Residents are being invited to the October meeting of the St Blazey, Fowey and Lostwithiel Community Network Panel.

Items on the agenda include plans to give communities more say on local issues and an update on the St Austell Resilient Regeneration project.

The meeting will take place on Monday, October 16 between 7pm and 9pm at the Burrows Centre, Lamellyn Road, Par, PL24 2DD

There will be a briefing from Edwina Hannaford, cabinet member for neighbourhoods and Tasha Davis, community link officer for the area, to include information on empowering panels by giving them more of a say on important local issues.

The St Austell Resilient Regeneration (StARR) flood alleviation and regeneration project aims to work across the Par and Sandy River catchments to reduce flood risk to communities living and working in the St Austell Bay area, particularly the people of Par and St Blazey.

There will also be round the table updates from Cornwall councillors and town and parish councils on matters of interest across the network, and opportunity to share experiences.

At the meeting there will be an opportunity for local residents to ask any questions they may have.

The panel meets quarterly to discuss matters that affect the local area.

It includes all five Cornwall Councillors for the area, representatives of the eight Parish Councils (Boconnoc, Broadoak, Lanlivery, Luxulyan, St Sampson, St Veep, St Winnow and Tywardreath and Par) and three Town Councils (Fowey, Lostwithiel, St Blaise) in the community network area.