Cornish Social & Economic Research Group
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RSS targets replaced by locally agreed housing targets?
News that the Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) targets for Cornwall are to be replaced has been generally welcomed. It is implied that these will be replaced by locally agreed targets. The main front runner would appear to be some measure of affordable housing. Ostensibly a move in the right direction - targets made and delivered in Cornwall rather than imposed top-down, and implicitly lower figures than the much decried 68,000 in the draft RSS. (2010, 5th June)
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Why houses may be left empty:
The ongoing debate about housing targets in Cornwall has resulted in calls for empty dwellings to be brought into use rather than build new ones. At first this appears to be a simple solution to adopt. Yet further examination indicates certain issues. One is a definitional question – what is an empty house. em> (2009, 4th August)
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Hayle, Supermarkets, Economy and Environment - the issues
News that a number of supermarkets are seeking to establish themselves in and around Hayle have produced a range of comments from those in favour to those against. (2009, 15th July)
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