Developing Hayle Harbour for Hayle  
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Clean-up support from:
•
 Green Waste Company
• Jago Skip Hire
• Geoff Henwood
• Chris Lello
• Ray Wyse
• Clive Polkinghorne
• ING/HHAL
 
Hayle Harbour Trust News
 
Land Transfers
The Trust has negotiated the land and water areas in colour in the map below to be included in the transfer to a Hayle Trust (subject to final discussions). There are additional areas to the east and south that are not covered by this map.
 
Road Map
An outline of the Trust's plans are included in the document which you can download here. It describes the plans for developing East Quay and Penpol Creek.
The sketch produced by architect Bob Mims outlining the East Quay development
 
Next Steps

During the negotiations among the applicants for a supermarket, it was the Trust's policy to remain neutral.
However, the Trust was the prime mover in negotiating with ING to ensure that, if their application was successful, Hayle would receive the maximum benefit. The result is:
  • Agreement to hand over the harbour to a local trust. Operations to be funded by a ground rent on commercial and domestic properties to be built around the harbour.
  • Restoration of sluicing. This, and other items, were insisted on by the Trust as heritage compensation as well as a vital component of ongoing harbour operation.
  • Transfer of assets including:
    • Lelant Beach
    • Harvey's Towans beach
    • The Spit (the Point)
    • Cansew Sluice
    • The Cocklebank (with potential use as a wet mooring)
    • Copperhouse Pool towpath
    • Land adjacent to ISIS Gardens
    • Stables on North Quay
    • Wharves Branch Line
    • The Harbour Office
    • East Quay for development as a fishemen's facility
    • Moorings on Penpol Terrace
    • All waterways in the harbour
  • Discussions are continuing on Lelant Quay
  • In addition, ING will transfer to Harvey's Foundry Trust:
    • Harvey's Pattern Building
    • Land adjacent to Bookers
    • The Cart Shed
The Trust will continue in the negotiation process to ensure that appropriate funding and risk contol measures are in place.
 
Annual Return Filed
The Trust's Annual Return has been filed at Companies House. It was due on the 7th of April 2011.
 
Clean Up Cornwall - Railway Walk Clean-Up

Clean Cornwall Weekend is from the 7th to the 10th of April and our contribution is to have another tidy-up on the old railway line between Hayle Terrace and Hayle Railway Station. Join us at 10am on Sunday, 10th April at the entrance to the walk by Grameen Tandoori and bring gloves, bags, wheelbarrows and tools.
We will have a skip for general rubbish and our objective is to remove rubbish and to tidy up with grass cutting, trimming, etc.
If you can bring a mower or scythe, chainsaw or lopping shears that would be great.
Please donate a couple of hours and help us to make this a great place for walkers to enjoy.


John Bennett

Chairman, Hayle Harbour Trust.

chairman@hayleharbourtrust.org.uk, 753184.
 
Great Results
The clean-up exceeded all expectations thanks to the many volunteers and the fantastic support of Geoff Henwood and his flail and Chris Lello's digger driven with verve by Ian. The corporate support was fantastic with free skips from the Green Waste Company and Jago Skip Hire and insurance cover paid for by ING. Below are before and after photographs of the historic, listed sand drag - believed to be the first of its kind in the country (and long hidden from view). Some of the original rail is still there. A proper excavation and restoration is a future project.
 
 
The Work Started on Saturday - But there is still plenty to do.
Shown here is the result of Geoff Henwood's flailer. Can you spot the before and after?
 
 
Amazing Post-Christmas Weight Loss Opportunity!
The Hayle Harbour Trust has agreed with ING a plan to clear up the footpath and area leading from Hayle Terrace to the railway station. We will be working on Sunday, January 9th starting at 10.00 am (but come when you can) and all volunteers are welcome.Bring sturdy boots, gloves, eye protection and whatever tools you have for trimming, cutting, raking and sawing and bags or containers for collecting the debris.
If all goes to plan, ING will designate the area a public footpath or a village green.
 
 
The Trust Works With ING to Develop Land for Public Benefit

Cornwall Council has now concluded the negotiations with ING and the planning applications have been approved. Given that the objective of bringing the whole harbour into trust ownership is unlikely at this point, the Trust is now focusing on identifying parts of the harbour that will not be developed by ING and yet could be developed for local benefit.

Two areas were identified for early discussion with ING: the old railway line leading to Hayle Station and the Triangular Spit past Carnsew Pool out to the estuary. ING’s public relations person, Gary Cartmell, was able to arrange meetings between FOHH and ING’s management team and these proved very positive. An outline protocol was discussed and it was agreed to focus initially on the Station Approach.

 

Following a further meeting and a visit to the site, an accord started to emerge whereby HHT would produce a plan detailing how the land would be cleaned up, the historic sand drag cleared and brought into view, amenities such as play areas added and long-term maintenance considered. In return, ING would consider transferring the land for public benefit.
The Trust is now preparing a detailed plan for clearing the site and we need your help. We need volunteers, equipment, company support and professionals to assist in making the area a marvellous recreational area for the people of Hayle. If you are willing to give a little time to helping us, please email: chairman@hayleharbourtrust.org.uk or drop a note addressed to Hayle Harbour Trust in the letter box at the Passmore Edwards Institute on Hayle Terrace.
 

Sir John Banham Agrees to Support the Hayle Harbour Trust

 

Sir John BanhamSir John Banham is a Cornishman, a former Director General of the CBI and has chaired some of Britain's most successful businesses, creating more value than any other FTSE leader.

(click here for more details of Sir John's background).

When given details of the objects of the Trust, Sir John offered his immediate support - and started floating ideas on ways to proceed.

Sir John's outstanding experience will add support to a board which already includes a local MP, a barrister and Fulbright scholar, a chartered surveyor, a professional engineer and successful local business people.

In addition, Sir John knows how local government works having been the first Chief Executive of the Audit Commission when it was established in 1983 to monitor efficiency and seek better value for money in local government. Under Sir John's leadership it identified improvements worth over £2 billion a year and launched a range of reforms now being implemented in local government finance including the management of secondary schools, council housing and community care.

In 1992 he became the first Chairman of the Local Government Commission for England. This resulted in the creation of 48 new unitary authorities in England, and the restoration of the historic boundaries of the Counties of the East Riding of Yorkshire, County Durham, Gloucestershire, Lincolnshire, Somerset and Rutland.

Board members are extremely pleased to be able to call upon the wealth of knowledge that Sir John brings. This is excellent news for the future of Hayle Harbour.

Following the formation of Friends of Hayle Harbour, a mandate was given for the creation of a charitable trust with the intention of bringing some or all of the harbour into trust ownership.

The Hayle Harbour Trust Limited was incorporated on April 7, 2010 with the following objects:

To promote the preservation, protection, development and improvement of Hayle harbour and associated and related lands and properties for the benefit of the people of Hayle, Cornwall & the nation while maintaining and enhancing the natural historical, environmental, architectural & constructional heritage, features, objects and projects of historic and public interest, including buildings of particular beauty or historical, architectural or constructional interest.

 
 
 
 
 
 
     
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