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We have published the latest edition of the St Ives Town Deal Newsletter which contains the latest information about all our Town Deal projects.

With work on the second phase of the Town Deal funded project to refurbish and extend St Ives Theatre now well underway, it was great to have the opportunity to host a visit from representatives from the St Ives Town Deal Board and Cornwall Council to see the progress which is being made.

Cornwall Council Leader and St Ives Councillor Linda Taylor, portfolio holder for the economy Louis Gardner and the newly elected Chair of St Ives Town Deal Board Andrew Baragwanath visited Leach Pottery to see the progress which is being made to deliver its exciting and ambitious project transformation project.

The planning application for the St Ives Rugby Club project to reposition and refurbish clubhouse facilities to provide a modern clubhouse with two full size sports pitches for use by the club and local community is now available for viewing on Cornwall Council’s online planning register

The new Chairman of St Ives Town Deal Board, Andrew Baragwanath, is looking forward to seeing all nine of the Town Deal projects successfully delivered by the end of the programme in March 2026.

The second half of our £19.9 million programme to transform St Ives has just got underway and our board is looking for new members to help drive us to the finish line.

Members of St Ives Town Deal Board have supported a recommendation from Cornwall Council’s Highways Authority to remove the use of automatic bollards from the plans to create a Low Traffic Environment in St Ives.

The report outlining the findings of the public engagement carried out into the St Ives Low Carbon Transport Strategy is now available to view.

The official opening of The CORE, the new learning centre at St Ives Community Orchard and Wildlife Reserve, took place on the afternoon of Friday, 19 April. 

Following the consultation for the St Ives Low Carbon Transport Strategy, which took place between November 2023 and January 2024, members of the project team

Due to high levels of uptake the St Ives Town Deal Enterprise Grant Scheme is currently oversubscribed.  As a result applications for Tier 1 and

Vice Chair of St Ives Town Deal Board Libby Buckley and St Ives MP and Town Deal Board Member Derek Thomas joined members of St