Appeal: Camborne scheme would boost housing for Cornwall’s ‘largest conurbation’
Merlion Capital Developments has been given permission to build up to 94 homes and a 60-bed residential care facility in Camborne, Cornwall, after an inspector judged that the scheme would help secure the necessary rate of housing delivery for a strategically important area.
Inspector Colin Ball noted that the settlements of Camborne, Pool, Illogan and Redruth (together CPIR) form a continuous corridor of urban development which “collectively represents Cornwall’s largest conurbation”. Following the decline of the mining industry CPIR is a regeneration priority with the aim of “re-establishing it as Cornwall’s economic powerhouse.&rdqu.....Sign Up or Login to read full article
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