The New Approach
Our aim is to create an exemplary development for Carlyon Bay which will involve high quality design and building technology to establish a first class year-round holiday complex. Our resort will broaden the tourism offer in the South West and reinforce Cornwall as a visitor destination as well as achieving regeneration and community benefits for the local area.
Commercial Estates Group and Cornwall Council have identified the objectives that should define a future scheme for Carlyon Bay. The Council accept that the principle of development has been established with our extant scheme but stipulated that there were five ground rules that had to be agreed to enable discussions for a new scheme to progress.
These are:
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No beach recharge
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Set back of the sea wall – sea defences to meet modern standards as set out in Government Guidance PPSD25
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Less development on Shorthorn – a “lighter touch”
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A scheme that responds to its context in Cornwall – a contemporary/modern approach
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A sustainable development - in terms of design/construction/operation
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As a result, the Council and CEG entered into a Planning Performance agreement (PPA) which sets out a process for consultation and the approach to be taken to re-examine the site and whether an improved scheme can be identified for Carlyon Bay. The objectives are:
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To be sustainable (in economic/environmental/social terms)
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Not to increase either unit numbers or leisure/commercial floorspace (of the extant permission)
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To rebalance the quantum of floorspace on Crinnis and Shorthorn beaches, focusing on Crinnis
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No beach recharge
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Ensure the sea defences provide protection to 1:200 year flood defence standard
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Achieve a design that is appropriate for Cornwall
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Benefit the local economy
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Provide good public access to all
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Provide a variety of landscape areas
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Increase the size of usable beach without involving beach recharge
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To prepare an informal Planning Brief
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To achieve an exemplary visitor destination providing social and economic enhancements for the St Austell area
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