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GO-AHEAD GIVEN FOR THE TRURO EASTERN DISTRICT CENTRE.
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Welcome to the Truro Eastern District Centre website.


The Truro Eastern District Centre (TEDC) is a partnership development from Cornwall Council, The Taste of Cornwall, Waitrose and the Duchy of Cornwall
on land to the east of Truro city centre.

A joint planning application for the scheme has been considered by Cornwall Council. A summary of the application is available to download:

Statement Chapter 1: Introduction
Statement Chapter 2: Context
Statement Chapter 3: Process
Statement Chapter 4: Whole Site
Statement Chapter 5: Movement
Statement Chapter 6: Landscape
Statement Chapter 7: Environmental Issues
Statement Chapter 8: Architecture
Statement Chapter 9: Sustainability
Statement Chapter 10: Appendix

Also a detailed Q&A about the scheme is available to downoad here.

You can also view a short film here profiling Trevillett Quarry near Tintagel which would supply hand-split slates to the TEDC project if the planning application is approved.

Further information was submitted to the Planning Authority on the 2nd November 2011. To download the summary briefing note and document list click on the following links: briefing note or document list. Alternatively you can view the full application and further information on the Cornwall Council Planning website under application number PA11/04599.

Aerial view of the proposed Truro Eastern District Centre

 

The TEDC aims to meet a number of local needs by providing an integrated and innovative development comprising:

• 19.47 hectare area (2.76 hectares of housing)
• 1,379 parking spaces at new park and ride
• 15% reduction in traffic entering Truro from the east
• 2,000 sq metre Cornish Food Centre comprising Waitrose (1,500 sq metres) and The Taste of Cornwall (500 sq metres)
• Around 210 new jobs created
• 97 houses and apartments (plus a lodge house), delivering 34 affordable homes (35%) in accordance with Cornwall Council's policy
• Biomass energy centre providing low-carbon electricity and heating for the store, homes and park and ride hub building
• Household Waste Recycling Centre to deliver an important local facility
• More than 6,000 new trees to be planted
• Demonstration garden
• Allotment gardens for residents
• Green buffer owned on behalf of the community to prevent any further
development from the site
• Around 190,000 kg of carbon dioxide emissions saved annually

This combination of uses would achieve many things. It would help tackle local congestion and reduce carbon dioxide emissions, provide much needed affordable housing, promote the best of Cornish produce and create a quality 'gateway' to the east of the city, as well as benefits for the wider community.

The proposed site is at the junction of the A39 Newquay road from the north, and the A390 St Austell road from the east.

The design approach to the new development would be governed by the topography, ecology and landscape history of the site, protecting existing features like trees, hedges, drainage and ecology to best practice standards as a minimum.

Google map view of development area: