A Kelly Bray businessman has pledged to build a new village hall for his community if his plan for 45 new homes goes ahead.

Jamie Hatch, who owns a chicken farm in Station Road in the village, is seeking pre-application advice for a mixed residential scheme, with a third of the proposed housing to be affordable.

The development would be built on two fields which are currently laid to grass, as well as using part of a garden belonging to his parents.

There’s a full report on this in this week’s edition of the Cornish Times, on sale from today.