Kerrier

Kerrier ( _kw. Keryer) is a local government district in Cornwall, England, UK. It is the most southerly district in the United Kingdom, other than the Isles of Scilly. Its council is based in Camborne. Other places in the district include Redruth, Helston. The district contains the Lizard Peninsula.

The district is named after one of the ancient administrative Hundreds of Cornwall, which covered broadly the same area, but did not have a coast on the north, like the modern district. See Kerrier (hundred).

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, as a merger of the borough of Helston, the urban district of Camborne-Redruth and Kerrier Rural District.

On 25 July 2007, Cornwall County Council's bid for unitary authority status was accepted by the government. The district will be abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England.

Interestingly, Cornish musician Luke Vibert has released two self-titled albums under the alias Kerrier District, as a nod to New York musicians Metro Area and a tribute to the place where he grew up.

Housing

On 9th January 2008 the ‘Regional Spatial Strategy for the South West’ (RSS) announced plans to massively increase house-building in Cornwall stating that almost 70,000 new homes would be built by 2026. The findings of the ‘Examination in Public’ into the RSS, were produced by the unelected South West Regional Assembly. The original Draft RSS was published in 2006 and the new figures show another 53% increase. Figures for the new plans included - Caradon – 6,500 housing units (an increase of 700 on the original document), Carrick - 10,900 housing units (increase of 900), Kerrier – 14,400 housing units (increase of 6,200), North Cornwall – 13,400 housing units ( increase of 5,800), Penwith - 7,800 housing units (increase of 3,000), Restormel - 15,700 housing units (increase of 7,100). [ [http://www.mebyonkernow.org/?q=news/132 South West Regional Assembly housing plans for Cornwall] ] There has been much concern in Cornwall regarding these proposals and Dick Cole the leader of the Cornish political party Mebyon Kernow has issued a statement saying that local housing strategy should be determined by democratically elected Cornish politicians. [ [http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/cornwallhousing/ MK condemn proposed Cornish house building plans] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.kerrier.gov.uk/ Kerrier District Council website]
* [http://www.kerrier.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=22751 Kerrier Local election results 2007]
* [http://crocat.cornwall.gov.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Overview.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo='dcker') Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for Kerrier District Council]