East Penzance

East Penzance

I like where I live because:

Good community, easy access to town and facilities
It has everything I need except for a garden. Landlord is fantastic
Close to family & shops etc.
It’s a nice big house – I am very lucky. It has a garage, an above all I can walk to town, station etc. within 10 minutes. I love Penzance
Close to shops and amenities
It is quiet, most of the time, not too much traffic, convenient & easy walk into town. People know me here
It is close to town centre and easy to walk to work and cuts down on costs. Close to family and friends
I was born close by and have never wanted to move far
It is a quiet area with views across town and Penwith moors with easy access to almost all local facilities. It affords a good quality of life for the most part
We enjoy proximity to the railway station and bus station. We are in a bus route near our church and recreation ground with a reasonable view; within walking distance of the town. Very near schools – great when our children were growing up.
We have a lovely house, 10-15 mins walk from shops, station, doctors etc. Penzance has a lot to offer and could be a stunning, busy town
Close to town, safe neighbourhood, close to school
I live in a terraced house on a hill, with a view of the bay
Views, quiet, near the town
Views, quiet, near the town
I don’t really like it
I enjoy Penzance town, in the main it has a good atmosphere and a community feel. Although many shops have closed, there is still a good selection of independent shops.
I love being by the sea and walking in the countryside. It’s a lovely supportive community. I grew up here so have family and friends nearby
Good shopping centre, promenade, parks, entertainment
Close to all amenities, can walk into town
It’s a quiet street to raise children. Hardly any crime/trouble
I love it!! It’s convenient for local shops and is an easy walk to the town centre. It’s modern, easy to keep, nice and has a good rate of insulation (very low bills)
It seems a very quiet neighbourhood
Property was affordable with good position and aspect
It’s central, great views, quiet
I would like it more If the roads were not full of cars parked on pavements with trucks and vans etc. The area is like a dodgem track.
It is central but not too central to everything I need
It is convenient for bus and train stations, shops, sea front
Walking distance to pubs, restaurants, trains & buses, sea front, cinema etc. Good independent shops e.g. Causeway head. Annual festivals
It is friendly, though not as friendly as it used to be when there was a local shop. There are lovely views, out to the bay and over the town. It is close to 2 churches. It is really convenient. I can walk to the town and there is a bus
It is a quiet street
I can walk into Penzance centre, and sea front and next villages
As an older person I am happy to be able to access the towns shops on foot if necessary
It is convenient for town
Convenient for train & bus station
It is central, close to station and bus station. My allotment, friendly neighbours, close to shops – interesting different one off shops NOT supermarkets
Convenient to shops & community facilities (Bank, Surgery etc.) Also bus and train station
Its reasonably quiet and faces onto green space. It’s a friendly neighbourhood, with several short walks. Good to have local allotments
It is close to amenities, has views of Mounts Bay, overlooks garden space. Is not surrounded by holiday homes. Has a sense of community
I like Penzance
Quiet part of town with spectacular sea views
Older housing that us very attractive, with green space provided by gardens and allotments, close to local shops which is convenient and important socially – giving street life and personal interaction
It’s close to work and the local town
Its convenient for town. The rooms are light and spacious
Everything is so convenient that we have sold our car and now only walk/cycle or use public transport
Access to all of our needs
I am close to the sea and the station. Children all have their own bedroom
It is convenient to local amenities including walking and leisure activities
The music (playing) opportunities are wonderful
Easy access to town centre, open spaces for dog walking, easy access to coast path and beach for dog walking – mostly friendly neighbours
I am within easy walking distance of many amenities, particularly the coastal path
Mounts Bay is a beautiful place to live, I wish the planners at CCC would spend more money on the defences. A breakwater would be the answer to most problems. It would give us area to develop. We will never please everyone
Although it’s in town it’s quiet, we see little or no trouble. I have a garage otherwise parking is an issue
Easy access to town and the most fantastic views
It is quiet and near the beach, plus plenty of lovely walks across the fields with my dogs twice daily. Having lived here for 20 years, I have made many friends.
We live right by the beach. Most people in the square use it regularly for walks, surfing, fishing & fun. This asset should be protected – not a mariner and break watered!
Feeling of community. We have good neighbours, on the flat and close to the sea. Close to town centre and amenities
We have a stunning Bay – more sea front generation should encourage outdoor activities/restaurants/cafes and around our beautiful natural asset

I don’t like where I live because:

Parking is difficult
Main route to Treneere estate
Disability & lack of help from Council Housing, main route to Treneere
I cant think of anything. Oh except PZ in general often nobody over 25 is out at night!
Back ally can be littered / has lots of dog muck – too many cars driving down shopping streets
It can be difficult to park at night, social housing in next door flats can be noisy late at night
Amount of traffic up and down my road. Road is being brought down by all the houses made into flats.
Higher than average crime and dirty back streets, some sanitary problems due to amount of dog mess. Town has a dirty reputation. No pride in a dirty town
Dog muck on surrounding streets, and seriously bad and overcrowded parking on corners etc. We get all the prevailing and westerly and northerly winds. Too much experience (over 7 years ago) of hooliganism and damage to the home and area.
As we are getting older the walk home from town, which is all uphill in whichever direction we take, gets a little harder – but this is trivial and you cant flatten hills!
Dogs mess everywhere, No parking, drives not being used and up to 5 vehicles per family in road
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Mostly the traffic and the parking situation. Caldwell’s Road is used as a through road for many drivers and also a free parking zone. Many private landlords who don’t care i.e. environment and dog mess, lack of lighting.
Dog poo, parking issues, litter, weeds, I don’t feel as safe in the town at night anymore. Wheelie bins taking up room on pavements making access difficult
Penzance is looking shabby with lots of empty shops. I don’t like the litter and dog crap. Like everywhere there are people off their heads and drunk everywhere. I feel more should be done to assist them
Dog mess, street litter, parking
No guaranteed street parking, limited storage for refuse bins, dog mess!
Very bad for parking due to town workers parking in our street, nightmare with little children!
Traffic
Lack of parking, litter & dog fouling
Its about time some residents car parks were thought out instead of building more and more houses
Too many people moving in and out on a regular basis – “community feel” has gone
There are no trees or plants in the streets (none of the houses have gardens) dog owners and cat behaviour is a problem with fouling
Street/pavement can look untidy. Dog mess, untidy promenade. Leisure facilities/café on prom would be a bonus.
I love where I live
Dog mess is a real problem in Rosevean Road
Rubbish and dog mess
In the 33 years in my present home I have seen great deterioration in the upkeep of the general area. Not a place to be proud of
No parking, workers/shoppers park in our roads to avoid paying car park
Residents don’t have specific parking spaces
Difficulty parking, dog mess, too many supermarkets killing off town centre
Parking is tricky, occasional late night ‘domestics’ very steep hill to get into town and back
The back lane is badly lit and full of dog mess
Scruffy streets – bins left out, dog mess and littler (though the council works on the litter). The knock on effect of St. Petri’s breadline – drugs, petty crime, dog mess, seedy HMO’s
Some of the properties nearby are poorly maintained and there are a high number of drug/alcohol dependants
My street is treated like a public car park and used as a rat run by the shoppers/workers
Parking! Because of the high cost of council parking, people who work and are shopping, are using residential areas for free parking. 1 days parking equals an hour of work at minimum wage.
No sizeable garden and parking is always a problem
Some neighbours anti social sometimes. Some houses look rundown, sometimes difficult to park near house.
Many empty shops make the town feel run down
I have Osteoarthritis age 68, 3 hills to climb, 8 steps, 15 stairs to my bedsit, name on Council register 8 months, approx. 30 bids, still nothing available
Neighbours can be inconsiderate with BBQ’s
The roads are treacherous for pedestrians to cross. Crossing at Tesco over the A30 bypass needs urgent improvement
Traffic noise
Degeneration of town due to proliferation of supermarkets; the town centre no longer will be mainly retail, the use of the town centre needs blue sky thinking

What would you most like to change about where you live:

More policing for anti social behaviour especially Friday & Saturday nights
More local police on foot to overcome noise & anti social behaviour at weekends
Old Jewson’s! Garages! More people walking about in the evening, enjoying the town. No more out of town shops, knock down Sainsbury’s etc.
Get rid of dog muck – pedestrianize town centre more, make prom more of a focal point, careful zoning to reduce retail area and have fewer empty shops
No more houses converted into 4/5 single bed flats
Lots of flats not being kept to a good standard, outside looking bad. Lots of drug users living in them with a lot of unsafe people on my doorstep
Back lanes cleared of rubbish and weeds by home owners
Clean our back streets, more effort to improve parks and gardens and a breakwater to finally end the age old damage to the prom and Tolcarne
A much more regular and circular bus route around the town including evening transport (bus is no. 11) since I don’t drive and my wife is not keen anymore. All the appliances require purchasing from out of town. We are very sorry our B&Q has been closed.
More regular street cleaning/weeding. Dog poo is still a problem all over Penzance. On street parking is a nightmare, and makes both driving and walking around difficult
Here in the East ward we have eye sores. I.e. St Pauls School. St Pauls Church, the old board yard, the town yard. We need street lighting into the flats built in rear of St James Street
Make laws to insist that people use their garages and drives and only one car per house on the road. Stop dogs fouling
Weed clearance, people asked to park on their drives
1) Traffic control and parking spaces for residents only, 2) Mandatory/limited pollution control and access for emergency vehicles, 3) a couple more street lights. Caldwell’s Road is too small to be a through road.
Cleaner streets and if people cared about their street more i.e. kept weeds down in front of their houses, picked up litter and took pride in their properties
Clear it up to restore more pride in our community. Lower shop rent and rates to encourage growth. More affordable housing. Spruce up main streets and more planting of trees and flowers
Parking on both sides of the road, parking partly on pavement. Some roads could be made one way. Fines for (5)
Regular street cleaning, dog patrols to stop dog mess
Introduce residential parking only. Dog mess outside house and road
Past change to traffic one way in Market Jew Street and possible further development out of town has increased traffic in trover road
Parking provision
Permanent families – see above
Planting of trees and shrubs where there is space would be good – it might also help with the 2nd problem above (provide earth for cats in particular)
Improve prom, especially surface. Eradicate dog mess, rubbish collections taken from service lanes (would remove unsightly wheelie bins from attractive streets
I would like a local shop again, and a more frequent bus
Dog warden checks the street, PZ has a real problem with this is this area
This survey appears to be for people renting social housing – knowing there is lots available and lots of money to spend on it – I don’t think so. About 9 years ago the council introduced residents parking in the Battlefields area. This means you paid for a permit to park in the day times when most people are at work. I can usually park during the daytime, despite outsiders using the area as a car park. However at night I often have to park blocks away (outside battlefields) because there simply isn’t enough space for every body to park near their house. Apart from knocking down half the houses and putting a car park there I don’t see how this can be improved. Residents parking permits would not do this. I would like you to contact me about this via email.
Better maintenance of the streets might give the inhabitants the motivation to, at least, help clean and take pride in their immediate area
Parking permits
A designated parking space
Celebrate unique, handmade market spaces, make PZ a destination full of interest. Low rates for small/local business.
Obviously can’t create a park – not realistic to expect any change – better from me to move if priority
One more dog litter bin, regularly emptied
Street lighting and enforcing fines on dog owners. Photo camera campaign. Make street one way down hill as congestion issues are increasing with sat navs.
I’m happy with it. Dog mess can be a problem at night
Repair the road surfaces surrounding and clean up the back lanes adjacent!
Free parking to revive town centre. Return of hanging baskets to Market Jew Street, closure of Breakfast project and St Petroc’s and re-opening breadline as local advice/help centre. Restrictions on leaving bins out. More tree planting where possible e.g. Alexandra Field is very bare and St Johns church yard is run down. These are important green spaces
Grounds maintenance carried out regularly. Local parking (free) money invested into the town – shop fronts painted etc. – flowers
Parking is a problem. My road & surrounding streets are used as a “free” car park for those going to the station or want to go into town.
Residents only parking scheme would make my street a much more pleasant place to live. I would ban cars from the town centre.
A) Reduction in parking charges B) Residents parking scheme
Council tax, water and fuel bills to come down. More free parking created where possible. Dog fouling to be confronted
More local pride in appearance and maintenance of properties
Fewer bedsits and more flats/family home. Residential parking. Would like to see more houses being built in/near Penzance.
Improvements to the coastal path between Penzance and Marazion. More amenities on the promenade, coffee shops, toilets etc.
A 1 bed flat, level walking distance to amenities. Housing situation atrocious, should have more available to Cornish residents
Ease of planning
Less restricted parking. I think we could make better use of the Prom in Penzance and improve the way it looks. Install a breakwater to protect it.
For something to be done about parking as the road and pavement is so narrow. An issue with daylight is a problem, as vehicles park right outside my window for days, and as a sufferer from S.A.D I get very depressed
Apart from the above more bins. They all seem to be disappearing from the coast path and from Mousehole to Penzance.
Traffic speed, over hanging trees, Cornwall Council agreed to remove them 2 years ago
Improvements to sea front and harbour for water sport users, locals and tourists. High street (Market Jew) regeneration by rethinking use of buildings