special report - Overfishing Crisis click here Trawler Giant Battles Fuel Crisis (BBC article) click here 'Hooked on fishing and we're heading for the bottom' says scientist. click here to read this article The End of Economic Growth
click here to read the essay by Charles Seigal
It's Capitalism or a Habitable Planet - You Can't Have Both click here to read this Guardian article Waiting for the lights to go out We've taken the past 200 years of prosperity for granted. Humanity's progress is stalling, we are facing a new era of decay, and nobody is clever enough to fix it. Is the future really that black, asks Bryan Appleyard. The greatest getting-and-spending spree in the history of the world is about to end. The 200-year boom that gave citizens of the industrial world levels of wealth, health and longevity beyond anything previously known to humanity is threatened on every side. Oil is running out; the climate is changing at a potentially catastrophic rate; wars over scarce resources are brewing; finally, most shocking of all, we don't seem to be having enough ideas about how to fix any of these things. click here to continue (go to original article in full) |
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