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Question from Graham Smith, St
Mabyn
 
It is now 15 months since
Cornwall Council voted an additional £10 million to finance
the Truro, Pydar area regeneration
project.  When will a new planning application be
submitted?
 
In response the Strategic
Director for Sustainable Growth and Place stated the
following:
 
Having taken ownership of the
site in March 2025, the new landowner Treveth is currently reviewing the existing
masterplan to ensure it is optimised to suit the current and local
market. This exercise is progressing and should be completed by the
end of September 2025, after which a fresh Reserved Matters
planning application will be prepared for Phase 1 and submitted in
Spring 2026.
 
The speaker responded with a
supplementary question:
 
Has the Council considered any
alternative uses for the Pydar
area  in Truro, if so what are they and
if not why not?
 
The following response was
provided by the Strategic Director for Sustainable Growth and
Place:
 
A very long process was
undertaken to find the right answer for the Pydar Street site with a lot of consultation
undertaken which included the Truro City Council and many other
stakeholders.  Outline planning
permission described a mixed use development which would, in the
future be an asset the City of Truro. 
The Strategic Director advised that, in his view, there was room
within that outline planning permission to vary elements which
formed part of that mixed use scheme to ensure that the right
answer was found and options would be worked through in the scope
of the current outline planning permission and masterplan and
reflected back on his original response outlined above.