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Kerrier is a local government district
Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially 'shire districts', are a type of Districts of England in England. As originally created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan county in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement....
 in Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. It is the most southerly district in the United Kingdom, other than the Isles of Scilly
Isles of Scilly

The Isles of Scilly form an archipelago off the southwestern tip of the Cornwall of Great Britain. Traditionally administered as part of the county of Cornwall, the islands are now a unitary authority and have their own council....
. Its council is based in Camborne
Camborne

Camborne was once one of the richest mining areas in the world and is located in north Kerrier, Cornwall in the United Kingdom, forming the western end of the greater Camborne, Pool, Cornwall and Redruth conurbation....
 .

Other towns in the district include Redruth
Redruth

Redruth is a town and civil parish in the Kerrier , Cornwall, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It lies approximately at the junction of the Great Britain road numbering scheme393 and A3047 roads, on the route of the old London to Land's End trunk road, the A30 road....
 and Helston
Helston

Helston is a small town and civil parish in the Kerrier district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, at the northern end of the The Lizard. It is the most southerly town in the UK, being 3 km south of Penzance....
. The district also contains the Lizard Peninsula
The Lizard

The Lizard is a peninsula of Cornwall, and contains the Extreme points of the United Kingdom of mainland Cornwall and of the island Great Britain, Lizard Point, Cornwall....
.

The district is named after one of the ancient administrative Hundreds of Cornwall
Hundreds of Cornwall

Cornwall was from Anglo-Saxon times until the 19th century divided into Hundred , some with the suffix shire as in Pydarshire, East and West Wivelshire and Powdershire which were first recorded as names between 1184-1187....
, which covered broadly the same area, but did not have a coast on the north, like the modern district.






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Kerrier is a local government district
Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially 'shire districts', are a type of Districts of England in England. As originally created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan county in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement....
 in Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. It is the most southerly district in the United Kingdom, other than the Isles of Scilly
Isles of Scilly

The Isles of Scilly form an archipelago off the southwestern tip of the Cornwall of Great Britain. Traditionally administered as part of the county of Cornwall, the islands are now a unitary authority and have their own council....
. Its council is based in Camborne
Camborne

Camborne was once one of the richest mining areas in the world and is located in north Kerrier, Cornwall in the United Kingdom, forming the western end of the greater Camborne, Pool, Cornwall and Redruth conurbation....
 .

Other towns in the district include Redruth
Redruth

Redruth is a town and civil parish in the Kerrier , Cornwall, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It lies approximately at the junction of the Great Britain road numbering scheme393 and A3047 roads, on the route of the old London to Land's End trunk road, the A30 road....
 and Helston
Helston

Helston is a small town and civil parish in the Kerrier district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, at the northern end of the The Lizard. It is the most southerly town in the UK, being 3 km south of Penzance....
. The district also contains the Lizard Peninsula
The Lizard

The Lizard is a peninsula of Cornwall, and contains the Extreme points of the United Kingdom of mainland Cornwall and of the island Great Britain, Lizard Point, Cornwall....
.

The district is named after one of the ancient administrative Hundreds of Cornwall
Hundreds of Cornwall

Cornwall was from Anglo-Saxon times until the 19th century divided into Hundred , some with the suffix shire as in Pydarshire, East and West Wivelshire and Powdershire which were first recorded as names between 1184-1187....
, which covered broadly the same area, but did not have a coast on the north, like the modern district. See Kerrier
Kerrier (hundred)

The Hundred of Kerrier was the name of one of ten ancient administrative shires of Cornwall, England.St Anthony-in-Meneage, Breage, Cornwall, Budock, Constantine, Kerrier, Cury, Germoe, St Gluvias, Grade, Gunwalloe alias Winnington, Gwennap with St Day, St Keverne, Landewednack, Mabe, Cornwall, Manaccan, St Martin-in-Meneage, Mawgan-in-Me...
.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, as a merger of the borough of Helston, the urban district
Urban district

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....
 of Camborne-Redruth
Camborne-Redruth

Camborne-Redruth was an urban district in Cornwall, United Kingdom, from 1934 to 1974. It was formed as a merger of Camborne and Redruth urban districts along with parts of Redruth Rural District and Helston Rural District ....
 and Kerrier Rural District.

On 25 July 2007, Cornwall County Council
Cornwall County Council

File:New County Hall.jpgCornwall County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom....
's bid for unitary authority
Unitary authority

A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national government....
 status was accepted by the government. The district will be abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England
2009 structural changes to local government in England

It is planned that during 2009 there will be structural changes to local government in England, whereby a number of new unitary authority will be created in parts of the country which currently operate a 'two-tier' system of Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England and Districts of England....
.

Housing

On 9th January 2008 the 'Regional Spatial Strategy for the South West' (RSS) announced plans to massively increase house-building in Cornwall stating that almost 70,000 new homes would be built by 2026. The findings of the 'Examination in Public' into the RSS, were produced by the unelected South West Regional Assembly
South West Regional Assembly

The South West Regional Assembly is the regional Assemblies in England for the South West England of England, established in 1999. It is based in Taunton....
. The original Draft RSS was published in 2006 and the new figures show another 53% increase. Figures for the new plans included:
  • Caradon
    Caradon

    Caradon is a Non-metropolitan district in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It contains five towns, Callington, Cornwall, Liskeard, Looe, Saltash and Torpoint, and over 80 villages and hamlets within 41 civil parishes....
     – 6,500 housing units (an increase of 700 on the original document)
  • Carrick
    Carrick, Cornwall

    Carrick is a Non-metropolitan district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Its council is based in Truro. The main centres of population, industry and commerce are the city Truro and the towns of Falmouth, Cornwall/Penryn, Cornwall....
     – 10,900 housing units (increase of 900)
  • Kerrier – 14,400 housing units (increase of 6,200)
  • North Cornwall
    North Cornwall

    North Cornwall is the largest of the six Non-metropolitan district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Its council is based in Wadebridge .Other towns in the district include Bude, Bodmin, Launceston, Cornwall, Padstow, and Camelford....
     – 13,400 housing units ( increase of 5,800)
  • Penwith
    Penwith

    Penwith is a Non-metropolitan district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, whose council is based in Penzance. The district covers all of the Penwith peninsula, the toe-like promontory of land at the western end of Cornwall and which includes an area of land to the east that falls outside the peninsula, being the most westerly distric...
     – 7,800 housing units (increase of 3,000)
  • Restormel
    Restormel

    Restormel is a Borough status in the United Kingdom of Cornwall, United Kingdom, one of the six administrative divisions that make up the county....
     – 15,700 housing units (increase of 7,100).


There has been much concern in Cornwall regarding these proposals and Dick Cole
Dick Cole

Dick Cole is a councillor, and the leader of Mebyon Kernow, a Cornwall autonomist movement since the 1997. He lives in Fraddon, a village in Mid-Cornwall....
, the leader of the Cornish political party Mebyon Kernow
Mebyon Kernow

Mebyon Kernow is a minor political party in the United Kingdom. The main objective of MK is to establish greater autonomy in Cornwall, through the establishment of a legislative Cornish Assembly....
, has issued a statement saying that local housing strategy should be determined by democratically elected Cornish
Cornish people

The Cornish people are regarded as an ethnic group of the United Kingdom originating in Cornwall. They are often described as a Modern Celts....
 politicians.

Cornish musician Luke Vibert
Luke Vibert

Luke Vibert is a United Kingdom recording artist and producer known for his work in many subgenres of electronica. He began his musical career as a member of the Hate Brothers, only later branching out into his own compositions....
 has released two self-titled albums under the alias
Pseudonym

A pseudonym, , is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name. In some cases, pseudonyms are adopted because it is part of a cultural or organizational tradition, as in the case of Religious names used by members of some religious orders and "cadre names" used by Communist party leaders such as Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin....
 Kerrier District, as a nod to New York musicians Metro Area and a tribute to the place where he grew up.

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