Thursday 8 May 2008

D-day looms for Norway Stores campaigners

Plans to close a much-loved St Ives corner shop and replace it with a flat or an artist's studio and gallery will be considered by district councillors next week.

Applications by the owners of the Norway Stores will be discussed at the Penwith planning meeting in Penzance on Tuesday, May 13.The change of use proposals have sparked a campaign to maintain the shop as a community resource with hundreds of people signing a petition and sending letters to Penwith District Council... more>