Plans to transform and regenerate Camborne have reached another important milestone, with eight shortlisted projects being given approval by the Camborne Town Deal board.
The Government announced £23.7m in Town Deal funding for Camborne in April 2021 – the highest amount in Cornwall. Developmental work has been going on ever since and the projects’ details are now being reviewed by Cornwall Council before being sent off to Government for official sign off this autumn.
Key amongst them is the large-scale regeneration of the town centre which includes creating a youth café, flexible performance spaces and co-working amenities. Kerrier Way, Trelowarren Street and Commercial Square will also be upgraded and improved to help achieve a visually appealing, vibrant community hub. The flagship redevelopment replaces the original Buzz Station proposal in the Town Investment Plan – delivering similar aims but impacting a wider area.
The other seven projects in Camborne’s Town Deal transformation are establishing a world-class fibre park, opening up a network of cycleways, giving high street businesses a makeover, renovating the recreation ground, creating new sports and amenities facilities, facilitating food and farming enterprise and turning the Donald Thomas Centre into a contemporary crafts club.
“Everyone involved has been working really hard to meet official Town Deal deadlines and I’m delighted that we’re progressing well towards official Government confirmation of our funding in the autumn,” said Camborne Town Deal chair Val Dalley.
“Our town centre is already changing for the better thanks to the Town Deal Accelerator Funding we received, so it really is a case of onwards and upwards. These are exciting times for Camborne.”
Camborne is one of 101 towns in England, and four in Cornwall, selected to bid for the Government’s £3.6 billion Towns Fund which aims to drive economic regeneration and level up the regions.
