Rocks Dryers Rocks China Clay Works Bugle St. Austell PL26 8RW Cornwall

C2/07/00739Full applicationApproved

Full

Approved on 30 May 2007

Council decision: No objections (OHL/OHE/HG apps)Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Retrospective planning permission to regularise existing mineral ancillary operations (china clay processing) and permission to construct a replacement dryer (Tube Press) on the same site.

Received: 8 May 2007
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Cornwall Council
Ward: Treverbyn

ReceivedReceived8 May
ValidatedValidated8 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date1 Jun
DecidedDecided30 May

Decided in 22 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Rocks Dryers Rocks China Clay Works Bugle St. Austell PL26 8RW Cornwall. Cornwall has handled 24,959 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 4 weeks quicker than Cornwall's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,254 applications in total for the PL26 postcode area.

94% of full applications at Cornwall Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode: PL26 8RW
Application type: Full application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Treverbyn
District: M11/2

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 May 2007
Target decision date: 1 June 2007
Permission expires: 30 May 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Tehidy Centre Burngullow Lane High Street St Austell PL26 7TQ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 24 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 19
Constraints: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Source: Cornwall

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