Hot rocks, sprinklers and traffic routes are on the agenda for next week’s full Cornwall Council meeting.

Matters up for discussion include ‘hot rocks’, providing a commercial rate loan to bring forward work on improved traffic flows around Nansledan and Newquay and installation of sprinklers in all council new-builds.

The full agenda and papers are published on the Council’s website www.cornwall.gov.uk

The meeting will be held at 10.30am on May 22.

The agenda includes a proposal to provide a £1.4m grant to Eden-EGS Energy to help fund a new ‘hot rocks’ project near St Austell, which could unlock the potential for more deep geothermal power in Cornwall.

If supported by full council, the £1.4m grant would be considered match funding, subject to Eden-EGS Energy achieving funding from other sources including the European Development Fund.

Councillors will also consider a proposal to install sprinklers in all domestic new builds for sale or let by the Council at a cost of £1.8m.

Loan funding of £7.1m from the council’s capital reserves to the Duchy of Cornwall is being considered to bring forward construction of new roads which will deliver up to 3,880 homes and 58,000 square metres of employment space at Nansledan.