Three weeks after plans for a revolutionary new building for Porthleven were slated, the man behind the vision has put forward a revised bid that he hopes addresses all concerns.

Last month the town council's planning committee unanimously recommended refusal of Trevor Osborne's plans for the shipyard, in which he wants to develop an Innovation Building for jobs, after hearing a number of complaints from residents.

This would contain work units expected to cater for an estimated 70 people, an internet café, bus shelter, showers and public toilets.

Now architects working for Mr Osborne have resubmitted fully amended plans taking into account all the issues raised.

The most contentious issues were the size and colour of the proposed building and as such the building has been reduced in size by ten per cent, from 855 square metres to 770 square metres. This reduces the back section to 14.4 metres in width and the length to 33.4 metres.

The building has also been moved nearer to the existing Origin Coffee building, enabling the covered walkway and bus stop roof to be attached to the coffee house, so as to give more space to manoeuvre boats in and out of the shipyard and down to the harbour.

The small ‘tower’ or staircase top has been removed from the roof of the building, although people will still be able to access the roof via a sliding glass top to the stairs.

The colour of the building, where timber is used, has been changed from blue to silver grey - the natural colour the timber will become when left to weather, like on the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth. The base of the building will still be finished in Cornish stone.

To give greater disabled access - one of the points raised by the town council - a ramp has been added alongside the building to access the main front door, plus an internal two-floor disabled lift.

Plans now show more clearly the bus shelter site, which includes bench seats and a glass weather-protective screen and canopy roof covering the shelter.

The public toilets, included disabled facilities and a shower, will be accessed from the site of the bus shelter and will be free to use by Porthleven residents; they will be cleaned and maintained by the Harbour & Dock Company.

In addition to changes to the building, the plans also show changes to the site. The entrance shown at Methleigh Bottoms has been increased to eight metres in width to ensure both the gig and heavy goods vehicles will be able to manoeuvre better.

A highways consultant has suggested that all vehicles enter and leave the yard via the new entrance, with the existing entrance adjacent to the square dedicated to boats only.

Parking at the shipyard will be formalised around the west side of the site, against the stone boundary wall, with ten spaces dedicated to the new building.

Mr Osborne said: "People have very strong feelings about the the shipyard development; this an important building at the centre of our village and I am glad people feel passionately about it.

"I gave a firm undertaking to reconsider contentious elements of our original plan and have done so, making significant changes. One thing that will not change, though, is my commitment to seizing this chance to bring new businesses opportunities, particularly for the young, to Porthleven.

"I firmly believe that our amended plans can deliver an attractive, vibrant building which will benefit our community."

It is hoped that examples of the materials to be used will be available for the public to see at a future open day.

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