Residents of Falmouth's North Parade fought back against a development "out of character" with the current street scene.

At a meeting of Falmouth Town Council's planning committee this week (8th), the North Parade community voiced their concerns about the plans.

The proposal sees the demolition of a single dwelling and the building of a row of four luxury riverside properties.

As reported in September, those living in the area said they'd had enough of "greedy developers" trying to cram in as many units as possible onto small plots of land to the detriment of the locals.

Residents say the 'overdevelopment, excessive height and poor design' criticised by Falmouth Town Council have not been addressed by the minimal changes in the current proposal and that neither have concerns of the residents who formally objected to the previous application.

At the meeting residents said:

"Those in North Parade are concerned that their objections have not been addressed.

"Falmouth Town Council objected to the plans on the grounds of overdevelopment, excessive height and loss of view from the highway, and inadequate parking. It would imply that these objections have been addressed but they have not.

"The waterfront buildings are predominantly glass, very modern, too high and too dominant, completely out of character with the area.

"The residents love their 1930's bungalows, please don't allow this character of North Parade to be destroyed."

Among public objections to the proposal on Cornwall Council's Planning Register are concerns about highway safety, noting that North Parade is a busy and dangerous road with vehicles meeting head-on at speed along the narrow road close to the blind bend.

They continued:

"North Parade is a busy and dangerous road with vehicles meeting head-on causing gridlock. Residents have reported accidents and a survey of cyclists showed that 75% have observed/experienced accidents along this stretch of road."

In an open debate, Councillor Jewell said;

"That is a nightmare road and I think the issue we have with the application is highways. The building has gone some way to be broken up, but I have got concerns about highways."

Councillor Eva said:

"There is still a loss of view from the highway, it has gone a long way to reducing the development but there is still a loss of view from the highway."

Councillor Young added:

"I'd like to draw attention to the potential loss of the trees, and potential encroachment into the foreshore."

The council voted to recommend refusal of the application, the decision was unanimous.

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