Lee Trewhela
Local Democracy Reporter at CornwallLive
Contributor at Voice
Local Democracy Reporter of the Year 2025, former arts editor and chief reporter. Harassed dad of three daughters, husband of NHS matron, obsessor of Bowie.
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1 week ago |
southwestfarmer.co.uk | Lee Trewhela
A government-appointed inspector has agreed that Cornwall Council was wrong to refuse Kevin Penrose’s application. Mr Penrose applied to demolish Church View Farmhouse on Church View Road, Camborne, and replace it with the homes, which would include seven affordable properties, together with access, estate roads and landscaping/biodiversity net gain.
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2 weeks ago |
voicenewspapers.co.uk | Lee Trewhela
The dangerous fire-damaged farmhouse which is now the subject of a planning appeal (Picture: CSA Architects)A Cornish builder has won a planning appeal to knock down a dangerous fire-damaged farmhouse and replace it with 32 new homes in an area desperate for housing. A government-appointed inspector has agreed that Cornwall Council was wrong to refuse Kevin Penrose’s application.
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2 weeks ago |
cornish-times.co.uk | Lee Trewhela
Reform members Christine Parsonage and Rowland O’Connor have defended not living in the areas they represent (LDRS/Tindle)Two of Reform UK’s newly elected councillors in Cornwall have defended living over 45 miles and 36 miles respectively from the two areas they now represent. Christine Parsonage, who lives in Torpoint, won the St Columb Minor seat at the May 1 election, while Rowland O’Connor, Reform’s deputy leader at Cornwall Council, lives in Launceston but represents St Columb Major.
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2 weeks ago |
falmouthpacket.co.uk | Lee Trewhela
The close proximity to two major hospitals has been described as “crazy”, “madness” and “idiotic”. Elgin Energy has applied to Cornwall Council for the installation and operation of the battery storage on farmland, currently used for the raising of red deer, at Great Roseveth near Shortlanesend.
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2 weeks ago |
voicenewspapers.co.uk | Lee Trewhela
What the Roseveth battery storage facility could look like (Elgin Energy)There are growing concerns that plans for a huge battery energy storage systems (BESS) facility near Truro could be “catastrophic” if a fire broke out. The close proximity to two major hospitals has been described as “crazy”, “madness” and “idiotic”.
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