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The Gwinear-Gwithian Parish Plan 4 Gwinear-Gwithian Parish Plan 2010 Parish Plan 2015 Plan Parish Gwinear-Gwithian Gwinear-Gwithian Ray Tovey Written and designed by Ray Tovey [email protected] 01736 850513 Photographs courtesy of Charles Winpenny, Cornwall Cam, except where shown Contents Welcome to the Gwinear-Gwithian Parish Plan 4 Summary of the Parish Plan 5 A profile of Gwinear-Gwithian Parish 6 The work of Gwinear-Gwithian Parish Council 8 Why we need a Parish Plan 12 Our Vision for the Parish 14 Delivering the Vision: the Plan structure 15 Theme 1: Our natural environment 18 Theme 2: Housing and the built environment 23 Theme 3: Economic development 26 Theme 4: A stronger, safer community 29 Theme 5: Connected communities 32 Theme 6: Community health 38 Theme 7: Leisure and recreation 39 Theme 8: Technology and energy 41 Delivering the Parish Plan 42 Gwinear-Gwithian Parish Council 2009/10 45 Contacts 46 3 Welcome to the Gwinear-Gwithian Parish Plan This Parish Plan represents a big step forward for our community, and for the Parish Council elected members who represent the community. In these pages we set out to make clear what it is the Parish Council actually does in a typical year; what powers it can exercise; and what it is we plan to do during the next 5 or so years in addition to our regular duties and responsibilities. We explain why it is important for any community to plan its future and how a plan like this can make a significant difference; we set out what changes and improvements we believe are necessary and desirable in the Parish over the Plan period, we suggest how these might take place, and who should be making sure that it all happens. We also make clear the changes in Parish Council practice we are putting in place, and the expected outcomes and benefits of those changes. It is important to stress that a plan such as this needs members of the community, elected or unelected, to take an active part in helping to deliver the aspirations contained in its pages. We hope therefore that more and more members Ray Tovey of our community will take an active interest in our proceedings, and will want to contribute in some way to our work. On a personal level, I would like to pay tribute to my predecessor Chairman, Kelvin Jenkin, for his enthusiasm in seeing this Plan come to fruition. Brian Pocock Chairman, February 2010 4 Summary of the Parish Plan Themes and Objectives Pages 18-41 Theme 1: Our environment Environmental improvements Community ‘clean-up’ Community Pride Officer Parish trail Towans Warden Parking on the Towans Theme 2: Housing and the built environment Affordable housing Village Design Statements Parish housing schemes Financial contributions Theme 3: A Profile of Economic development Gwinear-Gwithian Economic improvements Parish Parish directory New tourism initiatives Page 6 Our Vision for the Parish Theme 4: The work of Page 14 A stronger, safer community Delivering the Tackling anti-social behaviour Gwinear-Gwithian Parish Plan Parish Council Housing development design Delivering the and anti-social behaviour Pages 42-44 Pages 8-11 Vision: the Engaging with young people Plan structure Venue for young people Why we need a Pages 15-17 Parish Plan Theme 5: Connected communities Pages 12, 13 Parish website Community transport Walking and cycling Parish Council base Community involvement in Parish Council affairs Promoting the Plan to partners Village centres Quality Parish Council status Theme 6: Community health Healthy eating Community gardens and allotments Theme 7: Leisure and recreation Recreation and play spaces Theme 8: Technology, energy, and climate change Using new technologies 5 A profile of Gwinear-Gwithian Parish The Parish of Gwinear-Gwithian lies in the west reclaimed by the shifting sands. He is the patron of Cornwall, in the former Penwith District. The saint of good fortune on the sea. The current church Parish covers 2,977 hectares, and stretches from was established further inland in the 15th century the coastline at Godrevy Point down to Fraddam, but only a few fragments of this building remain incorporating the villages of Gwithian, Gwinear, incorporated in the lychgate of Edmund Sedding’s Connor Downs, Carnhell Green, and the hamlets church of 1866 (the tower however is the original of Fraddam, Wall, Reawla, Roseworthy, and Upton one of the 15th century.) Towans. The Parish is bordered by Camborne Parish to the north-east, by Hayle Parish to the west, St Erth A short distance to the east of the village is Parish to the south-west, and Crowan Parish to the Gwithian Towans, which is an area of coastal south. The civil parishes of Gwinear and Gwithian duneland that forms part of The Towans. Gwithian were combined to form the parish of Gwinear- Towans cover the site of a Bronze Age farm which Gwithian in 1934. has been excavated but no remains are visible. Gwithian Beach stretches three miles from the Hayle Around Gwinear there is archaeological evidence River mouth to the Red River at Godrevy. The beach that farming in this area goes back at least to the 2nd is popular with tourists throughout the year , century, as a defended farmhouse of that period was especially surfers, windsurfers, kitesurfers, surf discovered in the Parish. Gwinear was the son of an kayakers and more recently stand-up paddlers. Irish pagan king and is reputed to have been slaughtered together with his companions by the As a predominantly rural Parish, farming is still Cornish pagan king Theodoric. the main industry, although tourism makes a significant contribution: the Parish hosts six caravan Silver and copper mines and related industries were and camping sites, with visitors keen to use the important in the past, but as elsewhere in Cornwall beaches at Gwithian and Godrevy, the latter owned these have now declined. In the 18th and 19th by the National Trust. In recent years the Parish has centuries, Rosewarne and Herland mines produced seen a large influx of European workers employed silver, whilst Wheal Alfred and Wheal Relistian by a major vegetable- packing/distribution produced copper. In those days, the Parish was a business. Other farms not directly involved in food thriving mining community and one of the first production have diversified into farm shops, farm steam engines ever to be built was installed at the markets, and catering. Herland mine in 1758. The Parish has also seen a substantial growth Gwinear Church is dedicated to St. Winnierus and in affordable housing, with Connor Downs in the living is held by Exeter College and has been particular earmarked through the former Penwith since 1261. There was at one time 5 Manors which District Council as a village suitable for such held land in the Parish, they being Connerton, development. In addition, on the edge of the Parish Drannick, Gurlyn, Polkinghorne, and Roseworthy. we have seen the growth of the West Cornwall Retail Park, and consequently increased traffic Gwithian was the former administrative centre of the through Connor Downs. Penwith Hundred: the institutions of the hundred were moved to Penzance in 1771 (or earlier) follow- There are a number of pro-active residents’ ing large successive inundations of in- blown sand. associations in the Parish, and a good cross-section Chesten Marchant, who died in 1676 at Gwithian of community groups and associations. Amongst is believed to have been the last monoglot Cornish our community halls, The Hall for Gwinear offers speaker (as opposed to Dolly Pentreath of Paul who a performing arts programme through the Carn could speak English as well). The church and relics to Cove initiative. Gwinear Community Primary of St Gwithian or Gocianus, built in 490, were un- School received an Ofsted rating of 1 - Oustanding- covered from the beach and dunes during the early for its work in 2009, which is a remarkable part of the last century, but were then allowed to be achievement. 6 A profile of Gwinear-Gwithian Parish Carnhell Green Vintage Rally 2009: Ray Tovey Carnhell Green Vintage Rally 2009: Ray Tovey Godrevy beach Gwinear Church Footpath, Gwinear Godrevy lighthouse from Gwithian Towans 7 The work of Gwinear-Gwithian Parish Council Town and Parish Councils are the most local So what do Parish Councils actually do? form of elected government, so have a vital role to play in deciding the future of their The 1965 Royal Commission on Local Government community, and managing local affairs (The Redcliffe-Maude Commission) recommended within their powers. that local councils should be empowered to do what they pleased for the benefit of their people, and a consequence of this was the important 1972 Local Government Act which removed many of the restrictions on the activities of Parish Councils. For example, before the 1972 Act, Parish Councils were not able save money from one year to the next in order to fund a major project. This is something all Councils have to do these days to avoid having a massive council tax for each year that anything new is attempted. Town and Parish Councils have a range of powers vested in them: they can… ■ Provide allotments, and have a duty to do so if demand is unsatisfied. ■ Acquire and maintain burial grounds, cemeteries, crematoria. ■ Agree to maintain war memorials. ■ Provide and maintain bus shelters. ■ Make bye-laws in relation to pleasure ground, cycle paths, open spaces, and burial grounds. ■ Provide public clocks. ■ Establish markets. ■ Maintain closed churchyards. ■ Provide public conveniences. ■ Provide common pasture, and regulate and manage commons and common pastures. ■ Provide conference facilities. ■ Provide and equip buildings for clubs having social, athletic or educational objectives. ■ Spend money on various crime prevention measures.
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