NEW PENLEE STATION PLANS UNVEILED
The RNLI has submitted a planning application for a new Penlee lifeboat station building at Newlyn Harbour.
The proposed new station would house a larger crew/operational room, training room, changing room and workshop, along with a visitor engagement area.
The two-storey building would be built on the same site as the existing station, which will operate from temporary facilities during construction. Features would include solar panels on the harbour-side canopy, timber cladding, a monopitch roof and large timber windows, enabling the RNLI to survey Newlyn Harbour and well out south and east into Mount’s Bay and beyond.
Penlee’s current lifeboat station in Newlyn was built in 1983 as a temporary measure and is no longer fit for purpose. With approximately 25 volunteer crew and additional shore crew as well as fundraisers using the building, there is an urgent need for more space.