Please let us have your comments.
Some of the proposals / ideas the Council is considering and asking for your feedback are detailed below:
West Street car park consultation see extract from the Parish Council newsletter.
West Street Car Park consultation – April 2024.
Car park fees – from the car park machine in West Street Car Park
- Do you support of increasing the car park charges, so that the cost of maintaining the car park is absorbed by the users of the car park?
or - Are you in support of not increasing the charges but adding maintenance costs to the precept so the costs would be built into your council tax charges?
Vehicle Size: Do you think there should be a vehicle size restriction for parking in West Street Car park?
Extract from the Full Parish Council meeting held on 21st January 2025. Minute 147.2 Millbrook Parish Council budget 2025-26 The Chair informed the Council that the committee had met and reviewed the budget line by line. An estimate of nearly £96,000 had been received to resurface the village hall and West Street car parks. With this in mind the Council needs to build up traffic and transport (to include car parks) reserves.
Sports Facilities (Tennis Courts and Basketball)
Do you use the tennis courts? If so, how often?
Subject to funding, what would you change?
Subject to funding, do you think it is a good idea to have a basketball hoop put up for children to practice shooting hoops? If so, where would you suggest would be the best location?
Have you any other suggestions?
What play facilities would you like to see in the ‘Tractor’ park
Memorial Wall for Millbrook Cemetery
Would you like to see a memorial wall in Millbrook (new) cemetery? For inspiration have a look at the images on this link https://millbrook-pc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Memorial-walls.pdf
Letters to Heaven Proposal
Have a look at the link below. Would you be in support of ‘Letters to Heaven Proposal’?
https://millbrook-pc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Letters-To-Heaven.pdf
Christmas Lighting
Do you have any other ideas / suggestions for Millbrook Parish Council?
We have been collating the comments received to date, some of which relate to areas which are necessarily within the not within the responsibility of the Parish Council. However, the Parish Council can assist with signposting, online reporting and lobbying for change and in some cases, subject to budget (such as highway improvements) can fund towards projects.
Please have a look at the weblinks and information below:
Email received on 24th July 2025 from Cornwall Highways Manager relating kerbside weed maintenance;
Good Afternoon Karenza
Thank you for your recent enquiry in relation to weeds growing on the highway in Millbrook.
Cornwall Council no longer has a budget for general weed spraying and, in accordance with its Pollinator Action Plan, it has restricted the use of pesticides, particularly where they are glyphosate based, in order to reduce the potentially harmful effects on the environment. Any spraying is now restricted to the treatment of noxious weeds such as common ragwort and Japanese Knotweed or for areas where weeds are causing significant structural damage.
Weed removal will only be considered where it is causing a genuine highway safety hazard or if removal is organised by third parties. If residents have a real concern in relation to highway safety, they can report it via the Council’s online defect reporting system and this will initiate an inspection Report a problem with a road or pavement – Cornwall Council
If there is local interest in a weed removal project in the area, our Community Partnership Officer can help support local volunteers to do so. We have a toolkit trailer with appropriate equipment, to enable a community project to take place. Please contact us via enquiries@cornwallhighways.co.uk if you have a community group that would like to take this forward.
Regards
Will Glassup | Highways Manager
Cornwall Highways | Network Management
Verge Management and Grass Cutting – Cornwall Council
Wildlife Verges – Cornwall Council
Making Space for Nature – Cornwall Council
Millbrook Parish Council Grass cutting contracts and consultation survey results
Millbrook Parish Council Grass Cutting contract for the Recreation Area and for the Cemetery (New Section)
Grass Cutting and Village Maintenance Summary report – presented at the Parish Council meeting on held on 23rd October 2025
If you would like to comment on any of the above, please do so in the comments section below. If you prefer it not to be in a public domain, send an email to enquries@millbrook-pc.gov.uk.
A suggestion box is also available outside the Parish Council office during August 2025.
Millbrook Parish Council Assets
Millbrook Parish Council’s assets are:
- The lake and lakeside (any water pollution / environmental concerns should be reported to the Environment Agency, who are also responsible for the dam).
- The recreation park – to include the skatepark, tennis courts, tractor park and green space
- Car parks – Village Hall car park, Greenland / Doctors Surgery car park West Street car park – we have a 99 year lease with Cornwall Council (please note the play park and green space near West Street car park is the responsibility of Cornwall Council)
- The Lime Kiln
- The Tanyard
- New / open cemetery (the old / closed cemetery is the responsibility of Cornwall Council)
- Public toilets
- War memorial
- Bus shelters on the Parade and at Southdown.
The Council’s full Asset Register was approved during the meeting held on 18th March 2025.
The Parish Council office is based in Millbrook Village Hall. The Parish Council is a custodian trustee of Millbrook Village Hall.
Parish Council’s Caretaking Tasks:
Millbrook Parish Council employs two part-time caretaking staff (totalling 29 contracted hours per week).
Overall responsibilities
- General inspection / maintenance checks
- General litter picking as defined under areas of responsibility
- Kerbside weed clearance (as defined under key areas of work or as directed / subject to budget)
- Emptying Parish Council owned litter bins (cemetery and tractor park)
- Reporting maintenance issues
- General light maintenance repairs of Parish Council assets.
Key areas of work
| · The Parish playing fields | · Parish play park (tractor park) |
| · Skatepark | · Grassland around Millbrook Lake |
| · Millbrook Cemetery | · West Street car park |
| · Fore Street | · Dawes Lane |
| · The Quay | · The Parade and car park |
| · Greenland | · King Street and the Tanyard |
| · Millpool Head | · New Street |
| · Potes Lane | · Middle Lane |
| · Landers Lane | · Newport Street |
| · Bus shelters (Insworke & The Parade) |
Millbrook’s Village Enhancement Team (VETs)
The Village Enhancement Team (VETs) will be meeting on 13th September 2025. If you would like to get involved please send an email to enquiries@millbrook-pc.gov.uk
Do you run a local business. Would you like to sponsor a flowerboat? If so, please contact us.
Working for the Parish Council
If you would like to be added to our contractor database to work for the Parish Council on an ad hoc basis, please complete this form.
Approval would be subject to satisfactory references, suitable public liability insurance and Full Council approval / Officers’ delegated authority approval.
Contracted work could include;
- Updating, removing, fixing, cleaning or installing Parish Council owned assets.
- Vegetation and tree maintenance.
Areas Outside the Remit of the Parish Council
Insworke Play park is the responsibility of LiveWest.
West Street Play Park and surrounding trees is the responsibility of Cornwall Council.
Roads and pavements are the responsibility of Cornwall Highways. Here is the Cornwall Council report it link – Report something – Cornwall Council
Public Rights of Way are the responsibility of Cornwall Council’s Countryside Access team
Request a street that needs cleaning – Report a street that needs cleaning – Cornwall Council
Parish Council Administration
Millbrook Parish Council employs 1 x Full tie Parish Clerk / Responsible Finance Officer and 1 x Part time Admin Support Officer (15 hours per week) providing finance and administrative support.
If you have any queries regarding the above please contact Karenza or Jo by sending an email to enquiries@millbrook-pc.gov.uk, telephoning 01752 823128 or calling in to the Parish Council office in the village hall.
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