Businessman behind the Eden Project sparks neighbour fury over plans for new age cookery school
EXCLUSIVE: Colourful tycoon behind Eden Project Sir Tim Smit sparks fury among his wealthy Cornish neighbours with his latest 'vision' of transforming disused golf course into a new age cookery school Sir Tim Smit, 66, lives in the village of Lostwithiel, Cornwall, where he's set out his vision of transforming the golf course into 'Gillyflower Farm' His plans, submitted to Cornwall Council, include 20 'eco-lodges', a 164-seat restaurant, a cider press, distillery and a 'home for the owner' But not everyone among the 3,000 villagers share Sir Tim's enthusiasm for the project with some accusi...