Residents approach council over town addict house fears

Councillors and Newquay residents are to approach Cornwall Council with their concerns about a Fore Street building planned to house recovering drug addicts and alcoholics.
A meeting was held between a recently formed action group and three local councillors. Many local homeowners are concerned that when the facility is in operation residents will be unsupervised for much of the time.
Residents also wished to know whether Danesbury House, which will house low risk residents at the last stages of their recovery, may one day be used to house higher risk individuals.
Cornwall councillor Geoff Brown admitted that, “in an ideal world,” he did not feel that the position of the house, which is opposite The Fort pub was a good idea.
He said: “A major concern I have is that perhaps it is not the best location for that sort of building, the residents are going to come face to face with temptation at some point.
“My main concern is that there may be no constant supervision of the premises, and that is an issue that must be addressed.” read more