Harbours Board

The Annual Report by the Harbours Board has now been published and can be downloaded here: Harbours Board Annual Report Financial Year  2022 to 2023  This report highlights our activities and sets out the framework and context in which we operate. I hope you will find it useful, informative, and comprehensive. Running a harbour demands

The Harbour Dues, Fees and Charges for 2023/24 were approved by Cornwall Council on 29th November 2022. A 10% increase has been applied across the majority of Fees and Charges however, as detailed here, some charges have been held, withdrawn, replaced or new charges introduced following review of operations and markets in which we compete.

Our Ports and harbours business plan sets out how we will manage our facilities during financial year 2022 to 2023. You can download the document here which includes our annual budget. The document can also be found in our Document Centre.

Following approval by the Harbours Board and Full Council we are pleased to present our fees and charges for our Ports, Harbours and Maritime Services for the forthcoming Financial Year. These come into force on 1st April 2022 and can be viewed here. For our current charges please see Fees and charges 2021/22

Cornwall Council’s Ports, Harbours and other maritime assets are managed by 12 members of the Cornwall Council Harbours board who represent both our communities and marine industries in Cornwall. Our Annual Report outlines all that we do, and sets out the framework and context in which we operate as a Municipal Port Authority. Our approach

On 8 October 2019, Cornwall Council made a formal application to the Marine Management Organisation (“MMO”) under Section 14 of the Harbours Act 1964 for a Harbour Revision Order (“HRO”). If made, The Cornwall Harbours Harbour Revision Order (“the Order”) would consolidate the statutory harbour powers of the harbours of Bude, Newquay, Penryn, Penzance, Prince