Perran Now Has Extra Parking!

The long awaited extra parking is now ready and the Paddock Car Park has opened. Hopefully this will ease the congestion around the village streets in this busy summer tourist season and benefit local residents.

Do pop in and say hello to Peter a car park veteran and a qualified first aid responder. Peter will be supervising the car park for this pilot project.

With thanks to Ben Ridgwell and the Rigewells ltd team, who have done a cracking job, sensitively improving the entrances.

There will be free Blue Badge parking beside the foot entrance and five free spots available each day for local families with children.

We do hope that this will be a success for the village.

Christine and Charles Taylor
Ednovean Farm

Job Vacancy

Seasonal worker required for pilot car parking project. Good rates of pay. Must be trustworthy, reliable and have good skills with the general public. Further employment possible – suit single or job share couple.

Tel 01736 711883 after 7.00pm 

Perranuthnoe Car Park Update

As you may already be aware the car park is now open!

Unfortunately, after all the moaning about it being closed people are still parking around the village only now it is to avoid the parking fees. Parking outside peoples homes and along the road down in to the village is NOT ON and causes unnecessary congestion.

Please think twice before you leave your car parked where it shouldn't be parked. No one wants to be the cause of a nasty accident or, God forbid death due to roads being blocked by selfish parking. Our roads are not wide enough for this sort of behaviour. THINK, ambulances, fire engines, busses, delivery vehicles.

And a special note to the surfers, SLOW DOWN!

If this virus & lockdown has taught us anything surely it is to be more thoughtful about our actions and show more compassion for others?

Stay safe
Kay

Perranuthnoe Car Park

There's been a lot of people asking when the car park will be open again.

The most up to date information we have is that the owners are waiting for Cornwall Council to do a risk assessment so that they can get the required insurance.

As soon as we know anymore we will let you all know.

Take care. Stay safe

Closure Of Public Toilets

On Saturday 9th November local people gathered in Perranuthnoe car park to show Cornwall Council how strongly they feel about the closure of the public toilets during weekdays for the winter months. The Perranuthnoe Peeathon event was created on Facebook with around 70 people, several dogs and a horse turning up.

 

 

Local people and businesses are feeling let down by Cornwall Council. Comments such as 'we are the ones paying the most council tax yet we are not allowed use of the toilets in winter!' and 'they (Cornwall council) are urging small businesses to stay open all year round yet they themselves are closing the amenities, what sort of message are they trying to send out?'
What's the Cornish motto, ah yes Onan hag Oll - One and all. Cornwall Council showing true Cornish spirit (not).

There is also a petition which already has almost 1000 signatures.
If you would like to see our toilets remain open please sign the petition which can be found in;
The Cabin, Village Crafts, The Peppercorn, The Victoria Inn, The Cowhouse Gallery and 'Kernewek KY Professional Dog Grooming' located in Lynfield Craft Centre.

If you would like copies of the petition to gather your own signatures and help the cause please click here.

You have until Sunday 17th November to sign the petition.

You can also complain yourself via email envmanagement@cornwall.gov.uk

Your comments are more than welcome.

Closure Of Public Toilets and The Peeathon Update

Bryan Griffin has been awarded a new lease for the car park starting from April 2014 at which point he will have total responsibility for the public toilets. It is his intention to keep them open throughout the year with help promised by village businesses to keep them clean.

Unfortunately he has no control over them this winter so The Great Perranuthnoe Peeathon will be going ahead.

The intention of the Peeathon is to gain some sort of control over the toilets for this winter so that they may be kept open for everybody's convenience.

The hope is for as many people as possible to assemble in the car park tomorrow morning at 11am to show the Council there is support for keeping them open. The Cornishman will be invited. A full bladder is NOT required :-)

https://www.facebook.com/events/553953021347835/

Closure Of Public Toilets In Perranuthnoe Car Park

Cornwall Council have decided to close our public toilets on weekdays during the winter.

These toilets are well used by locals, coast path walkers, visitors, dog walkers, surfers etc.

If you feel this is a bad move by the Council and would like to see our toilets remain open please sign the petition which can be found in;
The Cabin, Village Crafts, The Peppercorn, The Victoria Inn, The Cowhouse Gallery

If you would like copies of the petition to gather your own signatures and help the cause please click here.

You can also complain yourself via email envmanagement@cornwall.gov.uk

Updates will follow as and when they are received.

Please feel free to comment.

How Do You Feel About The Parking Problem In Perranuthnoe?

Dear Perranuthnoe

 

There was a meeting of the Parrish Council last evening and one of the topics up for discussion was the parking situation in Perranuthnoe. As everyone knows, this summer the parking has varied from the diabolical to down right dangerous.

 

The Parrish Councils take on it all is that Perranuthnoe was offered yellow lines before but none of the villagers could agree so nothing was done at all.  Their second take on is that it has only been bad this summer because the weather was nice,  (previous years have been fine !) Their other point of view is even if the village was agreed it would join the pile of things  for the CC to do and could take another two years………… unless a case could be made for health and safety – either for traffic, pedestrians or 999 emergency within the village itself. I think the village could make a case on all three counts.

 

So what to do about it? Apparently a petition counts a just one letter, so the Parrish Council advised that as many people as possible write with their concerns to the following people;-

 

Mr Bert Biscoe Cornwall Council( Portfolio holder for highways)

Cornwall Council

County Hall

Treyew Rd

Truro TR1 3AY

 

Arthur Hooper Managing Director Cormac Solutions

c/o Western Region,

Radnor Rd,

Scorrier,

Redruth

TR16 5EH

 

You must include a Health & Safety element and I would suggest that you bullet point the issues.

 

One of the associated issues was the cost of the car park at £3.50 regardless of whether you are there for the day or ½ hour.  This is up for re- tendering this month. As you know CC reduced its cost of the parking in Penzance and Longrock CC car park is only £1 for the day. Does CC have to accept the highest tender? Is it something the village could run themselves on a rota basis? Could there be a sliding scale of prices ie/ £1 for 1-2 hours for example. The person (another letter to write) who is responsible for this is Lizzy Hibbard, Property Manager and the rest of the address is the same as County Hall. Her number is 01872 324876 . The loos in the village will be part of the car park contract otherwise they would have been closed.

 

At the end of the day we will all have a slightly different opinion as to where double yellows, single yellows and residents parking areas go.  If we do nothing - nothing will happen, if we all write -something could happen.  And perhaps we could all agree to the common denominator to try to ease the situation next summer.  That is to say, get the main trouble spots sorted and the others can be reviewed again. If you know a neighbour who would support this but is not connected to a computer could you print this off or jot down the addresses so they can have their say too.

 

Over to you

Best wishes Karen Wall