![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/locals-at-uk-seaside-village-livid-at-poo-running-down-streets-and-empty-beach/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_Portreath-North-Cornwall-England-UK-between-St-Agnes-and-Godrevy.jpg&description=Portreath in Cornwall has suffered from a number of issues related to over-tourism in recent years, including a sewage system that has been overloaded and a lack of affordable housing Human waste has ended up running down the street of a picturesque Cornish village that has been overwhelmed by visitors, according to locals. Over the past few years the seaside village of Portreath has encountered many of the issues troubling the whole of Cornwall, specifically those linked to over-tourism. Like many other pretty destinations on the coast, high levels of tourism has put pressure on local facilities and pushed house prices up. Many in the north Cornwall village are concerned about over-development, lack of affordable housing and even sewage facilities. Scott Treloar, who gave himself the nickname of "El Prezidente of Cornwall" and has lived in his van on the opposite hillside from Gwan an Mor for three decades, spoke about a recent council decision to stop new holiday lodges being built. "People up there don't spend their money in the village. We haven't got the infrastructure here for more building and second homes - the sewage treatment plant gets overloaded. There's been a number of times when poo has been running down the street," he told Cornwall Live. "Portreath can't cope with it - we're not Carbis Bay or St Ives. It's endangering the local community down here because it will flood. The houses in Portreath should be for local people, not rich holidaymakers." The smelly issue also reached Portreath's beach last week, one of the 25 Cornish seashores hit by a sewage alert issued by Surfers Against Sewage after storm sewage was discharged from a sewer overflow. At a planning committee held on July 31 and attended by a record number of locals, plans from American-owned Gwel an Mor to hugely expand the size of a holiday resort to accommodate 1,700 people were rejected, leading to cheers from locals in the room. While not all those in Portreath agree with blocking the){kind=link}
Portreath in Cornwall has suffered from a number of issues related to over-tourism in recent years, including a sewage system that has been overloaded and a lack of affordable housing
Human waste has ended up running down the street of a picturesque Cornish village that has been overwhelmed by visitors, according to locals.
Over the past few years the seaside village of Portreath has encountered many of the issues troubling the whole of Cornwall, specifically those linked to over-tourism. Like many other pretty destinations on the coast, high levels of tourism has put pressure on local facilities and pushed house prices up.
Many in the north Cornwall village are concerned about over-development, lack of affordable housing and even sewage facilities. Scott Treloar, who gave himself the nickname of “El Prezidente of Cornwall” and has lived in his van on the opposite hillside from Gwan an Mor for three decades, spoke about a recent council decision to stop new holiday lodges being built.
“People up there don’t spend their money in the village. We haven’t got the infrastructure here for more building and second homes – the sewage treatment plant gets overloaded. There’s been a number of times when poo has been running down the street,” he told Cornwall Live.