Carlyon Bay Information
This site is a resource to raise awareness of the issues surrounding a property development on one of finest beaches in South Cornwall, the beach at Carlyon Bay, St Austell, Cornwall. In 1990, Restormel granted consent for 511 Apartments which was renewed in 1996. A certificate of commencement was issued in 2001. The so-called 'extant' Consent, granted in 1990, covers the existing development footprint on Crinnis and Shorthorn beaches only, leaving Polgaver beach as a natural habitat. However, it was revealed during the Public Inquiry of November 2006 that, in 2003 a specialist had reported that a part of the 'extant' design posed a threat to life and property.
CBI believe that any plans for development on such a scale are an environmental outrage. In 2002, the first of a series of new proposals were put forward and CBI began a community action campaign against them. Here are our reasons.
Since the original permission was granted, the world has changed. Global warming, rising sea levels and awareness about sustainability have aroused environmental concerns.
The (National) Guardian, Monday September 8th 2003
"Restormel borough council says that if planning permission for such a development were sought now it would not be granted, because it goes against the authority's local plan."
- something needs to be done about the old Coliseum, but in scale with the area
- the original 'extant' permission was granted in 1990 - conditions have changed drastically
- the traffic impact would be huge, this proposed site has only one access road
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CarlyonBayInformation came into being to raise awareness of the issues surrounding the development at Carlyon Bay, two miles from the centre of St Austell. In 1990, the local council, Restormel, granted consent for 511 apartments as well as leisure and retail space. It also granted consent for a sea wall to defend the development from the sea. In 2005, the developer proposed a controversial, upgraded version of the sea wall which included plans to re-charge the beach with imported material. In June 2007, after a lengthy public inquiry, the Secretary of State refused permission for the new plan on three key areas of current Government policy; Delivering Sustainable Development, Transport and Coastal Planning.
Whilst there may be an existing permission to build at Carlyon Bay, the Inspector's report in 2007 cast considerable doubt on the view that this could ever be viable.
Given these doubts and repeated blows to investor confidence, CBI believes that the development at Carlyon Bay demands a drastic re-think. The group would like to see an Environmental Impact Assessment applied - to all existing plans and any future proposals - for the whole build.
Carlyon Bay Information (read more about us here) campaign is active on 3 main areas;