Plan for 12 homes

in Widegates debated

A PLAN to build 12 properties and estate roads at Widegates has been recommended for refusal by Caradon council officers.

The proposal, by P J and W I Harding, is for a site at Tremodrett, which has a history of previous applications.

The council has received letters of objection from neighbours who point out the lack of facilities in the village, inadequate water pressure, and the fact the site is not wholly within the village boundary.

The officers' report said planning policy does not normally permit the erection of more than one or two properties on sites within villages, and neither does the policy allowing development which straddles a village boundary.

But it adds that 'given that the boundaries for the site generally accord with the relevant part of the l99l approval, there is clearly a past commitment to the development of the site in some form. However, the scale of the development now proposed is clearly excessive for this village site.'

The report added: 'The council was previously minded to support the development of market and local needs housing, but the applicant did not want the local needs agreement and amended the application to market housing.

'The current application has not been submitted as local needs housing and the scale of the proposal is beyond that considered appropriate for this site.'

The recommendation for refusal cites the fact that the scale of the proposed development would result in 'environmental and servicing problems' and 'be harmful to the conservation of the village character and its landscape setting within an area of great landscape value.'

The matter was due to come before Caradon's planning control committee (west) last night (Thursday).

Cheese

and wine

LOOE Town Forum is to hold a cheese and wine evening in the Masonic Hall, Castle Street, East Looe on April 29, starting at 7pm.

The next Forum meeting is on April 25 at Looe community school at 7pm.

School bids Graham

a fond farewell

ON the last day of term Looe community school bid farewell to Graham Cotgreave, the deputy head of curriculum who has left to take up a new position with SWIFT in the world of IT, and will be working in the South West region.

It was remarked upon that this will be the first time in about ten years that there hasn't been a Cotgreave at the school, but it is anticipated that another member of the family will be joining in about two years time on completing primary education.

Mr Cotgreave's final duty was to present commendation certificates to outgoing year 11 students who are recognised for effort, progress, attainment and service to the school. They were all wished every success in the future.

Mr Cotgreave's position has been filled by Mike Keveth who has been promoted to assistant head teacher. There were also goodbyes and thanks to teacher's assistant Gill Chivers, who had served the school for several years.

Music

results

A NUMBER of music students from Looe Community School, taught by visiting peripatetic piano and keyboard teacher Christine Lewis, passed their music exams.

From Trinity College of Music James Flanaghan passed his grade one piano, Lisa Smith passed her grade one piano exam with merit, Samantha Lane passed her initial piano exam with merit and Louise Banks passed her grade four piano exam with merit.

From the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Lynda Flanaghan passed her grade four piano exam with merit.

Were you at Looe

School in 1974?

A former pupil of Looe County Secondary School in 1974 would like to know if anyone who was a member of the X, Y or Z classes would be interested in a re-union get together.

If you are, you should contact Mandy Wesemann (nee Truscott), on 01752 308046 or 07780736820.

Names of the time that Mandy can remember are Kim Stephens, Denise Playne, Caroline Higgs, Alison Stevens, Joanne Powell, Jackie Titchener, Linda Burdon, Philip Radcliffe, Andrew Moore, Iain Harris.

Tre take

a topple

AT the end of term inter-house quiz finals held at Looe community school, champions Tre finally took a topple off the top of the pile.

In the lower school final Pen emerged the victors, beating Tre by 37-33, and in the upper school final Tre were beaten by Pol, with a score of 44-36.

Flight Sergeant

in a documentary

A CORNISH Flight Sergeant, who is buried in Looe graveyard, features on a television documentary due to be broadcast on independent television this month.

Flight Sergeant Leonard Sweett will feature in a documentary entitled 'Hitler and Hess', produced by Sir David Frost and based on the book Double Standards.

The documentary centres on a flight by Hitler's deputy, Rudolph Hess, to Scotland in l941 and recent research which suggests that, while in Britain, Hess had a double.

For many years there has been a theory it was the double who was imprisoned following the Nuremberg Trials, while a mystery remains as to what happened to the real Hess.

The authors believed they found an answer while researching another mystery - the death of Prince George, Duke of Kent, in a plane crash in Scotland in l942.

It is thought perhaps the Duke, who died while on a 'special mission' was due to visit the real Hess. The authors found one body too many was recovered from the wreckage of the tragic flight, and traced its last movements to a house beside a remote loch where Hess had been kept.

Flight Lieutenant Sweett died along with the Duke, the mysterious extra passenger and all but one of the crew - the cream of the RAF.

Fish figures

from Looe

FISH figures from Looe: Friday April 13 - lemon sole 1600kg, plaice 150kg, whiting 130kg, pollack 110kg, cod 50kg.

Tuesday April 17 - lemon sole 2000kg, whiting 200kg, cuttle 130kg.

Thursday April l9 - cuttle l80kg, lemon sole 1500kg, cod 100kg, whiting l00kg, plaice 170kg.

Figures are supplied by Looe Fish Selling.

Forum on

April 25

THERE will be a Looe Town Forum meeting on Wednesday April 25 at Looe community school, starting 7 pm.

Items to be discussed include Looe ICT Centre and town management.