An environmental group has called for greater "transparency" from Helston's councillors and urged them to honour their climate pledge over plans to develop land at the top of town into a retail park. Last week the Packet reported how a public consultation had begun on a proposed development of land at Hospital Cross into an Aldi supermarket, Range store with garden centre and a McDonald's. Linked to this would be the redevelopment of the former Co-op/Budgens store in Trengrouse Way into a "community facility for public use." The land is owned by the Downsland Trust, which supports local groups with grants, with the trustees historically made up of serving town councillors.