Over £31m of investment and growth in the Isles of Scilly remains dependent on Penzance Heliport, despite a helicopter service now operating from Land’s End. Ten of the Isles of Scilly’s largest businesses have repeated Read more…
We expect the amended planning application for Penzance Heliport to be heard at the on Thursday 28th June 2018, at the meeting of Cornwall Council’s Strategic Planning Committee. This day has been a long time coming, Read more…
Over recent months, the debate over helicopter services to the Isles of Scilly has become increasingly bitter. We say it is time for this to stop, before the current situation damages the islands. We are Read more…
Penzance Heliport Ltd is disappointed that the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company has chosen to ignore rules put in place to protect the islands’ environment; rules with which Penzance Heliport has fully complied. Working with Read more…
The Penzance Heliport project has taken a further step ahead today as Cornwall Council has re-started the consultation period for the planning application, following our submission of additional information. The additional information expands on the information previously Read more…
Penzance Heliport Ltd will team with one of the UK’s leading helicopter companies, Sloane Helicopters, to operate the new helicopter link between Penzance and the Isles of Scilly. Helicopter flights to the Isles of Scilly, between Read more…
Two letters printed in The Cornishman newspaper of Thursday 22nd February 2018 claim the proposed Isles of Scilly Steamship Company helicopter service from Land’s End are simply an attempt to “thwart any competition”. The first letter, Read more…
A Note From Robert Dorrien-Smith Dear Supporter, Tresco Estate has today confirmed that the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company’s proposed helicopter service from Land’s End Airport will not be able to operate into Tresco. Unfortunately, key Read more…
Penzance Town Council says the town is the ‘obvious choice’ for a heliport to serve the Isles of Scilly. In a statement to Cornwall Council in early February, the Town Council states Penzance has significant Read more…
Friends of Isles of Scilly Transport (FRIST) has issued a strong statement in support of the project to reinstate helicopter flights from Penzance Heliport to the Isles of Scilly. The campaign group’s statement says Penzance Read more…
Penzance Heliport Ltd remains committed to reinstating genuine choice and reliability to the Isles of Scilly transport system through a helicopter service from Penzance. The near sea-level location of the Penzance Heliport site is the Read more…
The Council of the Isles of Scilly has reiterated its support for a replacement heliport in Penzance to serve the islands. In a submission to Cornwall Council, the Council of the Isles of Scilly Planning Read more…
Help make the Isles of Scilly helicopter project a reality by submitting your comments of support to Cornwall Council. Since we submitted our amended planning application to Cornwall Council at the end of last week, we have Read more…
Further information to support the Penzance Heliport planning application has been submitted to Cornwall Council today [12th January 2018]. The amended application shows the project will unlock £31m of investment in the islands, provide Read more…
An amended planning application for Penzance Heliport is to be submitted to Cornwall Council in the coming weeks. The re-submission follows continued opposition to the Penzance Heliport proposal by the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group. Read more…
Transport to remote island communities in the UK was debated in the House of Lords recently, with a particular focus on the issues with transport to and from the Isles of Scilly. The debate on Read more…
Penzance Heliport Ltd is aware that the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company has been granted permission to pursue a judicial review of Cornwall Council’s unanimous planning consent for Penzance Heliport. This is just a formality Read more…
The team behind the project to reinstate helicopter flights to the Isles of Scilly has confirmed its commitment to the project, after a judicial review was launched by the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company. Robert Dorrien-Smith said: “Over the Read more…
“As the official Destination Management Organisation and strategic lead for tourism on Scilly, the Islands’ Partnership recognises the importance of Scilly’s transport system and its critical role in growing the islands’ economic prosperity and sustaining Read more…
A fuller response to the judicial review, from Derek Thomas MP, “The Steamship Company, a Heliport and the Judicial Review” Many people, both in West Cornwall and on Scilly, are dismayed that the Steamship Company Read more…