Introduction

     
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Why has the Duchy of Cornwall permitted this?  Click here to read a summary of the issues as reported in The Times 27/10/2008 and click here to read a recent article from the Sunday Telegraph 15/03/2009.  Click here to read a letter in the West Briton 09/04/09.  Click here to read a letter from the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) to the Duchy of Cornwall which summarises the issues 04/06/2009.  Click here to read Daily Telegraph article 11/6/2009.

Site Created March 2009.  Last updated May 2010.  

What's New in our Website Pages from May2010:
- Photographs of how achingly beautiful Port Navas Quay used to be prior to the Oyster Unit.
- Articles on the risks to the environment from Pacific Oysters from expert opinions.
- Freedom of Information Environmental Information Regulations, Data Protection Act.
- Habitat Regulations 1994 - these have been ignored in the Helford River.
- Articles from Private Eye Magazine about the issues 19/02/2010 and another article 05/03/2010.
- Another article from Private Eye Magazine, as well as questions from the House of Lords 30/04/2010.

Welcome to the site set up specifically to preserve Port Navas quay and the wider Helford River environment. The website has been established by and with the support of concerned local residents and interested parties from the village of Port Navas who have joined together to form Port Navas Quay Preservation limited (2009) PNQP Ltd.

This website is the true friend of Port Navas and the Helford River area. We will not pretend that all is well when it patently is not so. We will continue to publicise wrongdoing and details of any potential environmental damage. It is of no use just displaying ‘picture postcard’ views of the Helford River on a website.  We have no links with any commercial organisation/group  operating in the Helford and are therefore truly independent.

The success and prosperity of the Helford River area depend upon maintaining its pristine beauty. We wish to help preserve the Helford River area as an Area of Outstanding National Beauty (AONB), as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and the Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) within the Helford.

This site is updated regularly.  Please send your comments, suggestions and feedback to portnavasquay@hotmail.co.uk. 

Who are we?

We are people who have lived here in Port Navas for many, many years.  We have visited Port Navas with our children and grandchildren and have walked on the Quay over these years.  We are all saddened by the current state of the Quay and want to do something about it.  We are all extremely disappointed by the lack of open debate that has taken place on this topic.

What are the facts?

1. The beauty and physical structure of Grade II listed Port Navas Quay, also part of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), is being damaged by the current Oyster Unit.
2. The Helford River is a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and has a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) at Tremerlin. Natural England have written to the Oyster Unit regarding potential damage caused to this SSSI - pointing out that any such damage is a criminal offence.
3. Following Ministerial Orders in 1960 industrial/commercial activity and car parking was prohibited on the Quay.  
4. The Duchy promised in the 1960s to preserve the Quay for the people of Port Navas.
5. The Helford River Area is under threat from various developments which have been allowed to go on for too long.  Its commercial value lies in its pristine and unravaged beauty.  We wish to stop greed and neglect ruining the area.  Click here to see other damage which is threatening the wider Helford River Area.

Click here for a link to the key documents pertaining to the Oyster Unit / Factory and its impact on our Quay.

What do we want to achieve from this site?

1. To raise awareness of the damage that is being caused to both the visual and environmental beauty of Port Navas Quay and the Helford River as a direct result of the Oyster Unit.  Click here to see some recent photographs.
2. To ensure that everyone has sight of key documents pertaining to this damage (information obtained primarily under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) ) - stored in one central place.
3. To provide all local residents and visitors to Port Navas with the key contacts so that you are able to direct your comments and concerns to the right people.
4. To generate genuine and open dialogue with the Duchy of Cornwall in order to rectify the damage that has been caused. 

What is our mission?

"Working together to preserve and protect Port Navas Quay and the wider Helford River Environment." 

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