Over the past few days, the Penzance Heliport team has been meeting to discuss our planning conditions. These may sound dull, but we think they’re pretty important… That’s because planning conditions detail how we will ensure the Heliport is a sustainable, quality asset for Penzance and the Isles of Scilly Read more…
Helicopters will once again connect Penzance and the Isles of Scilly after Cornwall Council’s Strategic Planning Committee unanimously backed a new Penzance Heliport. State-of-the-art AW139 helicopters will operate from the new heliport at Penzance to the islands of St Mary’s and Tresco and will help grow the islands’ visitor economy. Read more…
Cornwall Council’s Public Health Team has stated Penzance Heliport will not pose a risk to the health and wellbeing of local residents in Penzance or on the Isles of Scilly. The team – which promotes the health and wellbeing of the residents of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly – Read more…
A heart expert has written to Cornwall Council saying there is a “lack of compelling data” to support claims a heliport in Penzance will damage cardiovascular health. Dr Richard Mansfield, a Consultant Cardiologist with almost 30 years’ experience, says there is “not enough evidence” to support campaigners’ claims that Penzance Read more…
An independent aviation manager with 24 years’ experience of Isles of Scilly air services has confirmed Penzance Heliport would be more weather resilient than Land’s End Airport. A comparison of weather readings for the past 10 months shows Penzance was flyable 94% of the time, compared to just 74% of Read more…
The Cornwall Councillor for the area surrounding the proposed Penzance Heliport site has urged fellow members to support the project and show “Penzance is open for business and investment.” Simon Elliott, Cornwall Councillor for the Ludgvan Division, has written to the members of the Strategic Planning Committee to pledge his Read more…
Plans for a replacement Penzance Heliport to serve the Isles of Scilly have been recommended for approval by Cornwall Council planning officers. The Planning Report recommends Councillors grant permission for the heliport, citing the “significant social and economic benefit to the businesses, residents and visitors of the Scillies and wider Read more…
Date: Thursday 2 August 2018 Time: 10:00 Location: New County Hall, Truro, TR1 3AY The application will be reported to the Strategic Planning Committee for it to decide. You can view the report 7 days before the meeting. If you wish to speak you will need to submit a Registration Form Read more…
A public meeting in Penzance to debate the proposed new heliport to serve the Isles of Scilly saw the majority speak in favour of the planning application. In a debate which heard strong feelings from both sides, 44 speakers supported Penzance Heliport for its importance to the Penzance economy and Read more…
Penzance Heliport has responded to the misleading claims made by the campaign group ‘Stop the Chop Penzance’. The group has distributed thousands of leaflets around the Penzance area containing inaccurate and disingenuous claims intended to provoke objections to Penzance Heliport. Penzance Heliport is pleased to respond to the claims and provide factual Read more…
A collective of Penzance organisations has stated its unanimous support for Penzance Heliport, saying the project is “critically important” to the town. Penzance Regeneration Partnership, which represents the town’s tourism, business and education sectors, has written to Cornwall Council to confirm their “unanimous” support following a meeting on 16th July. Read more…
Penzance Heliport once again finds itself responding to the inaccurate, misleading statements of the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group. We are astounded that, of all topics, the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group wishes to challenge Penzance Heliport on resilience and reliability – the one topic on which all anecdotal and Read more…
Penzance Heliport Ltd is perplexed by yesterday’s statement by the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group, in which they appear to criticise the integrity of the Cornwall Council planning system. The Steamship Group “study” claims almost three quarters of comments in favour of Penzance Heliport do not identify the commenter’s location, Read more…
A public meeting in Penzance will give members of the public opportunity to show their support for Penzance Heliport and raise questions and concerns about the project. The meeting, organised by Cornwall Council, will take place at St John’s Hall, Penzance on Monday 23rd July 2018 at 6pm. After a Read more…
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 that planned future investments are reliant on the enhancements to resilience, accessibility and capacity that 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, and we would like to thank you for your continued support. We know that the delay, 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 not against the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company, and never have been. The islands need 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 the Council of the Isles of Scilly and Natural England, we have devised flight paths 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 submitted to Cornwall Council as part of the amended planning application, including the Assessment of 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 Penzance and the islands of Tresco and St Mary’s, will operate from Spring 2019. Northamptonshire-based Read more…