SPRINKLERS will be installed in all homes Cornwall Council builds and commissions in the future.

Councillors voted this week to approve a motion brought by Neil Burden, Cornwall Councillor for Stoke Climsland.

Sprinklers will be installed across all future Housing Development Programme schemes at a cost of around £1.8million.

The programme will see the Council invest up to £170 million in directly building 1,000 new homes on sites across Cornwall.

The developments will be a mix of homes for private market rental with 35% for affordable rent or shared ownership, 15% sold on the private market and 50% available for private market rental.

Cllr Burden said: ‘This is but a small investment that will promote best practice and will make a difference for years to come.

‘Maybe when a family’s home and belongings have been saved when the sprinklers are triggered, some reflection on the positive action of this council will be remembered.’