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Cornwall Council seems set to finalise its new tariffs for car parking at this week's Cabinet meeting. Full details of what you'll pay, where and when can be found .

The decision follows a consultation process which provoked all the usual dire warnings about how shopkeepers will be forced out of business - responses were received from 1,045 people/organisations. This included 19 Cornwall councillors (out of 123!) one community network, 41 Parish, Town or City Councils, two MPs (out of six) and 18 other organisations. There were also petitions from four places.

I have to say I'm really not sure about the relationship between car parking charges and the buoyancy of a town's economy. If all it took to stimulate a massive boost in retail turnover was cheap car parking, then presumably Camelford (where parking has always been free, and will continue to be free) would be the busiest town in Cornwall. Somehow I doubt that this is the case.