Hayle Supermarket Wars and ASDA on South Quay.

How ASDA ended up on South Quay, Hayle.

As Mayor, and a Hayle Town Councillor for the last seven years, and active on Social Media I am becoming aware that many people did not follow the developments of the "Supermarket Battles" or the recent history of South Quay and Hayle Harbour, and don't understand how an ASDA ended up being built on SouthQuay, Hayle.

I recently posted an explanation on Facebook which has received some praise, so I will re-post it here to help people understand.

 The Harbour came into the possession of ING around 2004, and amongst the various plans and proposals, South Quay renovation was starting to look like being the last phase of the overall development.

Suddenly supermarkets took an interest in Hayle, because of its position on the road network and its potential catchment area. Morrisons wanted the Jewson’s site at Carnsew, Sainsbury wanted to build on Loggans Moor nature reserve and marsh, and ASDA wanted to build on the Rugby Club. All of these wanted to come to Hayle, but the Penwith Retail study of 2007, (and the later Cornwall Retail Study 2010) which was evidence the planners are obliged to rely on said there WAS scope for an additional supermarket in Hayle, but ONLY ONE.

This made it a “Battle of the supermarkets” but then ING joined in by proposing their South Quay site for a supermarket development, without any supermarket brand being signed up.

ING’s advisors had learned something that the local councillors, and people interested in planning were to discover. Sequential Tests.

These were and are strong parts of government guidelines on planning, and serve to ensure development is in the best, or least harmful sites.

The Retail Sequential Test stated that a supermarket development site closest to an existing shopping centre is the preferred option as it enable footfall to the supermarket to be close to existing shops so they have a chance to compete for the new potential customers. (This put South Quay in the lead.)

The Flooding Sequential Test meant that sites least likely to be flooded or most easily protected against flooding are preferred sites (This effectively knocked Sainsbury out)

The two proposals, ASDA and Sainsbury both on Marsh Lane, also had largely unresolved Traffic and Transport issues with the already overloaded roundabout at Loggans Moor/Carwin.

These were the planning issues and policies that set ING’s South Quay as the Number One preferred site for a supermarket development.

Added to that were the additional “Planning Gains” for the South Quay site of ING having to carry out the highly expensive repairs to South Quay and Carnsew Quay, exposing and excavating Carnsew Dock and the Carnsew Sluice, replacing the sluice gates and repairing the sluice tunnels (“Black Houses”) so a sluicing regime could be restarted, making contributions to road improvements around Hayle, contributing to the new railway station approach, building a bridge from its supermarket to Penpol Terrace shops, and new routes through ISIS Gardens to Foundry, public promenade all around South Quay and public entertainment and recreation areas.
The final benefit was ING’s offer to hand ownership and control of the harbour over to a Hayle body.|

The South Quay supermarket planning application was the clear winner on planning grounds.

Originally ING were negotiating with Sainsbury, but they dropped out when they got the Penzance Heliport site, then ASDA switched from supporting the Rugby Club site and came to South Quay.

Graham.

HAYLE NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN FIRST SURVEY

This is to start people finding out about Hayle Neighbourhood Plan and a request for people to fill in a simple short introductory survey to get us started.

Say what you love about Hayle and what you wish could change in this very short survey.

(Hayle Neighbourhood Plan website and then the surveys tab or just link here http://np.hayle.net/surveys/ ). Please complete it before July 22nd 2014 to get your voice heard.
Information about the neighbourhood plan is on the website and you may also like to participate through the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/hayleneighbourhoodplan .
You can do the survey if you live in Hayle, work in Hayle, visit Hayle, come from Hayle, want to return to Hayle, (making sure there is affordable housing and/ or affordable land to build houses is something the Hayle Neighbourhood Plan can make happen!).
http://np.hayle.net/

(Stolen and reproduced from Lucy Frears, unashamedly copied here! Graham Coad.)

HAYLE SOUTH QUAY RENOVATION AND REPAIR TO QUAY WALLS

Long awaited repairs to Hayle's South Quay harbour walls and a repair to the collapsed section opposite Penpol Terrace Hayle are due to start in the next week or so.

Part of the general redevelopment of South Quay and the building of the iconic supermarket to be occupied by ASDA the quays have stood in a decaying and dilapidated state for decades but are now to be repaired and brought up to a safe and usable state including the large collapsed section that highlighted the air of neglect and decay.

This is also approximately the location for the footbridge from the South Quay 3 hour free parking area to the Penpol Terrace shopping area to improve access for locals and encourage ASDA shoppers to explore the existing character shops of Penpol and Foundry.

Graham.

JOHN POLLARD RE-ELECTED CORNWALL COUNCIL LEADER

Local Hayle Man John Pollard, Hayle Town and Cornwall Councillor re-elected as Leader of Cornwall Council.

CLICK HERE

Bridge over Penpol Creek, Hayle. CONSULTATION

Most of the past plans for developing Hayle Harbour have had the idea of bridges linking various parts of the harbour, and the current plans were no exception.

INGs proposals which changed as the ideas developed mainly showed a footbridge between the centre of South Quay and Penpol Terrace, landing on the grass bank, with a crossing to the shops on Penpol Terrace, integrating the new Supermarket car park with the existing shopping centre, in effect creating a circular route under the viaduct into Foundry Square and back around to the Supermarket, which will have North and South main entrances. This would mean that whatever challenges Foundry shops face from the new Supermarket could be balanced by a proportion of the new shoppers easily accessing the rest of the Penpol and Foundry shops and services before or after a Supermarket visit, using the 3 hours free car parking.

This bridge would link directly across the car park to the public footpath Rights of Way around Carnsew Pool, and down past the Weir to the Point.

A bridge at this location would be attractive, useful, and become an integrated part of the new shopping area.

This is mainly what has been pictured in press releases and on the Internet, so people could be forgiven for thinking it was what was going to happen.

IT IS UNDER THREAT THOUGH, of being ‘POACHED’ by the “Hayle Harbour Trust” originally formed to oppose the ING harbour development, formed from the “Friends of Hayle Harbour” who opposed the development, which in turn had been formed from the “Hayle Residents Association” who were at that time opposing the harbour development.

The Hayle Harbour Trust (HHT) seek to be the recipients of harbour land and property when ING complete the development and move on, hoping to become the body that owns and manages Hayle Harbour in the future. (There will be Public Consultation on that in 2013.)

HHT would like to take over East Quay, where Baumbachs Boat Builders are, Strawberry Blonde’s hairdressers, the shellfish processing warehouse and the old Gasworks/Tyre Services depot etc. They have evolving plans for east Quay, but as the existing owners may have their own ideas of what should happen, we are some way away from any concrete proposals.

HHT want the bridge for THEIR plans, sited at the sea end of South Quay behind Philps Pasty Factory and shop, to connect South Quay to whatever future development MIGHT (or might not) happen on East Quay.

How many shoppers would walk all the way from their cars to the end of South Quay, cross a bridge to have to cross the road somewhere near the Royal Standard Pub and that road corner to access the Penpol Terrace shops? Few if any I suspect, and I believe that NOT having the bridge across the middle of Penpol Creek damages the whole future of Foundry as a shopping area.

Let Hayle Harbour Trust seek the funding for “their” bridge themselves in the future, if their ideas ever come to fruition, but please don’t damage the future prosperity and viability of Foundry shopping area by ‘stealing’ the centre bridge over Penpol Creek!

There will be an EXHIBITION AND PUBLIC CONSULTATION on the siting of the bridge at Passmore Edwards Institute, Hayle on 13^th December 2012 from 12.0 noon, midday to 6.30pm which will be the basis for deciding where the bridge goes.

PLEASE DON’T MISS THIS CONSULTATION AND CHANCE TO HAVE YOUR SAY.

Graham Coad.

Hayle and Facebook

Hayle Town Council is now using Facebook Pages, and soon will be using it for for some of its official business, informing and getting feedback from Facebook...
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hayle-Town-Council/440862479279027 

..and the town Swimming Pool...
https://www.facebook.com/HayleSwimmingPool 

..and the campaign for A Sports Hall for Hayle...
https://www.facebook.com/SportsHallForHayle 


We want to let people know whats happening in Hayle, and even get feedback from the people if possible!

HAYLE HARBOUR FUTURE MANAGEMENT

HAYLE HARBOUR LIAISON GROUP

The Hayle Harbour Liaison Group (HHLG) has started to meet again, bringing together representatives of various groups and interests in the town to act as a first stage consultation group with ING and the Hayle and Cornwall Councils.

What we are working on now is the method by which the harbour will eventually be run after the development is complete and ING have moved on.

Mr Dave Slatter from Cornwall Council has been working on around half a dozen possible ways a harbour can be properly and legally run and managed, and will soon be able to present Hayle with clear options as to what Hayle People prefer.

Of course ING as the owners of the Harbour can do pretty much what they want with it , and the final decision is down to them, but they have agreed to pass the management ownership and control of the harbour to locals IF a suitable solution that satisfies ING Head Office, the legal requirements and the local people.

HHLG will work towards presenting the final options to the public for as wide a consultation as possible, hopefully including articles in local papers and local websites, and exhibitions where people can visit and ask questions and leave feedback.

If you feel that YOUR group, club, interest or body should be involved in this please write explaining your interest to 

Mr Gary Cartmell c/o Hayle Harbour Authority Ltd,

The Old Customs House
North Quay
Hayle
Cornwall
TR27 4BL

Please start thinking about how you feel the harbour should be run, and listen out for news on Consultation meetings etc.

Graham Coad.

Hayle Outdoor Swimming Pool Re-opens 2012

Hayle Outdoor Swimming Pool

Our pool opens at 11 am Saturday2nd June 2012 after brilliant help from teams of local volunteers over the last few weekends. Everything from cleaning through grasscutting to carpentry has been completed just in time as the pumps and filters ran continuously cleaning and clearing the water.

There will be a short re-opening ceremony at 11.30 then FREE SWIMMING all day till 6pm, with refreshments available from Cafe Riviere at the pool at reasonable prices.

History......

Technically a LIDO as it is an outdoor swimming and recreation place, Hayle’s pool was built by Hayle people FOR Hayle back in the 1970s.

Sited at the western end of King George V memorial walk at its junction with the new North Quay road, it is built over an historic old sluice channel, and an industrial outflow shute.

No big European Grants, no flashy Development Agency or company, no nationally famous pool building company.

No Council or public body created it FOR Hayle; Hayle people did it themselves including a local builder and labour, some of it apparently voluntary.

Although we have not been able to find authoritative early records, we have pieced together bits and pieces from local knowledge and family stories and there is now a BIT of history.

From a photo of a train passing the then unfenced pool we know the pool was there prior to 1983 when the rail tracks on the branch line were lifted, local man Dick Horwell puts the date of building the pool at around 1978, while local woman Tracey Dawson (nee Pellow) thought maybe 1974, and that her father Conway Pellow helped with some work on it. Apparently the paving slabs were rescued from another site in Hayle where they were being replaced!

During its time, it has been run and funded by Hayle, and at some stage came into the ownership and management of Hayle Town Council, and for some time was loyally supported by the Friends of Hayle Pool, who also strove to raise money for the pool to be heated.  When they were wound up they were able to pass a respectable £5,000 to Hayle Town Council who have it “ring fenced” for heating and have been adding to the fund where and when possible. ‘

In the past couple of years, HTC (Hayle Town Council) have looked at various types of cover for the pool and were interested in a polycarbonate ‘greenhouse’ like cover that could be opened or closed depending on the weather, and would help keep any warmth in the pool, which tends to warm during the day and cool at night.

Gas, oil or electric heating for the pool has been a worrying issue, especially with an open air pool and today’s awareness of “sustainability” and “Green” issues, and solar power HAD been too expensive in the past, nonetheless HTC were working on the ideas when the worldwide economic situation and the UK recession started to really bite locally, and Cornwall Council dropped a bombshell!

Probably the most expensive aspect of running the pool is the wage, insurance and equipment bill for the essential lifeguards, and for some time these were mostly covered by monetary and other assistance from Penwith District Council, which passed to Cornwall Council when it became the Unitary Authority

Up until 2010, Cornwall Council provided £22,000 towards the running costs of the pool, which was reduced to £8,000 in 2011 and £5,000 this year.

Next year the input from Cornwall Council will be ZERO. Hayle is not being singled out, all across Cornwall pools and leisure facilities are being put under similar pressure with funding withdrawn or being passed into the ownership of town and parish councils and other bodies.

SO it’s all back in Hayle’s hands again, IF we want to keep the pool going we will have to fund it all ourselves!

The swimming pool costs approximately £20,000 per year to run and last year made £6,591 in admissions, so there is clearly a gap.

With luck, by the time you read this in June, the pool should be open, as we plan to open it for the Memorial Walk Jubilee event on Sunday 3^rd June 2012 and each weekend in June before full time opening in July until the end of School summer holidays.

If you come, and find it a bit dated or quaint, or think it should be smarter and slicker, remember that it is maintained solely by local volunteers, often using their own equipment, and in their own time. Be open minded please.

The Café franchise has been won by brother and sister, Simon and Elizabeth Tytler who hope to work with HTC and volunteers to recreate a Pool Support Group.

PLEASE USE THE POOL, all day swim, Adult £5, Child £3, £1 for spectators, leaving and returning included, free parking. (Season tickets available) Every paying user helps the pool, and hopefully you can join the Pool Supporters Group, ask at the Pool Cafe or call the town clerk on 01736 755005.

Email townclerk@hayletowncouncil.net      Web http://www.hayletowncouncil.net/

Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/HayleSwimmingPool

NO TO PASTY TAX!

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

PASTY TAX!

Now I really like a pasty and I like the bugger ot,

an a pasty often cost me all the cash that I have got.

So if the bleddy gummunt add on the VEEAYTEE

I shent be able t'ave one fer me dinner or me tea!

Tes more than jes a pie you see, an more than jes a treat,

tes a bit of Cornish Culture that meks life a bit mor sweet.

We bin eating them fer centuries so I spec we went stop now

but we'll remember next election, how you taxed our favourite chow!

From Lands End to the Tamar I hope you all will note,

not a Libral Dem ner Tory should get a single vote!

I knaw our George and Andrew voted right on pasty tax

an this is nothing persnal, but this pome you can take back

to David bleddy Cameron, and George bleddy Osborne too,

that tax upon our culture and identity won't do!

Repeal this hated Pasty Tax and do us all a favour,

So we can buy the pasties that add to Cornwall's flavour.

Cornwall is a special place I think we all agree

We deserve our pasties and we want them Duty Free!

(Pome wrote by Graham Coad)

New Cornwall Archive and Record Centre..HAYLE??

Proposed Site

Cornwall needs a new Archive and record Centre, as the current location in the basements under old County Hall is bursting at the seams and money is being spent on renting other space as well.

A NEW Centre is to be built, in purpose built new complex to all the necessary modern standards needed for proper storage of Archive material.

 Communities in Cornwall were invited to apply to be the location for the new Archive, and Cornwall Councillor John Pollard submitted a bid for Hayle, based on the unsurfaced car park opposite Jewsons by the viaduct, currently owned by ING who are very keen on the proposals.

Among the requirements are that the site is handy for private and public transport by road, rail and bus, and Hayle definitely qualifies there!

Thiks could also be a case where Hayle Foundry being a conservation area and part of the World Heritage site could be an advantage!

It has just been announced that, from 38 applications, HAYLE IS IN THE FINAL SHORTLIST OF THREE!!

North Quay new road and Swing Bridge OPEN

Sometimes it’s the little things that bring pleasure.

Tonight I was returning from seeing my father on his 80^th birthday when I noticed that the old North Quay swing bridge had re-opened after road works the other side.

I swiftly turned around in the Central Garage and had the simple pleasure of driving over the old bridge and appreciating the new seawall and road surface, but THEN I noticed that the new elevated North Quay road was open…Deep joy!

With great satisfaction I drove for the first time along the new road, opened this afternoon, right down to where the Wave hub is then turned around and drove back, enjoying the experience, and the open prospect and views.

All these years after the harbour closed to major shipping  and all Hayle’s industries fell like dominoes, it is so satisfying to see major construction work rebuilding hayle harbour, and in my father, Bob Coad’s lifetime……..

One small drive for me, one significant step for Hayle Harbour!

Well done Council, Good work Carillion.

Graham Coad.

HARBOUR PLANS PASSED BY SEC. OF STATE

The secretary of State has approved the planning application for ING's developement including a supernmarket and housing on South Quay, Hayle Harbour in Cornwall.

The controversial plans had been passed unanimously by the town council and then passed by Cornwall Council who were obliged to refer the matter to the Secretary of State as there were strong objections from English Heritage, a statutory consultee.

This means that the Secretary of State has decided that he can alow Cornwall Council to proceed with the planning application to the point of full approval and 'signing off' so that work can start.

Plans include extensive repairs and strengthening of historically important quay walls, resumption of sluicing to help keep the harbour viable, methods to guarantee future income for the harbour management, transfer of various property to local ownership as part of the regeneration of Hayle Harbour overall.