The land

The Land We Are Protecting Environmental Map Ten-Year Timeline What Lies Beneath Holmans Test Mine

The evidence

Visual Evidence Library X-Area Tree Failure Zone Sinkholes & Ground Movement Water, Springs & Mine-Water What To Test For How Effects Can Travel Wildlife at Risk Pendarves Wood

People & homes

Health & Exposure Animals as Receptors Homes, Land & Property

Take part

Report an Observation Community Dashboard The Questions We Ask What Needs To Be Tested Help Us Find Evidence Document Library

About

Our Principles Agencies & Stakeholders Regulatory Routes Right of Response Updates & Corrections Privacy & Data

Community evidence

Record What You Have Observed

Structured observations are the backbone of this investigation. Recording that you have seen nothing unusual is as valuable as recording that you have.

How your information is handled

Your name, contact details, health information and exact address are never published. Only anonymised, aggregated counts appear on the community dashboard. Observations appear on the public map only where you consent, and only after review. Sensitive wildlife locations such as roosts, setts and nest sites are withheld from public display in all cases.

1. About you

Your connection to the area

How long you have known the area

Name (optional)Never published.

Email (optional)Only used if you ask to be contacted.

Phone (optional)

2. What you observed

I have not observed any unusual changes.Please still submit. Negative observations are essential to any honest analysis and prevent a misleading picture forming from reports alone.

Types of observation (select all that apply)

Ground movement, depression or sinkholeTree failure or tree declineChange in a spring, stream or pondChange in a private water supplyWater colour, sediment or odour changeVibration felt in a building or on landAir, dust or odour eventWildlife observation or changeLivestock or pet health concernHuman health concernProperty, insurance or mortgage difficultyOther environmental observation

3. Where and when

Location descriptionNever published in full.

Nearest landmark or road

Latitude (optional)Decimal degrees, e.g. 50.1851

Longitude (optional)Decimal degrees, e.g. -5.2903

Date observed

Time observedImportant for vibration and odour events.

If you are unsure of the datee.g. 'spring 2023', 'about three winters ago'

Sequence of eventsWhat happened, in what order, and how long it lasted.

4. Detail by category

Trees, woodland and ground

Type of water supply

Has the water been tested?

Water observationsColour, sediment, odour, taste, flow, pressure or level.

Vibration observationsWhat you felt or heard, what moved, and where you were.

Air, dust or odour observations

Wind direction at the timeIf known.

Wildlife observations

This observation includes a sensitive location such as a bat roost, badger sett or bird nest site — withhold it from all public display.Health or animal-health concernsNever published. Handled as special category data and used only for anonymised pattern analysis. Reporting a concern here is not a substitute for medical or veterinary advice.

5. Evidence you hold

PhotographsVideoLaboratory water test resultsWritten survey or engineer's reportVeterinary recordsCorrespondence with a regulatorInsurance or mortgage correspondenceHistoric records or old photographsNone at present

Notes on your evidenceDo not upload files here. If you hold documents or photographs, say so and we will arrange secure transfer with original metadata preserved.

6. Consent

You may contact me about this observation.An anonymised version of this observation may appear on the public map.Photographs I supply may be published with appropriate captions.This observation may be shared with regulators such as the Environment Agency, Cornwall Council, Natural England or the HSE.

You can withdraw consent or ask for your submission to be deleted at any time.

Method

Why the form is structured this way

Each field exists because a regulator, engineer or laboratory would ask for it. Time and wind direction matter for odour events. Supply type matters for water. Sequence matters for vibration. Precise location matters for everything.

Observations recorded this way can be aggregated, mapped and tested for pattern. Observations recorded loosely cannot, however sincerely they are given.

Troon & Carwynnen Environmental Evidence Project

Protect Our Land Cornwall

Independent evidence. Community observations. Protecting land, water and wildlife.

The land

The Land We Are Protecting
Environmental Map
Ten-Year Timeline
What Lies Beneath
Holmans Test Mine

The evidence

Visual Evidence Library
X-Area Tree Failure Zone
Sinkholes & Ground Movement
Water, Springs & Mine-Water
What To Test For
How Effects Can Travel
Wildlife at Risk
Pendarves Wood

People & homes

Health & Exposure
Animals as Receptors
Homes, Land & Property

Take part

Report an Observation
Community Dashboard
The Questions We Ask
What Needs To Be Tested
Help Us Find Evidence
Document Library

About

Our Principles
Agencies & Stakeholders
Regulatory Routes
Right of Response
Updates & Corrections
Privacy & Data

This project does not presently assert that Holmans Test Mine or any particular operator has caused the environmental changes described on this website. Its purpose is to document observations, preserve evidence and establish, through independent investigation, whether any physical, hydrogeological, chemical or ecological relationship exists.

Personal data is handled in line with UK GDPR principles. Sensitive protected-species locations and identifiable health information are never published. Privacy and data handling.